Farmers load plums that were just harvested to a vehicle in Wushan county, Chongqing, in June 2018. The county, located in the Three Gorges Dam area, has embarked on the path of ecological development in recent years. (Photos: Xinhua)

An aerial view of the construction site of of a bank in the Three Gorges reservoir in Maoping town of Yichang city, Hubei province, April 9, 2020. The project is aimed at enforcing the reservoir bank and improve the ecological environment of the Yangtze River.

A view of the Yangtze River in Zigui county, Hubei province.

Aerial photo taken on April 25, 2020 shows a capsule-shaped bulk cargo warehouse in Yueyang, Central China's Hunan province. Its totally-enclosed feature can effectively avoid the dust pollution previously occurring at the port's freight yard, becoming more beneficial to the eco-environment along the river.

Some of the team's demonstration remediation projects resumed on April 1, before the lockdown of Wuhan due to the COVID-19 pandemic was lifted on April 8, and work has now returned to normal.