Boasting various landscapes and colorful cultures, Gansu Province in NW China has become a great attraction among tourists at home and abroad.
GANSU, Aug. 28, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Located in the convergence zone of the Loess Plateau, the Mongolian Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Gansu Province in northwest China strides across various landforms including grasslands, forests, deserts, wetlands and mountains. In recent years, through persistent efforts on protecting water conservation area, containing desertification and resuming forests from farmlands, the ecological environment of Gansu has witnessed continuous improvement.
Scenery of wetland and grasslands in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Gansu is exhibited. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
A flock of goats in a pasture at the foot of Qilian Mountains in northwest China. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)
Cole flowers in Minle County of Zhangye City, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
A view of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
Crescent Spring scenic area in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
Qilian Mountains, an important protection barrier of ecological system in western China, has nourished vast lands in the Hexi Corridor with rich snowmelt, which enables farmlands there to become a major production area of commodity grain and industrial crops. Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southern Gansu acts as an ecological function area for water supplement of the Yellow River and biodiversity of Qinling-Bashan mountainous regions. More than 7.3 million mu (about 486,667 hectares) of wetland in Gannan supplies over ten billion of cubic meters of water to the Yellow River. Featuring various landscapes and colorful cultures, Gansu Province has become a great attraction among tourists at home and abroad.
A herd of horses at Shandan horse ranch in northwest China's Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
Snow scenery of Qilian Mountains in northwest China. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
A migratory bird flies over the Qingtu Lake in Minqin County of Wuwei City, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Guo Gang)
Da Haltent River in Kazak Autonomous County of Aksay, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Ma Ning)
White swans fly on the Xiaosugan lake wetland in Kazak Autonomous County of Aksay, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
From Aug. 25 to 27, the "Gansu Day" event is held at the ongoing Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition, in which a diversified Gansu is exhibited.
Tourists visit the Gansu Garden at the Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Tourists visit the Gansu Garden at the Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
