China's ecological environment significantly improved in recent years

Aerial photo taken on Aug. 1, 2018 shows vehicles running on a road in Xinjian Village of Jingbian County in Yulin City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Desertification control efforts and forestation has improved the environment of Yulin on the south verge of the Maowusu Desert. In November 2013, the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held its third plenary session to focus on comprehensively deepening reform. In the five years after the session, China's ecological civilization system has been rapidly taking shape and the ecological environment is significantly improved. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)