Here is a math puzzle for you.

How many years will it take for 240,000 people to plant 260 million trees?

In Xinjiang's Makit County, the answer is 12 years.

This county, with a total population of less than 240,000 plants 21.66 million trees per year since 2012.

This is an unprecedented desertification preventing practice carried out by the Chinese people in Xinjiang.

Makit County is located on the western edge of Taklamakan Desert, China's largest desert. Deserts make up 90% of the area of Makit County. Desertification is the biggest threat to the county.

Since 2012, grass and trees have been planted on a large scale on the edge of the desert in Makit County. These grasses and trees lock up the desert and keep it from moving forward.

In the past 12 years, more than 30,666 hectares of afforestation have been completed in Makit County. More than 260 million trees were planted. A 55km-long and 2-4km wide Great Green Wall protects Makit County from desertification.

“It can be said that tree planting has achieved significant results here.In recent years, the sandstorm weather in Makit County, especially severe sandstorms, has been reduced to almost zero. The sand prevention forests can effectively resist the encroachment of desert, which had previously caused severe losses of arable land.” Yin Honghai told us. Yin is the Secretary of the CPC Branch of the Desert Prevention Center in Makit County.

According to a plan, from 2024 to 2030, Makit County will continue to remediate 150,000 hectares of desert.

Source: Lingnan on The Cloud

新疆故事丨麦盖提县：中国沙漠治理的样本

让我们来做一道数学题

24万人种活2.6亿株树

需要多少年？

新疆麦盖提县的答案是：12年

自2012年以来

这个总人口不到24万的县

平均每年种树2166万棵

这是中国人在新疆开展的

前所未有的治沙实践

新疆喀什麦盖提县

位于中国最大沙漠

塔克拉玛干沙漠的西部边缘

麦盖提县90%的面积都是沙漠

沙漠化是这个县面临的最大的威胁

2012年开始

麦盖提县群众在沙漠边缘大规模种树

对沙漠进行“锁边”

12年间，麦盖提县完成造林46万亩

各种林木2.6亿株

在麦盖提县外围建成了一道

长55公里、宽2到4公里的绿色屏障

麦盖提县治沙中心党支部书记殷红海

在接受羊城晚报记者采访时说：

“可以说（植树）在这取得了很多成效

尤其是近几年

我们麦盖提县的沙尘天气

尤其沙尘暴天气几乎为零

（防沙林）能够有效地抵挡

沙进人退导致良田损失严重的情况。”

根据规划，从2024年到2030年

麦盖提县将继续造林治沙

规划面积超过225万亩……

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文案丨赵鹏
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