Construction of the world's largest wind and solar power base in a desert is well underway in Kubuqi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the seventh largest desert in China, with hundreds of bulldozers working in tandem to level the ground. Once completed, the base will have an installed capacity of 16 million kW, replacing the burning of about six million tonnes of coal and reducing carbon dioxide by about 16 million tonnes.

China's plan for 450 million kW of desert-based wind power and photovoltaic bases is progressing smoothly. Some of the first batch of projects with a capacity of 97.05 million kW have been completed and put into operation.