Across China: Strenuous efforts ensure better protection of "mother river"

HEFEI, March 23 (Xinhua) -- As the chilly spring breeze lightly brushed their cheeks, a father and his son stood on the deck of a boat on the Yangtze River, known as a "mother river" of the Chinese nation. This is just another ordinary workday for them.

For 17 years, Zhang Pinghe, the 58-year-old father, has dedicated himself to collecting ship waste along the Tongling section of the Yangtze River.

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