China's Ant Forest receives top UN environmental honor for tree-planting initiative

Xu Di (C), general manager of the Ant Forest initiative, and Shen Junliang (L), a representative app user, pose for photos after receiving a 2019 "Champions of the Earth" award, in New York, the United States, Sept. 26, 2019. Ant Forest, a green initiative in China, on Thursday received a 2019 "Champions of the Earth" award, the United Nations highest environmental honor. Ant Forest won the "Inspiration and Action" category of the award given by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) for turning the green good deeds of half a billion people into real trees planted in some of China's most arid regions. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)