CHINA-XINJIANG-WUQIA-PACIFIC WHITE SHRIMPS-BREEDING (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-WUQIA-PACIFIC WHITE SHRIMPS-BREEDING (CN)

(230929) -- URUMQI, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shengguo examines the Pacific white shrimps he breeds under the guidance of an agrotechnician at a breeding base in Wuqia, a township of Kuqa City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2023. Far from the crashing waves and salty sea air, Jiang Shengguo is busy carefully examining the Pacific white shrimps he breeds in a pond in Wuqia, a township of Kuqa City, which is nestled just 100 km away from China's largest desert Taklimakan. TO GO WITH "Defying geography -- breeding Pacific white shrimps at desert edge" (Photo by Liu Xuemei/Xinhua)

86-year-old agronomist spreads seeds of corn, hope in China

STORY: 86-year-old agronomist spreads seeds of corn, hope in China DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cheng Xiangwen working at corn fields 2. file of Cheng Xiangwen working in Hainan 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHENG XIANGWEN, Agronomist 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHENG XIANGWEN, Agronomist 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHENG XIANGWEN, Agronomist STORYLINE: 86-year-old Cheng Xiangwen is an agronomist and spends most of his life studying and cultivating corn. Cheng is a native of central China's Henan Province, a massive corn production base. After graduating in 1963, Cheng became an agrotechnician in Henan's Xunxian County. In 1964, he came to Hainan, where it was warmer, and started corn breeding work there. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHENG XIANGWEN, Agronomist "The living conditions were difficult when we first came here, we lived in local farmers' homes. To reduce expenses, we bought a sewing machine to sew bags." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese