China Focus: China's plateau province sets new record of surviving solely on clean energy

Xie Lirong, a Xining branch staff member of the State Grid Qinghai Electric Power Maintenance Company, works at Xiaoxia Township, Haidong City of northwest China's Qinghai Province, on June 19, 2019. Northwest China's Qinghai Province completed a 15-day all clean energy power supply trial, setting a new record following a successful nine-day trial last year, the State Grid Qinghai Electric Power Company announced on Monday. Nearly 6 million people in the province, which borders Tibet Autonomous Region, only used electricity generated from wind, solar and hydro power stations, from June 6 to 23. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)