30 billion yuan invested to protect Inner Mongolia's ecosystem

A herdsman pastures sheep on grassland in Xin Barag Youqi, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 17, 2017. A total of 30 billion yuan (4.47 billion U.S. dollars) had been invested to protect the ecosystem of grassland in the region from 2011 to 2016. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)