Giant pandas have been serving as successful cultural ambassadors bridging China and other countries.
Three oil spill accidents were reported in north China's Bohai Sea in less than two month from June 2011.
A total of 55 people who have been stranded on west China's Xinjiang-Tibet Highway since Tuesday due to heavy snowfall have been rescued, a local rescue team said Thursday.
Experts estimate that 20 tons of cadmium leaked into the Longjiang, polluting up to 300 kilometers of the river.
Xinjiang's picturesque lakes are gradually vanishing and may soon be lost as humans make their presence felt.