On March 15, 2021, most of the cities in northern China were hit by a huge sandstorm, and when I woke up, the dark sky, the sand and dust in the sky, and wherever the yellow sand went, there was a piece of yellow earth, but the source of the largest sandstorm suffered by the northern part of the mainland in the past 10 years was not in China, but in Mongolia, the northern neighbor next to the mainland
This sandstorm killed dozens of people in Mongolia, destroyed hundreds of homes, lost countless livestock, and was covered in heavy winds and dust across the border in several northern provinces, and even drifted to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River on the mainland, affecting more than 3 million square kilometers, more than one-third of the country
Although Outer Mongolia has also learned from the mainland to prevent desertification of the country, but helpless due to economic constraints, lack of understanding, continuous investment, and has not achieved obvious results, sand and dust are still constantly eroding Mongolia's fragile ecology, according to statistics, desertification areas have accounted for more than half of Mongolia's land area
In stark contrast, the Inner Mongolia region of the mainland has been vigorously invested by the state for decades, the country in the northeast - north China - the scope has been extended to the northwest region, we have built a green vegetation belt, to avoid the desertification of the land in this line area, and then through the vigorous publicity of the state, the people's awareness of environmental protection has been greatly improved, the investment and publicity of the two hands so that the Inner Mongolia region from the past desertification gradually disappeared, green re-occupied the vast area of Inner Mongolia, Life for the people is becoming more and more comfortable under the leadership of the Party
If Outer Mongolia had not chosen to split off from China, I believe that the people there would have lived as richly as Inner Mongolia, singing and dancing, instead of enduring the extremely harsh environment like now
Let's take a look at how frequent sandstorms are in Mongolia, the data show that between the 1950s and the modern 2021, the frequency of sandstorms has risen from single digits in the past to nearly 30 times a year today, from more than 20 days / year to nearly 100 days / year to now, which means that one-third of the events of the year, Outer Mongolians have to live in the sand and dust weather of yellow sand
Why is the desertification of Mongolia so serious: 1. Excessive grazing is the first major factor in the desertification of the country, in the past 30 years, mongolia's livestock growth rate is very fast, the total number of livestock far exceeds the carrying capacity of pastures 2. Mongolia's economic support is mainly to sell resources, a large number of mining has also accelerated the degradation of grasslands, long-term exploitation of mineral resources, causing devastating damage to the environment and ecology
However, the Inner Mongolia region of the mainland was not the same as Outer Mongolia today, but under the governance of our country, Inner Mongolia is now thriving. I don't know how those Outer Mongolian policymakers who insisted on forcibly separating from China felt when they saw the current situation