Modern farming technology facilitates cotton planting in China's Xinjiang

STORY: Modern farming technology facilitates cotton planting in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: April 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of fields and cotton sowing in Xinjiang 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUNIQIGULI REHEMU, Villager in Bachu County, Kashgar, Xinjiang 3. various of cotton sowing in Xinjiang 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GUNIQIGULI REHEMU, Villager in Bachu County, Kashgar, Xinjiang STORYLINE: Cotton growers in China's Xinjiang have benefitted from modern planting technologies as cotton sowing is now in full swing. In Bachu County, southern Xinjiang's Kashgar, farmers are resorting to autopilot sowing machines enabled by the domestically developed BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS). SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUNIQIGULI REHEMU, Villager in Bachu County, Kashgar, Xinjiang "Previously, manual sowing was used and the plastic film was paved unevenly. Now with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, agricultural machines are operating with 'eyes,'