An aerial photo shows the Kekeya green project in Aksu, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region. [Photo/ts.cn] On the northwestern side of the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting sand desert, stands a man-made forest spreading across about 66,667 hectares. This forest is the Kekeya green project, also a boundary dividing desert and green space in Aksu, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region. Aksu launched the Kekeya green project in 1986 to change the harsh natural conditions. For over 32 years, four million people, including soldiers, students, teachers, civil servants and residents, kept on planting trees, creating a green Great Wall 25 kilometers long and four kilometers wide. The green project has been set as a model of ecological restoration in China. cle usb bracelet siliconeembossed wristbandssilicone wristbands customrubber bracelets canadarubber band bracelets
China's Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang receives an interview after the second plenary meeting of the second session of the 13th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] China will continue reforms to streamline administration and improve services for science workers, allowing them to focus on their research and create new innovations to benefit society, China's top science official said on Friday. At its core, technological innovation is all about talents, Wang Zhigang, minister of science and technology, told reporters in the minister's passage at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. As a result, China issued new rules and regulations last year to motivate science workers and unleash their full innovative potential, he added. However, there are still many cumbersome administrative issues that are weighing on researchers' minds, including budgets, red tape and application forms, Wang said. Therefore, through new reforms and legislation, we hope to eliminate these issues, allowing scientists to focus their time and energy on research, he added. The ministry also is constantly in touch with researchers, entrepreneurs and experts, learning about their latest needs and formulating new reforms that can meet those demands, Wang said. We have to find ways to better serve our scientists, and let them feel their work is appreciated, he said, adding it also is important to motivate universities, research institutes and companies to work together in pushing scientific frontiers and tackling socioeconomic issues via innovations. While loosening bureaucratic restraints, China also will tighten its standards on research ethics and academic integrity, Wang said.
