Aside from teacups and rice bowls, China doesn’t do anything on a small scale. Sure enough, their recently-completed solar power array in Ningxia is huge.

The Ningxia array is the first of several giant renewable energy projects planned for     1     (construct) in the dry western areas like the Gobi, Tengger, and Taklamakan deserts.

China Energy Investment Corp says it is the first solar farm in the country    2     (include) an ultra high voltage power transmission channel that will bring the electricity     3     (generate) there to Hunan Province. This is because Hunan has     4     population of 66 million people, compared to Ningxia’s 7 million.

    5     the most recent Five Year Plan, the Chinese government     6     (outline) their intention to install 100 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2026. Installed capacity of renewable energy in China continued to expand in the first quarter,    7     (reach) 47.4 million kW.

Like most rural Chinese provinces, Ningxia, along with Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia — the provinces     8     the three deserts mentioned above lie, rely     9     (heavy) on coal for electricity.    10     is hoped that the major installations of solar and wind will accelerate development in these mostly-agricultural economies.

Xinjiang’s Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway (referred to as the Heruo Railway),     1     “last kilometer” of the world’s first desert railway loop (环形) line,     2    (put) into operation on June 16, 2022, with a design speed of 120 kilometers per hour.

With a total     3    (long) of 825 kilometers, the Heruo Railway stretches     4    Hotan city in the west to Ruoqiang county in the east. Travel time between the two terminuses (终点站) can be cut to 11 hours and 26 minutes.

Now with the 2,712-kilometer-long closed railway loop around the Taklamakan Desert, millions of locals and visitors now are able     5    (travel) through the desert more easily. Additionally, the     6    (recent) opened track has also improved local transportation conditions, with six freight (货运) and passenger stations, eleven passenger stations     7    five stations for technical use. Xinjiang-grown crops may now be delivered through the railway line, instead of taking days by trucks.

The Heruo Railway has become one of the key international passageways,     8    connect China’s western hinterland (内陆) to South Asia, Central and West Asia as a regional trunk line in central and western China. The greatly     9    (improve) transportation has boosted southern Xinjiang’s economic and social development. It is important for ensuring harmony and     10    (promote) rural revitalization (振兴).