After more than 30 years of control efforts, one-third of the Kubuqi Desert has been transformed into an oasis, making it the only desert in the world to be comprehensively treated. The Kubuqi Desert control model has been hailed by the United Nations as a "global desert control sample".

This year's forum is co-hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional People's Government; and has invited the United Nations Environment Programme and the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification as co-organizers.