BEIJING: While checking the ecological protection work on the Fenhe River in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, during his inspection tour, President Xi Jinping expressed his satisfaction with the tremendous changes made to the ecological environment along the river and stressed the importance of green development.
As the second-largest tributary of the Yellow River, the Fenhe River, which stretches 716km, passes six cities and dozens of counties and merges into the Yellow River.The Fenhe River has nine tributaries in the city of Taiyuan, the provincial capital. However, due to historical reasons, the river, also known as the “mother river” of Shanxi, used to be highly polluted.