Mechanized cotton harvesting begins in Aksu, Xinjiang
STORY: Mechanized cotton harvesting begins in Aksu, Xinjiang
DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:39
LOCATION: AKSU, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of cotton fields in Xinjiang
STORYLINE:
Machinery cotton pickers are working in the fields in Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, during the harvest season.
More than 1,100 cotton-picking machines have been put into operation to harvest the 5,000 square kilometers of cotton fields this year. High-efficient mechanized harvesting shortens the cotton picking period in Aksu by about 10 days.
Xinjiang is the largest cotton-growing area in China. In 2021, the mechanization rate of cotton picking in the region exceeded 80 percent.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Aksu, China.
(XHTV)
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- 2022/10/05 00:00:00
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- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
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