CHINA-NEW YEAR-WORKERS (CN)

CHINA-NEW YEAR-WORKERS (CN)

(240102) -- BEIJING, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A teacher analyzes leaves of pitaya at Shenyang Institute of Technology in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

Gazan farmer dreams big on dragon fruit cultivation

STORY: Gazan farmer dreams big on dragon fruit cultivation DATELINE: Aug. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:53 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Aaed Abu Ramadan and his assistant on the farm 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AAED ABU RAMADAN, Farmer in Gaza 3. various of Aaed Abu Ramadan and his assistant on the farm STORYLINE: For the fourth year in a row, Aaed Abu Ramadan, a Palestinian farmer from the coastal enclave, has harvested dragon fruit, also known as "pitaya," and marketed his produce in local markets. The 52-year-old father of six came up with the idea of growing dragon fruit in Gaza five years ago when he saw it for the first time in China. He bought about 800 seedlings of dragon fruit with 10,000 U.S. dollars from merchants who used to visit China, and cultivated them on his 500-hectare farm. He succeeded in harvesting about 150 kg of dragon fruit in 2020. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AAED ABU RAMADAN, Farmer in Gaza "Dragon fruit is native to South America, and was transported to

China imports Ecuadorian pitaya for first time

STORY: China imports Ecuadorian pitaya for first time DATELINE: April 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the yellow pitaya imported from Ecuador STORYLINE: China has imported pitaya from Ecuador for the first time, with 420 kilograms of yellow pitaya arriving in Shanghai on Monday. The batch of pitaya was packed into 168 cartons, each weighing 2.5 kilograms, and it arrived in Shanghai after a three-day flight from Quito, the capital of Ecuador, according to customs authorities at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, which has opened a green channel for these rare fruits to ensure rapid customs clearance. Yellow pitaya is similar to dragon fruit but sweeter. It has a high nutritional value and its cost is several times that of standard imported dragon fruit. In July 2022, China's General Administration of Customs officially allowed the import of Ecuadorian pitaya that meets relevant requirements. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting fro

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

(220712) -- XIAMEN, July 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Chia-jung (L) and her mother Wei Xiao-ying trim yellow pitaya plants at a planting base in Fuqing City, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 6, 2022. Born in China's Taiwan, Li Chia-jung, 24, came to work in the agricultural company set up by her mother Wei Xiao-ying in Fuqing City of the Fujian Province after graduation from college. The company now has a planting base of yellow pitaya covering an area of more than 100 mu (about 6.67 hectares). Engaged in paperwork and marketing in the company, Li hopes to help further promote the company's business with her knowledge and skills. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

(220712) -- XIAMEN, July 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Chia-jung (L) and her mother Wei Xiao-ying design marketing materials in Fuqing City, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 6, 2022. Born in China's Taiwan, Li Chia-jung, 24, came to work in the agricultural company set up by her mother Wei Xiao-ying in Fuqing City of the Fujian Province after graduation from college. The company now has a planting base of yellow pitaya covering an area of more than 100 mu (about 6.67 hectares). Engaged in paperwork and marketing in the company, Li hopes to help further promote the company's business with her knowledge and skills. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

(220712) -- XIAMEN, July 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wei Xiao-ying (L) livestreams her work at a planting base of yellow pitaya in Fuqing City, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 6, 2022. Born in China's Taiwan, Li Chia-jung, 24, came to work in the agricultural company set up by her mother Wei Xiao-ying in Fuqing City of the Fujian Province after graduation from college. The company now has a planting base of yellow pitaya covering an area of more than 100 mu (about 6.67 hectares). Engaged in paperwork and marketing in the company, Li hopes to help further promote the company's business with her knowledge and skills. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

(220712) -- XIAMEN, July 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on July 6, 2022 shows Li Chia-jung (L) and her mother Wei Xiao-ying walking at a planting base of yellow pitaya in Fuqing City, southeast China's Fujian Province. Born in China's Taiwan, Li Chia-jung, 24, came to work in the agricultural company set up by her mother Wei Xiao-ying in Fuqing City of the Fujian Province after graduation from college. The company now has a planting base of yellow pitaya covering an area of more than 100 mu (about 6.67 hectares). Engaged in paperwork and marketing in the company, Li hopes to help further promote the company's business with her knowledge and skills. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

