SAND Smart Oasis
Transforming desert into national food security
SAND Promo Film
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Why Oman
Since its initial conception, the SAND model has fully considered Oman's natural endowments, national strategy and long-term development demands. We hope to bring the rich experience Lishunyuan has accumulated over the past 30 years in photovoltaic power generation, modern agriculture, new energy and desalination, and join hands with Oman to realise its established development vision — Oman Vision 2040.
Oman has resource conditions suited for scalable development:
Oman is a long-term strategic partner of China:
Oman has an open and stable regional investment platform:
Existing Chinese technologies matched to Oman's national demands:
Free Zone Policy
Sited in Ash Sharqiyah South, the project enjoys Oman's nationwide policies directly — and registering the project company in the adjacent Duqm SEZ unlocks the full special-zone package.
Preferential market access under Oman's free trade agreements:
Nationwide rules that apply regardless of location:
An optional upgrade via registration in the adjacent Duqm SEZ:
Why Ash Sharqiyah South
Endowed with desert land, coastal water sources, abundant solar energy and industrial foundations, Ash Sharqiyah South supports the phased development of large-scale smart agricultural projects.
Vast desert lands and low-density developable areas provide sufficient contiguous plots for the phased construction of large-scale agricultural projects.
Priority is given to contiguous land with over 50 cm of topsoil, flat open terrain and minimal stones — ready for large-scale development and mechanized farming.
Bordering the Arabian Sea, the region enables desalination, agricultural irrigation and integrated water use — a coordinated “water–energy–agriculture” model.
Abundant irradiation powers photovoltaic generation, supplying clean energy for desalination, smart irrigation, farming and produce processing.
Adequate space for modern agriculture, clean energy, produce processing, warehousing, logistics and supporting facilities — a full-fledged green industrial system.
An integrated model of desert rehabilitation, modern agriculture and clean energy turns desert into green industrial zones — a replicable regional benchmark.
What is SAND
One closed resource loop: power above the panels, crops beneath. Sunlight becomes green electricity; green power drives seawater desalination; freshwater sustains agricultural production. In the ever-repeating industrial cycle, the potential of products and data is released.
Sunlight becomes green electricity. Green power drives seawater desalination.
Power above the panels, crops beneath. Mulched drip irrigation for water-thrifty desert farming.
Storage and green computing raise the value of green power; industry captures the energy and data value.
Modular desalination for a stable water supply. Freshwater sustains agricultural production.
Why Photovoltaics Are Essential
The microclimate beneath the panels, combined with double cropping, lifts annual output well above the conventional model — lower temperature, less evaporation, balanced humidity, higher yield.
Estimation basis: conservative yield of 350 kg/mu/season from the Lishunyuan Xinjiang measured baseline · microclimate gain under panels +30% · double cropping · wheat price median USD 0.22–0.30/kg. Estimated capacities; final results subject to measurement in the trial area.
Modern Agriculture
1,000 hectares of contiguous under-panel wheat are estimated to yield 13,650 t per year. Mulched subsurface drip irrigation, smart greenhouses and mechanised operations make the desert floor productive at industrial scale.
New Energy Industry
Green molecules and green computing convert surplus power into export-grade products — strengthening the green, non-oil economy of Oman.
Solar-powered electrolysis of water produces hydrogen for domestic petrochemicals, electronics, metallurgy, food processing, organic synthesis and aerospace — securing national hydrogen self-sufficiency with zero carbon emissions.
Green hydrogen, replacing fossil-derived hydrogen, is synthesised with nitrogen into nitrogen fertiliser for domestic agriculture, securing national fertiliser self-sufficiency with zero carbon emissions.
Electrolytic hydrogen and carbon dioxide are synthesised into methanol for domestic pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, dyes, coatings, plastics, synthetic fibres and synthetic rubber — securing national methanol self-sufficiency.
Mature lithium-ion (lithium iron phosphate) battery technology stores surplus electricity, ensuring a stable 24/7 power supply.
Green power underpins AI computing, anchoring a digital industry cluster.
Recovering minerals from coastal seawater and converting desalination brine into agricultural inputs.
Empowering Oman Vision 2040 and accelerating the transition to a net-zero future.
Key Industry · Seawater Desalination
Desalination is the water engine of the SAND system. China has built a complete industrial chain spanning technology, processes, materials, equipment and engineering — by end-2025 national desalination capacity reached 3.077 million t/day, with reverse-osmosis membranes, high-pressure pumps and energy-recovery devices fully domestically controlled and per-tonne water cost down about 40% over the past decade, offering a proven path to large-scale water security in arid regions.
By end-2025 China operated 167 desalination projects totalling 3.077 million t/day, 68 of them at 10,000 t/day or above; the Zhoushan Green Petrochemical Base (Zhejiang) hosts the world's largest petrochemical desalination complex at 515,000 t/day, and annual desalinated output exceeds 400 million tonnes — beating the 14th Five-Year target ahead of schedule.
