China's rapid economic development in recent decades has given rise to two major challenges. One is minimizing the harm to the natural environment. The other is ensuring that everyone enjoys the benefits. Follow Beijing International Film Festival Award-winner Gasthoori Manickam on an extraordinary journey. In travelling from the "Roof of the World", to a vast expanse of sand, from the fast-flowing Nujiang River, to the Cliff Village, she discovers how Chinese wisdom and resolve are protecting nature and helping the poorest members of society.

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