Xinhua Headlines: How China's grassroots tech centers nurture agricultural innovation

Xinhua Headlines: How China's grassroots tech centers nurture agricultural innovation

(230924) -- WUHAN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Weibin (L), the founder of the Xiantao ratoon rice sci-tech station, and Du Chanchan, a PhD candidate at Huazhong Agricultural University, check the growth of ratoon rice in Xiantao City, central China's Hubei Province, Aug. 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Yue Wenwan)

Sci-tech stations in China channel college talents to countryside

STORY: Sci-tech stations in China channel college talents to countryside DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of paddy fields 2. various of Du Chanchan working 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG WEIBIN, Director of Hubei Xiantao Ratoon Rice Sci-tech Station 4. various of the Sci-tech station 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUANG JIANLIANG, Professor at Huazhong Agricultural University STORYLINE: Du Chanchan, who had never seen paddy fields or live ducks before she came to pursue her postgraduate study at Huazhong Agricultural University in central China's Hubei Province, is now an expert of rice. In the past five years, the 28-year-old spent over 300 days a year at Hubei Xiantao Ratoon Rice Sci-tech Station, exploring the co-culture system of ratoon rice and ducks, an agricultural technique that can boost crop yield with minimal environmental impact. Her research has been promoted to many places in Xiantao City, helping farmers increase more than 4

(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DAY 4

(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DAY 4

(230823) -- BUDAPEST, Aug. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Feng Bin of China celebrates with her coach Li Weibin after the Women's Discus Throw final of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 in Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Ming)

CHINA-HEFEI-SCIENCE ISLAND (CN)

CHINA-HEFEI-SCIENCE ISLAND (CN)

(230422) -- HEFEI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Weibin, researcher of the Institute of Solid State Physics of Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), measures the mechanical strength of a spring at Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of CAS in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, on April 19, 2023. Located on the outskirts of Hefei, "Science Island" is home to the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of Chinese Academy of Science. On the "island," a group of scientific researchers, who focus on tackling key problems in aerospace technologies, satellite payloads and key components of spacecraft, are devoting themselves to the development of Chinese space industry. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)