Aerial photo taken on March 2, 2021 shows the Hequanhu bridge on the Yellow River in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)
YINCHUAN, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The Yellow River, China's second-longest river, is known as China's "Mother River" and the cradle of Chinese civilization. The 5,464-km-long waterway feeds about 12 percent of China's population.
The Ningxia section of the Yellow River runs 397 kilometers. During the past years, Ningxia has been promoting the ecological development. Currently, over 500,000 mu (about 33,333 hectares) wetland has been recovered in Ningxia, with the total wetland area covering 3.1 million mu. The local forest coverage rate has increased from 11.4 percent in 2010 to 15.2 percent in 2019. 
Aerial photo taken on March 3, 2021 shows the Yellow River flowing past Nanchangtan Village of Zhongwei, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
Aerial photo taken on March 2, 2021 shows the Yellow River flowing through Yinchuan in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)
Aerial photo taken on March 3, 2021 shows a section of the Yellow River in Shapotou District of Zhongwei, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tang Rufeng)
Aerial photo taken on March 2, 2021 shows a view of the Qingtongxia water control project in Qingtongxia City under Wuzhong, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
Aerial photo taken on March 2, 2021 shows a grand bridge on the Yellow River in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)
Aerial photo taken on March 3, 2021 shows a section of the Yellow River in Shapotou District of Zhongwei, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
Aerial photo taken on March 4, 2021 shows a view of the Shapotou water control project in Zhongwei, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)■
