Dunhuang, a city of northern China's Gansu Province, plans to invest 1.4 billion yuan in the next five years in the development of 400,000 mu (one mu equals to 0,0667 hectares) water-saving fields to protect Duhuang Oasis.
Located at the western most of Hexi Corridor of Gansu Province, Duhuang was originally a fertile oasis surrounded by wetlands. But in the latest decades, due to serious shortage of water resources, the wetlands have been eventually shrinking, and the area of the natural forests and the grasslands has been reducing. The water of famous Crescent Lake also substantially reduced and the world's cultural heritage Mogao Grottoes was exposed to sandstorms.
Over use of water in agriculture is the main reason resulting in water shortage in Dunhuang. So it is an urgent task to develop water-saving agriculture.
By People's Daily Online
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