Liu Zhongyuan, a technician at the Ruichen Wanniu Livestock Farm in Jungar Zhao Town, Jungar Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has been busy at work.
Unlike conventional cattle farms, Ruichen Wanniu Livestock Farm has adopted a new agro-husbandry development model that integrates livestock production with photovoltaic power generation, with solar power panels installed on the roofs of cowsheds and other places.
The new model is part of the startling transformation this traditional mining area has gone through. Jungar Banner has coal reserves of 54.4 billion tons, with 80 percent of its landmass containing coal. The local mining sector has taken large steps in terms of green transformation—moving away from traditional coal extraction toward the green development of