Spreading the word for environmental protection, a young man from north China's Shanxi Province arrived by bicycle in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, last Tuesday on his cross-country trip.

Since starting out May 20, Liu Junjiang has visited Taiyuan and Linfen in Shanxi, Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province, Shijiazhuang in north China's Hebei Province and Xi'an in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

Next, he will head for the source of the Yellow River to spread the word for environmental concern along the mother river of the Chinese nation.

(Tianfu Morning Post August 10, 2007)