Farmers in China's Xinjiang embrace plumcot harvest season

STORY: Farmers in China's Xinjiang embrace plumcot harvest season DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: HUOCHENG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of local fruits harvesting 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MA TENGRONG, Plumcot farmer STORYLINE: Farmers in Huocheng County, northwest China's Xinjiang, are busy harvesting plumcots amid the harvest season. Plumcots are stone fruits that are a plum-apricot hybrid. Farmer Ma Tengrong owns about 800 mu (53.3 hectares) of plumcot fields, which yield 2 tonnes of plumcot per mu. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MA TENGRONG, Plumcot farmer "I see a good harvest of plumcots this year, which sell at reasonable prices. After picking up the plumcots, we will deliver them via cold-chain logistics to markets in first-tier cities -- Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Huocheng, China. (XHTV)