Liu Guoyi, an 87-year-old man from Guizhou province, has voluntarily planted over 10,000 saplings over the last three decades. When someone told him afforestation was "government business", he still decided to contribute in his own way.
Hot spring attractions in Guizhou, a relatively undeveloped province in southwestern China, witnessed a boom in tourist arrivals during last month's Spring Festival holiday.
Guizhou, one of the fastest-growing provinces in Southwest China in terms of GDP growth, is aiming to become a big data hub, welcoming global investors to commercialize their emerging technologies, officials said.
China will continue to boost cooperation in prevention and control of desertification with other nations, especially with those involved in the Belt and Road, through sharing technology, facilities and professional training, a senior official said on Tuesday.
With methanolfueled vehicles approaching commercialization, China is set to wrest the earlymover advantage in the field worldwide, industry insiders said.
Core industries in China's big data sector could earn more than 720 billion yuan ($106.3 billion) this year, said a report on the sector's outlook from think tank CCID.
For over half a century, 77-yearold Liu Yuzhi from Guiyang, Guizhou province, has been collecting newspapers of all kinds from all over the country. To date, he has a collection of more than 500,000 pieces in his self-built libraries.