PROTECTING ENDANGERED PLANTS:Preserving life and hope along the Yangtze River

The Endangered Plants Institute of the China Three Gorges Corporation(hereinafter the"Plants Institute")is situated in a green stretch upstream of the right bank of the Three Gorges Project.Every spring,a special spring plowing occurs there.After 10 years of efforts,1,006species of endangered plants from the Yangtze River area grow there.