Former mine site fosters a lush, green future

WUHAN — In early spring, Xiao Meng and his colleagues at the Huangshi National Mine Park in Central China's Hubei province were busy planting locust trees along with local residents at the former mining site.

"In the past, it was a barren, rocky wasteland. Now, the saplings I planted have grown into forests," the 58-year-old former miner says.

Xiao, now a security guard at the park in the city of Huangshi, has been planting trees on the site for nearly 40 years and has witnessed the environmental improvements taking place as a result.