China's Dongshan transforms degraded land into lush oasis

Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2018 shows a sweet potato field beside a shelter forest in Hutang Village of Chencheng Town in Dongshan County, southeast China's Fujian Province. 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/Lu Peng)