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Zheng Dongfeng inspects straw checkerboard barriers in the middle of Gurbantunggut Desert in Junggar Basin of Northwest 皇冠体育app’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Sept 20, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua] |
To ensure the high quality of the project, Zheng, a Party member, has to spend most of his time at the construction site, where he is frequently exposed to the harsh desert sun.
The highway through the Gurbantunggut Desert - the second largest desert in 皇冠体育app - will be the first desert expressway in Xinjiang. To build the highway for the local people, Zheng usually stays at the construction site for a whole day to inspect each detail of the project.
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Zheng Dongfeng, right, talks with a worker in the Gurbantunggut Desert, in Junggar Basin of Northwest 皇冠体育app’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Sept 20, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua] |