Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region plans to complete over 40 million mu of ecological construction tasks this year, including more than 15 million mu dedicated to desertification control. The region is currently capitalizing on the critical spring season, leveraging technological innovations to enhance efforts in combating desertification and advancing the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Development Program.

In Xilingol League, the integration of intelligent machinery is improving the efficiency and quality of desert control measures. The spring campaign for the Hunshandake Sandy Land project under the "Three-North" Program commenced on April 15 in Zhenglan Banner. On-site demonstrations featured advanced equipment such as integrated sand barrier seeders, multi-drill shrub planting machines, hole-type reseeding devices, unmanned seed rope laying machines, and small crawler sand barrier units—highlighting the shift toward mechanized and intelligent desert management.

Xilingol has established a comprehensive model encompassing restoration, treatment, enhancement, and protection, with targeted strategies for different desertified areas. The league has developed 144 seedling bases capable of producing 94 million seedlings, achieving over 50% self-sufficiency in forest and grass seeds. Additionally, a "stump rejuvenation–feed processing–ecological protection" approach has been piloted, processing pruned willow and caragana shrubs into pellet feed to address winter forage shortages for herders. This year, Xilingol is tasked with 8.5 million mu of forest and grass ecological construction, including 3.41 million mu for desert control.

In Bayannur City, photovoltaic desert control projects are contributing to ecological management in the Yellow River "Ji"-shaped bend area. The 2-million-kilowatt photovoltaic desert control base in Suji Sandy Land, Urad Front Banner, is utilizing the spring window to advance sand fixation and vegetation planting. The Suji Sandy Land, characterized by strong winds and mobile sand, faces fragile ecological conditions. The project employs durable rice straw materials for sand barriers, which decompose into organic fertilizer within three years, ensuring environmental sustainability. Using a "small grid, low water consumption" method to lay grass checkboards, the approach minimizes impact on photovoltaic power generation while comprehensively covering mobile sand and curbing wind erosion at the source. Furthermore, photovoltaic panels provide shade, reducing ground temperature and water evaporation, thereby improving soil moisture content to support sand fixation and subsequent vegetation growth—creating a symbiotic relationship between solar energy development and ecological restoration.

Since the start of spring, Bayannur has seized favorable soil moisture conditions to promote desert control and afforestation tailored to local contexts, aiming to complete over 8 million mu of ecological management this year and inject green momentum into the Yellow River bend initiative. Moving forward, Inner Mongolia will continue to scale up proven models such as photovoltaic and mechanical desert control, using technological innovation to enhance the effectiveness of sand management efforts.