Local residents and soldiers plant a tree to wish world peace at a minefield after landmine-sweeping in Qiaotou Township of Hekou Yao Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 9, 2016. Chinese soldiers completed to clear mines in 18 minefields in the section of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture on Friday. Chinese soldiers began their third landmine-sweeping mission along the Sino-Vietnam border in November 2015, covering 30 townships in six counties in Yunnan Province. The mission is expected to be all finished by the end of 2017. (Xinhua/Li Yan)
