@chinagk_dus: From arid desert to thriving town: Minning's story of China's east-west collaborative development. Over three decades, Minning Town in northwest China's Ningxia has transformed from an impoverished settlement on the edge of the Gobi Desert into a vibrant, productive community. As a vivid example of China's east-west collaboration, the transformation of Minning Town serves as a real-world microcosm of the changes brought by coordinated regional development.