High technology helps cotton cultivation in China's Xinjiang

STORY: High technology helps cotton cultivation in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: May 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of cotton industry 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DU KAI, Cotton farmer from Wusu City, Xinjiang 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG CHUNYUAN, Vice general manager of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Xinjiang Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHAI HUI, Senior Vice President of Suzhou Eavision Robotic Technologies Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: High-tech agricultural machinery went on display at an expo in China's Xinjiang. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DU KAI, Cotton farmer from Wusu City, Xinjiang "In the days when my grandfather was farming, it was all manual work, from planting to harvesting. At that time, we needed to hire a cotton picker for every 10 mu (0.67 hectares) of cotton farmland. We needed to take care of their board and lodging, and they might work for 45 days to collect all the cotton. Now this cotton harvesting machine can finish p