Reverse osmosis accounts for about 70.5% of national capacity. RO membranes, high-pressure pumps and energy-recovery devices are now fully domestic; Tianjin Nangang hosts a 30,000 t/day single-train all-domestic RO demonstration line, and Chinese membrane elements serve multiple 10,000-tonne plants including Qingdao Baifa Phase II.
Industrial waste heat and nuclear energy now drive desalination: Haiyang nuclear's water-heat co-production, Yulong's 160,000 t/day thermal-membrane hybrid and ZPC Yushan Island's 305,000 t/day plant — the world's largest hot-water flash facility — are all in operation, while Chinese equipment built Algeria's 300,000 t/day Oran project.
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Value Delivered to Oman
Boosting local food security
Building a complete agricultural value-added industrial chain
Driving local procurement and SME engagement
Generating fiscal revenue and regional economic growth
Attracting investment and developing replicable assets
Adding Omani jobs while advancing agricultural, water and renewable-energy capabilities
Chairman
Three decades of expertise in arid-land agriculture and soil improvement — bringing proven industrial capability, not a concept, ready to transfer to Oman.
Why Us
We have cleared four critical thresholds: agricultural production, extreme-environment operation, capital organisation, and large-scale physical engineering.
Heshuo · Xinjiang, China
A closed-loop system integrating crop farming, livestock breeding and organic fertiliser production on saline-alkali Gobi land — raising soil organic matter from 0.5% to 2.8% within three years. An early agrivoltaics adopter, in an arid desert climate closely mirroring Oman's.
Korla · Xinjiang, China
Thirty years of large-scale modern orchard management at the hyper-arid fringe of the Taklamakan Desert, with world-leading water-resource utilisation through smart irrigation.
Yanqi · Xinjiang, China
Turns a unique arid-zone terroir into a premium wine — gold-medal winner at international wine competitions; a model of high-value specialty agriculture.
Korla · Xinjiang, China
Xinjiang Korla Fragrant Pear Co., Ltd. (SSE 600506) — Lishunyuan Chairman Du Liyuan served as its director and president (1999–2003), then vice chairman (2003–2007), leading the listed company behind the Korla Fragrant Pear geographical-indication brand.
Qinhuangdao · Hebei, China
A world-class seaside island resort integrating island holidays with sailing sports — global quality-asset management and innovative operating services with a green-energy focus, scarce land-and-sea resources, a national sailing industry and official endorsement from multiple quarters.
Proven Project · 01
Founded in 2002, Dili Group spans the full value chain — produce sourcing and processing, wholesale market development and operation, modern warehousing and logistics, and fresh-food retail services. It operates 12 large agricultural wholesale markets in 9 central cities across Northeast, East and Southwest China, with self-operated fresh supply-chain services — a modern, large-scale agricultural distribution enterprise group.
Twelve large produce wholesale markets across nine cities — from Harbin Hada, Shenyang and Shouguang to Hangzhou, Guiyang and Chengdu — form a north–south backbone for farm-produce distribution.
A “production–distribution–retail” fresh supply chain reaching upstream into contract farming, post-harvest storage, processing and cold chain — progressively connecting the full agricultural value chain and supporting rural revitalisation.
A data-sharing, business-connected digital platform built on smart wholesale-market systems — centralised online trading with multi-channel offline fulfilment.
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Proven Project · 02
Xinjiang Korla Renhe Farm of Agriculture, Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. — formerly Korla Renhe Economic & Trade Co., Ltd., established in 1993 and renamed in 1998. With registered capital of RMB 24 million in Awat Township, Korla, it grows fragrant pears and other fruit, cotton and grain, alongside land leasing and agricultural services — pears, grapes, cotton and grain at scale. As promoter shareholder of Xinjiang Korla Fragrant Pear Co., Ltd. (SSE 600506), the farm directly incubated an A-share listed company.
Cotton and grain are the farm's staple output — 14,442 mu (≈960 ha) of cultivated land and 327 staff at prospectus disclosure, a mature large-scale cultivation system.
Thirty years of large-scale modern orchard management on the hyper-arid fringe of the Taklamakan, with world-leading water-use efficiency through smart irrigation — fragrant pears and grapes form high-value fruit output.
As promoter shareholder, the farm incubated Xinjiang Korla Fragrant Pear Co., Ltd. into an A-share listing — founder Du Liyuan remains controlling shareholder with an 80% stake.
Renhe Farm · video showcase (auto-plays in view)
Proven Project · 03
Tiansai Vineyards sits in the Qigexing Town wine-industry park of the Yanqi Basin, Xinjiang — at the foot of the Huola Mountains (Tianshan range), with gravel soils, abundant sunlight and extreme diurnal temperature swings; a benchmark estate converting a harsh arid terroir into premium wine.
