Where does the Yellow River originate?

The Yellow River originates from the Bayan Har Mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

The Yellow River has a total length of approximately 5,464 kilometers, flowing through 9 provinces and autonomous regions including Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong, and flows into the Bohai Sea in Kenli County, Shandong Province. Following the Yangtze River's policy of "focusing on comprehensive protection and not engaging in large-scale development", the issue of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin has also been put on the agenda in 2019.

The central government has made it clear that ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin are major national strategies, along with the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta. In the future, the Yellow River Basin will promote the implementation of a number of major ecological protection, restoration and construction projects, insist on using water to determine cities, water to determine land, water to determine people, and water to determine production, and explore new high-quality development paths with regional characteristics.

The significance of the Yellow River to mankind

Tracing back to its roots, "China" was born on the banks of the Yellow River, and the Yellow River Basin was once the main body of China. Throughout history, the Yellow River has witnessed the Chinese nation’s legacy of Yanhuang. The Yellow River has nurtured the uninterrupted Chinese civilization for more than five thousand years. The Yellow River has nurtured the harmonious family of the Chinese nation. The Yellow River has opened China’s mind to the world. The Yellow River has ignited the realization of The passion for the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The Yellow River "is an important symbol of the Chinese nation and an important symbol of the Chinese national spirit." "The Yellow River culture is an important part of Chinese civilization and the root and soul of the Chinese nation." The root highlights that Chinese civilization originated from the Yellow River culture; the soul highlights that the basic core and values ??of Chinese civilization are in one continuous line with the Yellow River culture.