A new draft law on the conservation of the Yellow River, China’s second-largest, was submitted to the ongoing session of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee for deliberation on Monday. The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest river in the world, with a length of some 5,464 kilometers (3,395 miles). Photo: VCG

Aerial view of the source of the Yellow River in Northwest China’s Qinghai province in October 2020. Water from thousands of lakes forms the river’s source. Photo: VCG

The scenery of the first bay of the nine twists of the Yellow River on Aug. 26 in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China’s Sichuan province. Photo: Wang Lei, China News Agency/VCG

The intersection of the Yellow River and the Tao River in Lanzhou, Northwest China’s Gansu province, on July 15. Photo: VCG

The riverbed of the Yellow River is exposed due to a drop in the water level in Yuncheng, North China’s Shanxi province, on Nov. 22. Photo: VCG

After being washed by the water flow, different arteries of the Yellow River’s riverbed form a unique natural ecological landscape on Saturday in Yuncheng, North China’s Shanxi province. Photo: VCG

A group of egrets congregates on the Yellow River bank in Yuncheng, North China’s Shanxi province, on Saturday. Photo: VCG

The water from the Huanghe (Yellow River) Hukou waterfall is frozen because of the frigid weather in Jixian County, North China’s Shanxi province, on Friday. Photo: IC Photo

The scenery of the Jinlong Bay in Yulin, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, on Sept. 19. The Jinlong Bay is the first bay of the Yellow River after it enters Shaanxi. Photo: VCG

The riverbed of the Yellow River in Puyang, Central China’s Henan province, looks like a natural “sand painting” on Saturday due to a drop in water level. Photo: VCG

The floating bridges along the Jinan line of the Yellow River are temporarily taken down on Oct. 13 in Jinan, East China’s Shandong province, due to the biggest autumn flood in 36 years. Photo: VCG

The Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in Dongying, East China’s Shandong province, was identified as the national ecological civilization education base in 2013. Photo: VCG

The Qiankun Bay of the Yellow River, located in the ravine between Shanxi province and Shaanxi province, appears like a melting mass of ice in December 2020. Photo: VCG