Xinhua Headlines: Inner Mongolia flourishing amid integrated ecological efforts

by Xinhua writers Wang Jinye, Yin Yao, Li Laifang

HOHHOT, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- As the autumn harvest approaches, villager Zheng Jie toils beneath the scorching sun, irrigating his hillside vineyard with water pumped from a nearby well that runs over 100 meters deep. The area has been hit by a prolonged drought, causing the grapes to wither somewhat.