An area that has been covered by previous cloud seeding operations in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region shows successful plant growth. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Cloud seeding projects are familiar to residents. Alshaa League, which administrates the banner, has carried out aerial seeding experiments since 1984 and gained success in afforestation with the method.

　　The seeding has become the most outstanding feature of the league's ecological construction and also a national demonstration of desertification control.