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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wen Xianwen (R) eats wild fruit to quench his thirst during his maintenance work in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maintenance personnel walk along a path during a patrol mission in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to m

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wen Xianwen walks along a path after a patrol mission in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to mention tha

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wen Xianwen wipes his sweat during his maintenance work in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to mention t

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Deng Yiqiang takes a rest during his maintenance work in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to mention tha

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yao Zhengqiang (L) and Li Yingxing go through a slippery road during their maintenance work in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Yingxing (L) and Yao Zhengqiang operate a drone to inspect power transmission lines and equipment in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance wo

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maintenance personnel walk along a path during a patrol mission in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to m

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maintenance personnel walk along a path during a patrol mission in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to m

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wen Xianwen is seen during his maintenance work in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not to mention that the

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Yingxing (L) operates a drone to inspect power transmission lines in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or sticks, not

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wen Xianwen (1st L) clears a fallen tree with his machete during a patrol mission in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes o

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Yingxing conducts temperature measurement on a power transmission tower with an infrared thermometer in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Deng Yiqiang (R) and Yao Zhengqiang weeds near a transmission line tower and check its condition in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maintenance personnel check power supply equipment near the Friendship Pass in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or stic

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PINGXIANG-POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-MAINTENANCE WORKERS (CN)

(230812) -- PINGXIANG, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Maintenance personnel check power supply equipment near the Friendship Pass in Pingxiang, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2023. Wen Xianwen, Yao Zhengqiang, Deng Yiqiang and Li Yingxing are members of a team of maintenance personnel from the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid's Pingxiang power supply station. Workers of the team, which was founded in 1974, have patrolled nearly 250,000-kilometer-long power transmission lines over the past 49 years. Led by Wen at present, the team has entered its fourth generation. "Our daily works include barrier clearance around transmission line towers, routine check and drone inspection on towers, as well as temperature measurement on power transmission towers with infrared thermometer," said Wen, "the recent extreme weather makes maintenance works more frequent." To prevent the bite from poisonous snakes and insects, the team members conduct the maintenance works with machetes or stic