A machine carves out patterns on a bamboo fan in Anji in March 2023. SHI ZINAN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE As an Anji local, Bai is well-acquainted with the long-standing role of bamboo in daily life.

During the national two sessions in 2021, lawmaker Zhou Yizhe from North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region shared with the delegation his personal story of transforming from a logger to a ...