Xinhua A farmer waters peppers seedlings in Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur nomous Region, in March 2023. Once known as the "sea of death," the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting sand desert, has become a driving force for green development in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur nomous Region. In recent years, photovoltaic (PV) stations have been constructed, and large plantations of vegetation such as roses and cistanche have emerged on the outskirts of this vast desert, equivalent in size to Malaysia.

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