China Daily seems to but they are probably liars too.
There is a convenient way to make a mountain green: paint it.
www.chinadaily.com.cn
A rocky hill in Fumin County of Southwest China's Yunnan Province was painted green last year. A worker who took part in the painting of more than 1,000 square meters of bare rock revealed that the project took seven people 45 days, and cost 470,000 yuan (US$ 60,645), reported Star Daily on February 14.
"Face projects", or projects that are built only to impress visitors or high-level officials, usually fail to meet the needs of common people.
So that's the best you could think of? A fake story by ChinaDaily that was picked up by SerpentZA?