Located in Erdos, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Kubuqi Desert is the (close) desert to China's capital Beijing.
It was once known "the sea of death". However, in the past 30 years, the government, social organizations and local farmers and herdsmen (work) together to control the desertification in Kubuqi desert.
Historically. Kubuqi was a rich city filled with water and grass. But due to climate change and over-exploitation from humans, the farmlands (final) turned to desert over 2. 000 years.
Controlling desertification was the only way out for people still living in Kubuqi. With the first highway going through the desert (build) in 1999， people started planting trees in the whole desert. It was common for planted trees to die. But the next year, people just continued to plant more trees. Their hard work inspired the term " Kubuqi spirit ", （ encourage）local people to move forward with great efforts.
Over three decades, tree planting technology saw continuous (develop) in Kubuqi. Now workers can plant a tree in just ten （ second）, and their survival rate is over 80 percent.
The 102, 000 residents in the desert have enjoyed the benefits of managing desertification. Meng Keda, family has lived deep in the Kubuqi Desert for generations, began a tourism business in 2006. He had income of 300. 000 yuan last year.
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