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Residents of Wujiazitun like to say their village used to be so destitute that even the birds avoided flying here .
Largely covered with saline-alkali soil, the village in Zhaoyuan county, Northeast China s Heilongjiang province did not have many crops to harvest in the autumn. When it was windy, the whole village was so shrouded in alkali dust that people could barely open their eyes outside.
In 2003, Cai Yunlou, a businessman from a neighboring village, saw a chance, with some element of risk, to cash in on the barren land. He rented about 1,600 hectares of local land and connected it with a nearby swamp, planning to transform the area into a wetland.
2021-01-18 10:36:22 GMT2021-01-18 18:36:22(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HARBIN, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) Villagers of Wujiazitun like to say their hometown used to be so destitute that even birds avoided flying here.
Largely covered with saline-alkali soil, the village in Zhaoyuan County, northeast China s Heilongjiang Province did not have many crops to harvest in the autumn. When it was windy, the whole village was so shrouded in alkali dust that people could barely open their eyes outside.
In 2003, Cai Yunlou, a businessman from a neighboring village, saw a risky chance to cash in on the barren land. He rented about 24,000 mu (about 1,600 hectares) of local land and connected it with a nearby swamp, planning to transform the area into a wetland.
HARBIN, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) Villagers of Wujiazitun like to say their hometown used to be so destitute that even birds avoided flying here. Largely covered with