Gravel soils and extreme day-night temperature swings in the Yanqi Basin give the grapes high concentration and aromatics.
Repeated gold medals at international wine competitions; T95, T50 and T20 form a complete premium range.
Integrated from vineyard to bottle — proof of the premium path for specialty agriculture in arid zones.
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Proven Project · 04
Xinjiang Korla Fragrant Pear Co., Ltd. (SSE 600506) is an A-share listed company built around the Korla Fragrant Pear national geographical-indication product. Lishunyuan Chairman Du Liyuan served as the company's director and president from November 1999, was elected vice chairman in January 2003 and left office in October 2007; Renhe Farm was a promoter-shareholder holding 11.20% pre-IPO.
Du Liyuan led the listed company's operations as director and president.
Continued in a core board role, driving the full value chain around the geographical-indication product.
Eight years as a core executive of an A-share company — first-hand experience in capital organisation and regulated governance.
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Korla fragrant pear · video showcase (auto-plays in view)
Proven Project · 05
On Grape Island, Beidaihe New District, Hebei (reclaimed land), opened July 2024. HaiNaShan · Lanjing Resort pioneered the “island hotel + water sports + glamping” one-stop island sports-resort complex, championing a spirit of “vitality like waves, a state of mind like the blue” — lodging, water sports, glamping, art, marine education, dining and entertainment in one destination.
63 suites, all above 70 m² — premier king suites, deluxe twin suites, family suites and three-bedroom family suites.
Keelboat sailing, wake-surfing, windsurfing, SUP and kayaking, with ASA (American Sailing Association) certified training.
Natural landscapes meet refined camping — canopy BBQ and move-in-ready stays.
Three themed restaurants, plus the Sunrise restaurant, the owners' canteen and the Roselle and D9 bars.
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Hainashan · video showcase (auto-plays in view)
Master Plan · Ash Sharqiyah South
The SAND master plan is set in Ash Sharqiyah South, Oman, spanning 100,000 hectares along the Arabian Sea — a stretch of coastal land where solar power, desalinated water and modern agriculture will turn desert shoreline into a seaside paradise built for generations.
Master plan · location, tenure & unit layout
Left: the project's location in Ash Sharqiyah South, Oman. Centre: satellite view of the first 1,000-hectare block — long-term secure tenure on coastal desert land. Right: the unit's development layout, where agrivoltaic arrays, modern agriculture, community facilities and green industry are grouped into a replicable standard unit.
Functional Zoning · Integrated Industry-City
80% of the site is agriculture; energy, water, green industry and community facilities sit within the remaining 20%, so the land works as one integrated system.
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Functional Zoning · Core Agriculture Zone
The core agriculture zone develops local farming on three tracks — crops cultivated between and beneath the photovoltaic arrays, livestock grazing in the panels' shade, and soilless-cultivation greenhouses — so the same land yields power, food and livestock at once.
Image wall · PV cultivation / livestock under panels / soilless greenhouses (4×6)
Functional Zoning · Core Industry Zone
The core industry zone develops green industry through a seawater desalination plant, green hydrogen–ammonia–methanol plants, an AI computing centre and green-metallurgy works: solar power drives desalination and electrolysis, extends into green fuels, and anchors a cleaner materials industry.
Image wall · desalination / green H2·NH3·methanol / AI computing / green metallurgy (4×6)
Functional Zoning · Core Living Zone
The core living zone forms a complete community of housing, commerce, schools, hospitals, an ecological corridor and resort hotels — daily needs within walking distance, green corridors stitching public space together, and a resort hotel facing the Arabian Sea.
Image wall · housing / retail / school / hospital / eco corridor / hotel (4×6)
Lifestyle Amenities
A compact 5% of the site carries the operations centre, an ecological corridor, a residential community, resort hotel, school and hospital — so the development functions as a liveable industry-city rather than a remote work camp.
Priority recruitment · Ash Sharqiyah South
Through land development, agricultural production, clean energy, water-resource management and agro-processing, SAND generates sustainable employment for both construction and long-term operation.
Team wall · agriculture / industry / public utilities (2×6)
Phased Development Plan
Starting with a field-proven model under China's most demanding conditions, then adapting it with local data to build a reliable, scalable capability for Oman.
1,000 ha
12 months · ~USD 5M · ~2 MWp
Validates an integrated agriculture–water–energy model and establishes practical technical and operating benchmarks.
10,000 ha
Phased development · ~USD 1.2B
Creates a reliable, commercially sustainable base for local food production and supply.
100,000 ha
Long-term · ~USD 20B
Builds an integrated infrastructure platform supporting Oman's long-term food security and agricultural resilience.
How We Do It · Phase 1
Four phases across the first twelve months — each ends at a measurable gate before the next tranche of work begins.
1–3 Months
4–9 Months
7–10 Months
11–12 Months
