This photo taken on June 19, 2023 shows a crevasse in the Baishui River No. 1 Glacier on the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng) Wang Shijin (2nd L) checks the equipment with his teammates at a meteorological observation station on the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang) Wang Shijin (1st L) heads for the Baishui River No. 1 Glacier with teammates on the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang) Du Chunhong, a researcher with Yulong Snow Mountain National Field Observation and Research Station for Cryosphere and Sustainable Development, takes a snow sample on the Baishui River No. 1 Glacier on the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang) Yan Xingguo, a researcher with Yulong Snow Mountain Cryosphere and Sustainable Development Field Science Observation and Research Station, takes a water sample at an observation point along the Baishui River in Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 16, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo) This aerial photo taken on June 16, 2023 shows a view of the Baishui River No. 1 Glacier on the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo) Che Yanjun (L), a researcher with Yulong Snow Mountain National Field Observation and Research Station for Cryosphere and Sustainable Development, carries out positioning work on the Baishui River No. 1 Glacier on the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 16, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo) Wang Shijin (1st L) works with his teammates on the Baishui River No. 1 Glacier on the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng) This aerial photo taken on June 16, 2023 shows a view of the Baishui River No. 1 Glacier on the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo) 
China will build an observation station in the country's northwest Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to improve the ecology of Pamir Plateau, a busy passage once for traders traveling along the ancient Silk Road. The station to be built in Taxkorgan County will be used by researchers concerned with water resources, biodiversity, grassland productivity, climate change and disaster warning and forecasting.
A field observation station for ecosystem protection was jointly established by the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography and the Taxkorgan Wildlife Nature Reserve Administration in the Pamir Plateau on Mar. 30 in northwest China’s Xinjiang Province.
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