A drone photo taken on May 31, 2026 shows a view of Ulan Suhai Lake in Urad Front Banner of Bayannur, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)
The Ulan Suhai Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the Yellow River basin. In recent years, local authorities have taken multiple measures to improve the ecology of the lake area. By making good use of the water replenishment from the Yellow River while strictly controlling sources of pollution, the lake’s ecology has been improving year by year.
A drone photo taken on May 31, 2026 shows a view of the Ulan Suhai Lake scenic spot in Urad Front Banner of Bayannur, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)A drone photo taken on May 31, 2026 shows tourists visiting Ulan Suhai Lake in Urad Front Banner of Bayannur, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)An aerial drone photo taken on May 31, 2026 shows a marina at Ulan Suhai Lake in Urad Front Banner of Bayannur, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)An aerial drone photo taken on May 31, 2026 shows a view of Ulan Suhai Lake in Urad Front Banner of Bayannur, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)Solar-powered aerators are used to oxygenate the water that is about to flow into Ulan Suhai Lake at an artificial wetland in Urad Front Banner of Bayannur, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 31, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)A postgraduate student from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University checks a bottle of water sample at the State Gauge and Research Station of Wetland Ecosystem of Ulan Suhai Lake in Urad Front Banner of Bayannur, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 31, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)A postgraduate student from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University observes and analyzes water samples at State Gauge and Research Station of Wetland Ecosystem of Ulan Suhai Lake in Bayannur, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 31, 2026. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)A waterfowl forages at the Jiupaigan artificial wetland in Urad Front Banner of Bayannur, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 31, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)A white egret takes off from Ulan Suhai Lake in Urad Front Banner of Bayannur, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 31, 2026. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
