The UNEP pointed to the "Kubuqi PPP (pubic-private partnerships) plus model" as the secret behind the success. Over nearly 30 years, a unique collaborative model for ecological restoration was built among "public, private, local community and international organizations."

The UN desertification conference opened on Wednesday and will last about two weeks. Its main task is to seek solutions for the UN sustainable goal of a "land degradation neural world by 2030" and to develop a new strategy for the 2018-2030 period.

About 1,400 delegates from 196 parties and more than 20 international organizations are attending.

The successes in the Kubuqi are a good example of the progress that China has made against desertification. Liu Dongsheng, deputy head of the State Forestry Administration, said desert was expanding at a rate of 10,400 square kilometers per year at the end of the last century, but is now shrinking by 2,424 square kilometers each year.

"China plans to reforest 50 percent of the desertified land that can be treated by 2020, and the rest by 2050," Liu said.

Pradeep Monga, deputy executive of the UNCCD, said the restoration of the Kubuqi showed the great efforts made by the Chinese people, businesses and government.

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