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Farmer plants trees to help Beijing fight sand menace

Updated: 2013-11-29 19:05
By Ma Lie ( chinadaily.com.cn)

A female farmer in Guyuan county, Hebei province, worked tirelessly to plant trees to protect Beijing from wind-borne sand, China News Service reported on Thursday.

Since 2002, Wang Wenhua, 57, a farmer and village leader in Zhenzigou, led villagers to plant trees covering 1,400 hectares on what had been barren mountains.

The effort helped secure the mountain soil.

 
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