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Newly Harvested Cotton - China

A cotton picker operates in a field in Xayar County of Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, October 21, 2025. The harvest season of cotton has started in Xayar County. Photo by Xinhua/Jia Zhao/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Harvested Cotton - China

An aerial drone photo shows a cotton picker operating in a field in Xayar County of Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, October 21, 2025. The harvest season of cotton has started in Xayar County. Photo by Xinhua/Su Chuanyi/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Harvested Cotton - China

A villager loads bundles of newly harvested cotton in a field in Xayar County of Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, October 21, 2025. The harvest season of cotton has started in Xayar County. Photo by Xinhua/Gu Yu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Harvested Cotton - China

Bundles of harvested cotton are transported to factory in a field in Xayar County of Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, October 21, 2025. The harvest season of cotton has started in Xayar County. Photo by Xinhua/He Xiaotong/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Harvested Cotton - China

A bundle of newly harvested cotton is loaded onto a truck in a field in Xayar County of Aksu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, October 21, 2025. The harvest season of cotton has started in Xayar County. Photo by Xinhua/Gu Yu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

This photo taken on April 13, 2025 shows a wheat field irrigated by desalinated water in Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-locking efforts

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

An aerial drone photo taken on April 13, 2025 shows a photovoltaic power project in Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-locking efforts to ac

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

An aerial drone photo taken on April 13, 2025 shows a photovoltaic power project in Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-locking efforts to ac

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2024 shows the Tarim River flood water diverted to irrigate a forest of populus euphratica in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. (Photo by Qiang Limin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Emergency workers make sand bags to reinforce a dike in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2024. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 3, 2024 shows the Tarim River widened by flood water in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Emergency workers organize flood control supplies in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2024. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 3, 2024 shows the Tarim River in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Aug. 3, 2024 shows the Tarim River flood water diverted to irrigate a forest of populus euphratica in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A rescuer reinforces a dike in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2024. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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Women walk in Xayar market

URUMQI, China - Women walk in a market in Xayar County, Aksu, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China on May 2, 2014.

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Police car patrols in Xayar in Xinjiang Uyghur region

URUMQI, China - A police car patrols in Xayar County, Aksu in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China on May 2, 2014. There was a fatal explosion at a railway station in the region on April 30.

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Armored car patrols in Xayar in Xinjiang Uyghur region

URMQI, China - An armored vehicle cruises through Xayar County, Aksu in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China on May 2, 2014. There was a fatal explosion at a railway station in the region on April 30.

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CHINA-XINJIANG-XAYAR-COTTON-HARVEST (CN)

(221113) -- XAYAR, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Nov. 10, 2022 shows a cotton picker at work in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The cotton harvest is drawing to an end in Xayar County, a premium-quality cotton production base of China. As of Friday, 1.706 million mu (about 113,733 hectares) of cotton has been harvested here. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-XAYAR-COTTON-HARVEST (CN)

(221113) -- XAYAR, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Nov. 10, 2022 shows a cotton picker at work in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The cotton harvest is drawing to an end in Xayar County, a premium-quality cotton production base of China. As of Friday, 1.706 million mu (about 113,733 hectares) of cotton has been harvested here. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-XAYAR-COTTON-HARVEST (CN)

(221113) -- XAYAR, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Nov. 10, 2022 shows bales of harvested cotton in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The cotton harvest is drawing to an end in Xayar County, a premium-quality cotton production base of China. As of Friday, 1.706 million mu (about 113,733 hectares) of cotton has been harvested here. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-XAYAR-COTTON-HARVEST (CN)

(221113) -- XAYAR, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cotton picker is at work in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 10, 2022. The cotton harvest is drawing to an end in Xayar County, a premium-quality cotton production base of China. As of Friday, 1.706 million mu (about 113,733 hectares) of cotton has been harvested here. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-XAYAR-COTTON-HARVEST (CN)

(221113) -- XAYAR, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Nov. 10, 2022 shows a cotton picker at work in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The cotton harvest is drawing to an end in Xayar County, a premium-quality cotton production base of China. As of Friday, 1.706 million mu (about 113,733 hectares) of cotton has been harvested here. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-XAYAR-COTTON-HARVEST (CN)

(221113) -- XAYAR, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Nov. 11, 2022 shows a vehicle working at a cotton company in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The cotton harvest is drawing to an end in Xayar County, a premium-quality cotton production base of China. As of Friday, 1.706 million mu (about 113,733 hectares) of cotton has been harvested here. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-XAYAR-COTTON-HARVEST (CN)

