In the first quarter of this year, 93 patents from five companies in Ningxia Hui autonomous region raised 228 million yuan ($35.78 million) through intellectual property pledge financing.
Tian Manchao, a photographer in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, has always had a profound connection to the Yellow River.
When villager Tian Yanhu arrived at his work site in the Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base, as a fresh graduate almost two decades ago, he felt lost.
For the last five years, diners eager to try fusion cuisine in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, have had just the place to go.
Having spent 42 years in the desert in Northwest China's Ningxia, Wang Youde said he has devoted nearly two-thirds of his life to fighting desertification.
A TV program promoting Ningxia's product brands was aired on Ningxia TV on March 15, discussing topics such as brand development and Xixia beer's role in consumption upgrading.
Over more than a decade, bird photographer Yue Changhong has traveled over 180,000 kilometers and captured more than 500,000 images.
Over recent decades, China has made extraordinary progress in curbing desertification. It has become the first country to see an overall reduction in desertified land.