CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON FARMING (CN)
(220421) -- URUMQI, April 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 18, 2022 shows a farming machine working in a cotton field in Shawan City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
According to estimates from the China Cotton Association, there will be 37.57 million mu (about 2.5 million hectares) of cotton plantation areas in Xinjiang in 2022, increasing 2 percent compared to 2021.
Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that cotton output in Xinjiang topped 5.1 million tonnes last year, accounting for 89.5 percent of the country's total cotton output. Moreover, the region has ranked first in China for more than 20 years in total cotton output, per-unit yield, planting area, and commodity allocation. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
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