(250605) -- FUXIN, June 5, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Li Dongkui plants a sapling at a forestry farm in Zhanggutai Town of Zhangwu County, Fuxin City of northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 4, 2025. Li Mingming, secretary of the Communist Party of China branch of Arxiang Village of Zhangwu County, Fuxin City of northeast China's Liaoning Province, is a native of Arxiang. Her father Li Dongkui is a locally renowned forest ranger.

Due to her father's job, Li Mingming couldn't see Li Dongkui very often when she was young, as he once lived in a remote forest area lacking water, electricity and road access. Back then, she didn't fully understand her father's career choice.

In the past, the Arxiang Village suffered from severe land desertification resulting in low incomes of local people. As Li Mingming grew up, the ecological environment of the village improved remarkably, leading her to understand the significance of her father's job as a forest ranger. Influenced by her farther, Li Mingming returned to her hometown to work after graduated from a forestry college.

Now Li Mingming has led villagers to establish an integrated "planting, breeding, and agricultural product processing" industrial park. The greenhouses in the park effectively curb the spread of sand while increasing farmers' income. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)