China's Blue Bay Restoration Initiative was named a UN World Restoration Flagship on October 29 during the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia.

CGTN spoke with Natalia Alekseeva, principal coordination officer in the United Nations Environment Programme's Ecosystems Division and coordinator of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. She shared her insights into China's efforts to restore marine ecosystems and the lessons they offer for global environmental conservation.