Datong in Shanxi Province, China, is the source of water for major cities and food production areas in Northern China, but is currently under threat from soil erosion, desertification, and water shortages, and has become a channel for wind-blown sand. Although national greening initiatives are underway, environmental conditions are harsh and diverse forest regeneration approaches are needed. Since 1999, GEN has strived to create model projects, such as natural botanical gardens, but a financial base needs to be established in order to ensure their long-term management. This project involves securing 20ha of land for cultivating trees with marketable fruit, such as apricots and peaches. Experts, researchers, and volunteers will be dispatched from Japan in order to share cultivation techniques, and the orchards will be built, maintained, and managed by our local counterpart, the Datong General Labor Union, and its subsidiary organizations.