Published on: 2026-08-29
Source: People’s Republic of China — Translation
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Urumqi, August 29 /Xinhua/ — In Kyrgyzstan, in the Suusamyr Valley, biological feed processing equipment manufactured in China was put into operation in July this year. This is a joint project of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) with local research organizations, under which local shrubs, caragana, are processed into combined biological feed for livestock.
“At the initial stage, we conducted an analysis of the nutritional composition of local caragana and scientifically justified its ratio with other fodder grasses,” said Li Yaoming, director of the Green Development Research Center of the Silk Road at the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography. According to him, the problem of pasture degradation caused by the continuous expansion of caragana has long remained acute for the local community. This solution will not only help restore degraded pastures but also open up new sources of feed for the region’s livestock sector.
Environmental cooperation is one of the key areas of practical interaction between China and the Central Asian countries over the 25 years of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s existence.
As early as 2013, the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with several Central Asian countries, established the Central Asian Scientific Research Center for Ecology and Environment, headquartered in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, with branches in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Based on this center, Chinese and foreign specialists work on water resource protection in arid zones, combating desertification, amelioration of solonchaks, and ecosystem restoration.
Over more than ten years, a number of Chinese technologies have been implemented in the countries of Central Asia.
In Kazakhstan, a demonstration zone for creating an ecological protective barrier has been established, contributing to the improvement of the microclimate in the capital area. In Tajikistan, Chinese specialists applied the BeiDou system to monitor deformation of the high-mountain Sarez Lake dam, providing a technological basis for early disaster warning. In Kyrgyzstan, low-cost water purification installations have been implemented in several districts, benefiting the local population.
Chinese researchers continue to seek new directions for cooperation, shifting the focus from environmental management to the comprehensive development of green industries.
“Cooperation is not a one-sided transfer of technology,” emphasized Qiao Jianfan, head of the international cooperation department at the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She gave an example: one of the Uzbek officials who visited the institute’s halophyte botanical garden in Karamay /Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Northwest China/ highly appreciated the effect of using halophytes to improve soils. Upon returning to his homeland, he initiated the creation of a halophyte botanical garden in Uzbekistan, with the Chinese side providing seeds and assisting in the training of local specialists.
Li Yaoming emphasized that the foundation of interaction is strategic mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation, and the driving force is the real needs of sustainable development. “By helping Central Asian countries solve problems of water scarcity, salinization, and desertification, we simultaneously have the opportunity to test and improve our technological solutions in broader and more complex natural and social conditions,” he said.
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