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    Workers sweep sand off a road in Kubuqi Desert Park. The park was created by the Elion Group, a company that has worked with the government to plant trees across the Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia.
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    Duan Feng Quan lives in the new village in Duolun County. The government forced him and other villagers to relocate from the old village due to the encroaching desert.
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    A worker tends shrubs in Kubuqi Desert Park, an eco attraction run by the Elion Group in the Kubuqi Desert.
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    A sapling grows in the Kubuqi Desert Park in the Kubuqi Desert. The desert is the site of a tree-planting scheme.
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    Young saplings and shrubs dot the desert at Kubuqi Desert Park in Inner Mongolia.
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    Workers collect water from a river in Duolun County, Inner Mongolia to water young trees.
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    Workers water young trees in Duolun County.
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    Billionaire Wang Wenbiao is the founder and chairman of Elion Group. He has worked with the Chinese government to plant trees across the Kubuqi Desert.
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    A view of the Tengger desert in Gansu province. 
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    A farmer works a field on the edges of the Tengger Desert. 
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