Technology helps cotton production and harvest in China's Xinjiang

STORY: Technology helps cotton production and harvest in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of cotton harvest 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUO SHIXUE, Zhongwang Cotton Planting cooperative, Yuli County, Xinjiang 3. various of cotton harvest 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG XIANGJIN, Local agricultural official STORYLINE: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China has entered its large-scale cotton harvest period this year. In Yuli County, Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, agricultural technology has become a booster for a bumper harvest. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUO SHIXUE, Zhongwang Cotton Planting cooperative, Yuli County, Xinjiang "This year, our cooperative increased the plant density during the planting of cotton, so that the number of harvested plants per mu increased from last year's 13,000 to 15,000 this year. At the same time, we have also adopted various planting techniques to optimize the g