Photo taken on Sept. 26, 2020 shows a highway passing through a forest in Hulunbuir City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The area of desertified and sandified lands in Inner Mongolia has been decreasing for 15 consecutive years. By far, grassland vegetation and forest coverage rates in the region have reached 44 percent and 22.1 percent respectively. (Xinhua/Jia Lijun)
