NATION MAKES RAPID PROGRESS TOWARD GREENER FUTURE

Ecological and environmental protection efforts rewarded

Editor's note: China Daily is publishing a series of stories reviewing President Xi Jinping's visits at home and abroad in the past decade, showcasing his vision for development in China and around the world.

After living aboard and fishing from sampans for most of her life, Chen Lanxiang never imagined a life away from the Yangtze River.

Her family's floating home near Ma'anshan, Anhui province, which lacked running water and electricity, had witnessed the depletion of stocks in China's longest river as a result of overfishing and deteriorating ecological conditions.