Police officers help herdspeople move to spring pastures in NW China's Xinjiang

Photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows police officers assisting herdsmen drive their sheep in Ili, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (vip.people.com.cn/Wang Pengfei)

As temperatures rise, local herdspeople have begun to move to their spring pastures in Ili, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

On April 23, 2023, a local police station formed a team consisting of three officers to escort the herdspeople. Carrying food and medicine, the team will help to solve their problems along the way, and make sure they will safely arrive in the pastures with their livestock.