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Work To Build Shelter Forest Started In Xiji County, Ningxia. A view of the broadcast meeting held in the arid Xiji County of Ningxia, northwest China. It called on the people in the whole county to take an active part in building shelter forest. The work of building shelter forest is done with the help of the U.N. Grain Planning Office. It aims to afforest 88,000 hectares of barren land in the nest five years. When the project completed forest cover in the county will increase form 3% to 16%. Photo by Wu Wenbiao