BeiDou aids spring farming in Xinjiang

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BeiDou aids spring farming in Xinjiang

STORY: BeiDou aids spring farming in Xinjiang SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the field 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG XINJIA, Farmer in Xinjiang 3. various of the seeders STORYLINE: It's spring farming time in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Local farmers use the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) to guide unmanned seeders to reduce the time and labor cost of farming. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG XINJIA, Farmer in Xinjiang "I planted 20 mu (1.3 hectares) of wheat this year. I used traditional seeders in the past. It took a long time with low precision. This year, we have introduced BeiDou-guided seeders. It just took one hour to sow the seeds." Xinjiang has been keeping modernizing its farming process. According to the region's agricultural and rural affairs department, Xinjiang reached 100 percent mechanization in plowing and seeding, 80 percent in harvesting, and an overa

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