An egret flies at the Bosten Lake wetland, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (People’s Daily Online/Que Hure)

Located in the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Bosten Lake wetland has become a paradise for wild waterfowls, thanks to years of environmental protection.

In recent years, the prefecture has continuously improved the lake's ecological environment through a slew of measures such as implementing wetland conservation and restoration projects and returning farmland back into forests and grasslands, which has turned the lake into an ideal habitat for wild waterfowl.

A gull forages at the Bosten Lake wetland, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (People’s Daily Online/Que Hure)

Photo shows a cormorant at the Bosten Lake wetland, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (People’s Daily Online/Que Hure)

A grey heron flies over the Bosten Lake wetland, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (People’s Daily Online/Que Hure)

Photo shows a cormorant at the Bosten Lake wetland, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (People’s Daily Online/Que Hure)

Photo shows cormorants at the Bosten Lake wetland, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (People’s Daily Online/Que Hure)

A grey heron flies over the Bosten Lake wetland, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (People’s Daily Online/Que Hure)

Photo shows a cormorant at the Bosten Lake wetland, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (People’s Daily Online/Que Hure)