HOHHOT, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng has urged efforts to fight desertification in the eastern part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, a large-scale afforestation project, and shore up the ecological barrier in northern China.
He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during a research trip to north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region from Thursday to Friday for the shelterbelt program as well as other key ecological projects.
