When Ma Jiancheng decided to accept a job offer as a forest ranger at the Sidalong nature conservation station in the Qilian Mountains in Northwest China, he knew he would spend the rest of his life there.
The Qinghai spruce, a keystone species of the Qilian Mountains ecosystem, thrives in the remote northwestern interior of China. These trees have straight trunks and reach about 20 meters in height at maturity, a process that takes around 100 years. Year-round, these spruces bear silent witness to the changes in the local ecosystem and landscape.
In recent days, the foot of the Qilian Mountains in Minle county, Gansu province, has been blessed with rainfall and, at the highest elevations, snow, adorning the peaks with a glistening silver coat. The fields are alive with color.
The 31st China Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair kicked off on Sunday in Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province in Northwest China, attracting more than 2,000 local and foreign enterprises.
On July 7th, the Beijing-Zhangye Cultural Tourism Promotion Week, themed "Silk Road Gem: Colorful Zhangye," held a cultural tourism resource presentation at the Chinese Academy of Arts in Beijing.
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