There is a saying in the Yueyang area of Hunan Province "Old Sparrow of Dongting Lake", which is used to describe a person who has gone through wind and waves, seen the world, and is sophisticated. Xie Yonghong's WeChat name is "Dongting Sparrow", he explained with a smile: "Several friends older than me use 'Dongting Lake Old Sparrow' as their WeChat name, so the word 'old' was removed. ”
Xie Yonghong is the director of the Dongting Lake Wetland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The station was built in 2007, the site was selected in 2008, and it was completed in 2009, and he is the core figure in the construction of the station.
Since 2009, he and his team have been rooted in the Dongting Lake wetland for more than ten years, "taking the pulse of the treatment" to maintain the ecological balance and biodiversity of the local area. From the age of 36 to 50, he changed from a "scholar" to a scientific researcher who closely integrates scientific research and economic and social development, leading his team members to become a "dongting sparrow" who can withstand the challenges of wind and waves and protect the "kidney of the Yangtze River".
Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Dongting Lake, China's second largest freshwater lake, is known as the "kidney of the Yangtze River" because of its huge role in purifying the environment, regulating water levels and maintaining ecological balance.
This is the Aquatic Plant Industry Demonstration Park (drone photo) taken on July 10 in Datong Lake District, Yiyang City, Hunan Province. Odori Lake is located in the hinterland of Dongting Lake and is known as the "Heart of Dongting". Photo by Xue Yuge, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency
On July 9, researchers weighed the moss samples collected at the Dongting Lake Wetland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Yueyang, Hunan Province. Photo by Xue Yuge, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency
On July 9, researchers from the Dongting Lake Wetland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences bundled up the plant samples collected in the East Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve in Hunan Province for bringing back to the laboratory. Photo by Xue Yuge, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency
On July 9, Dr. Zou Yeai (left), a researcher from the Dongting Lake Wetland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and students collected liverwort samples in the East Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve in Hunan Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
On July 9, researchers from the Dongting Lake Wetland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recorded the collection of moss samples in the East Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve in Hunan Province. Photo by Xue Yuge, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency
This is a July 10 photo taken in Heba Town, Datong Lake District, Yiyang City, Hunan Province, and designed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (drone photo) of the Datong Lake Basin agricultural non-point source sewage terminal treatment facility. Odori Lake is located in the hinterland of Dongting Lake and is known as the "Heart of Dongting". Photo by Xue Yuge, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency