China's Dongshan transforms degraded land into lush oasis

Staff members of the Dongmenyu forest management department take care of a seedling on the Dongmenyu Islet in Dongshan County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 17, 2018. Dongshan, an island county, used to suffer from severe sand storms. After more than 60 years of afforestation, people of Dongshan transformed the once degraded land into a lush oasis. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)