Guide county, Northwest China's Qinghai province, was listed among the third group of China's demonstration cities & counties for ecological civilization construction by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Nov 13.

It becomes the second county in Qinghai to receive the title after Huangyuan county in 2017.

Guide county, located in eastern Qinghai under the Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, began ecological civilization construction work in 2015. Through four years of efforts, the county has met the 37 major targets required by the environmental authority concerning environment quality, space layout, green economy, living environment, system construction and environmental awareness.

To date, the water flowing in the Guide section of Yellow river has been kept at Grade II, the second-highest level in China's five-tier water quality system, which can be used as drinking water sources.