Gansu’s challenges range from modernizing its heavy industries to resisting desertification and the encroachment of the Gobi desert. While it has been making slow but steady progress, its future is clouded by worsening water shortages; though it straddles the Yellow River, the water table is dwindling fast.
甘肃省的挑战包括将其重工业进行现代化改造，抵御沙化以及戈壁沙漠的侵袭。尽管该省一直取得缓慢而稳步的进展，但是其未来还是受困于日益恶化的水源短缺；尽管黄河横跨该省，但是其地下水正在快速下降。