A researcher conducts experiments on plants for sandy soil at Elion Resources Group in Erdos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 11, 2018. Kubuqi, the seventh largest desert in China, is a good example of China's success in alleviating desertification. About 6,460 square kilometers of the Kubuqi desert has been reclaimed in the last 30 years. (Xinhua/Peng Yuan)