(221113) -- XAYAR, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 11, 2022 shows the production site of a cotton company in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The cotton harvest is drawing to an end in Xayar County, a premium-quality cotton production base of China. As of Friday, 1.706 million mu (about 113,733 hectares) of cotton has been harvested here. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-XAYAR-COTTON-HARVEST (CN)

(221113) -- XAYAR, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cotton picker is at work in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 10, 2022. The cotton harvest is drawing to an end in Xayar County, a premium-quality cotton production base of China. As of Friday, 1.706 million mu (about 113,733 hectares) of cotton has been harvested here. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-HARVEST-MACHINERY (CN)

(221020) -- URUMQI, Oct. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 17, 2022 shows two machinery cotton pickers working in a cotton field in Hongqi Township of Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang has entered its large-scale cotton harvest period this year, with machines expected to do over 80 percent of the picking work, local authorities said. Domestically-made machinery cotton pickers have played an important role in enhancing the efficiency of cotton picking. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-HARVEST-MACHINERY (CN)

(221020) -- URUMQI, Oct. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 18, 2022 shows cotton fields in Hongqi Township of Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang has entered its large-scale cotton harvest period this year, with machines expected to do over 80 percent of the picking work, local authorities said. Domestically-made machinery cotton pickers have played an important role in enhancing the efficiency of cotton picking. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-HARVEST-MACHINERY (CN)

(221020) -- URUMQI, Oct. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 17, 2022 shows cotton is being poured from a machinery cotton picker in a cotton field in Hongqi Township of Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang has entered its large-scale cotton harvest period this year, with machines expected to do over 80 percent of the picking work, local authorities said. Domestically-made machinery cotton pickers have played an important role in enhancing the efficiency of cotton picking. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-XAYAR-COTTON-HARVEST (CN)

(220928) -- XAYAR, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Sept. 26, 2022 shows a cotton picker working in fields in Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The cotton harvest season has started in Xayar County of Xinjiang. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-XAYAR-COTTON-HARVEST (CN)

(220928) -- XAYAR, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cotton picker is seen working in fields in Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 26, 2022. The cotton harvest season has started in Xayar County of Xinjiang. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-XAYAR-COTTON-HARVEST (CN)

(220928) -- XAYAR, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cotton picker is seen working in fields in Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 26, 2022. The cotton harvest season has started in Xayar County of Xinjiang. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-XAYAR-COTTON-HARVEST (CN)

(220928) -- XAYAR, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Sept. 26, 2022 shows a cotton picker working in fields in Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The cotton harvest season has started in Xayar County of Xinjiang. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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Countryside in China's Xinjiang takes on new look

STORY: Countryside in China's Xinjiang takes on new look DATELINE: Aug. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: XAYAR, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xayar county, China's Xinjiang STORYLINE: The countryside in Xayar county, China's Xinjiang has taken on a new look thanks to the rural revitalization strategy. Clean roads, neat houses, lush gardens -- visitors are often impressed by the idyllic view when entering Xayar county. The local government has developed animal husbandry and rural tourism to improve villagers' income and livelihood. Villagers are living a happy life with a sense of gain. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xayar, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-FARMING (CN)

(220409) -- URUMQI, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer pours cotton seeds into a seeding machine in Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 3, 2022. Spring farming of cotton has started in Xinjiang. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-FARMING (CN)

(220409) -- URUMQI, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Two tractors plough a cotton field in Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 3, 2022. Spring farming of cotton has started in Xinjiang. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-FARMING (CN)

(220409) -- URUMQI, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An unmanned tractor sows seeds in a cotton field in Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 3, 2022. Spring farming of cotton has started in Xinjiang. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: Xinjiang enjoys good governance featuring development, stability and opening up

(220203) -- URUMQI, Feb. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cotton picker is seen in a cotton field in Gezkum Town of Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Ma Kai)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-CHINA NEWS

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Amar Aziz takes a nap in a cotton pile in Toyboldi Township of Xayar County in Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 26, 2021. The high-efficiency cotton picker has greatly reduced costs for cotton farmers including Amar Aziz. Xinjiang has encouraged cotton farmers to apply modern agricultural machinery to boost the development of the industry in recent years. Meanwhile, the income of local farmers has increased due to the improvement of productivity. (Xinhua/Ma Kai)