Photo shows grid-shaped sand-protecting barriers in Kubuqi Desert. Ordos makes full use of sand-protecting barriers in preventing and controlling sandification and restoring vegetation. It began to plant salix and artemisia last century to reduce the sandstorm damage on oases, farmland and transportation at the edges of the desert.

People use the water-flushing method to plant salix. Ordos people developed a water-flushing planting method for salix, which was awarded by the local government and widely applied in the city's afforestation projects in deserts and sandy areas.