(220712) -- XIAMEN, July 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wei Xiao-ying (L) teaches her daughter Li Chia-jung about arrangement of branches at a planting base of yellow pitaya in Fuqing City, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 6, 2022. Born in China's Taiwan, Li Chia-jung, 24, came to work in the agricultural company set up by her mother Wei Xiao-ying in Fuqing City of the Fujian Province after graduation from college. The company now has a planting base of yellow pitaya covering an area of more than 100 mu (about 6.67 hectares). Engaged in paperwork and marketing in the company, Li hopes to help further promote the company's business with her knowledge and skills. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

(220712) -- XIAMEN, July 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Chia-jung (R) and her mother Wei Xiao-ying chat with family members via mobile phone in Fuqing City, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 6, 2022. Born in China's Taiwan, Li Chia-jung, 24, came to work in the agricultural company set up by her mother Wei Xiao-ying in Fuqing City of the Fujian Province after graduation from college. The company now has a planting base of yellow pitaya covering an area of more than 100 mu (about 6.67 hectares). Engaged in paperwork and marketing in the company, Li hopes to help further promote the company's business with her knowledge and skills. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUQING-TAIWAN COMPATRIOT-AGRICULTURAL COMPANY (CN)

(220712) -- XIAMEN, July 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Chia-jung checks yellow pitaya at a planting base in Fuqing City, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 6, 2022. Born in China's Taiwan, Li Chia-jung, 24, came to work in the agricultural company set up by her mother Wei Xiao-ying in Fuqing City of the Fujian Province after graduation from college. The company now has a planting base of yellow pitaya covering an area of more than 100 mu (about 6.67 hectares). Engaged in paperwork and marketing in the company, Li hopes to help further promote the company's business with her knowledge and skills. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

CHINA-HAINAN-DONGFANG-YELLOW PITAYA (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-DONGFANG-YELLOW PITAYA (CN)

(220619) -- HAIKOU, June 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 9, 2022 shows a yellow pitaya plantation in Dongfang City, south China's Hainan Province. Yellow pitaya, originally from South America, has taken root across the tropical island province of Hainan, some 17,000 kilometers away from their birthplace. TO GO WITH "Across China: Yellow pitaya takes root in China's tropical island" (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

CHINA-HAINAN-DONGFANG-YELLOW PITAYA (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-DONGFANG-YELLOW PITAYA (CN)

(220619) -- HAIKOU, June 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 12, 2022 shows yellow pitaya in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Yellow pitaya, originally from South America, has taken root across the tropical island province of Hainan, some 17,000 kilometers away from their birthplace. TO GO WITH "Across China: Yellow pitaya takes root in China's tropical island" (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

CHINA-HAINAN-DONGFANG-YELLOW PITAYA (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-DONGFANG-YELLOW PITAYA (CN)

(220619) -- HAIKOU, June 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 9, 2022 shows a yellow pitaya plantation in Dongfang City, south China's Hainan Province. Yellow pitaya, originally from South America, has taken root across the tropical island province of Hainan, some 17,000 kilometers away from their birthplace. TO GO WITH "Across China: Yellow pitaya takes root in China's tropical island" (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

CHINA-HAINAN-DONGFANG-YELLOW PITAYA (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-DONGFANG-YELLOW PITAYA (CN)

(220619) -- HAIKOU, June 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villager Zhao Feng picks yellow pitaya at a plantation in Dongfang City, south China's Hainan Province, June 9, 2022. Yellow pitaya, originally from South America, has taken root across the tropical island province of Hainan, some 17,000 kilometers away from their birthplace. TO GO WITH "Across China: Yellow pitaya takes root in China's tropical island" (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-FARMER(CN)

CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-FARMER(CN)

(220306) -- NANCHANG, March 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gu Daopeng (L) and his son Gu Bingfa check the pitaya at the leisure farm in Jin'an Village, Gangshang Town in Nanchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 5, 2022. Gu Daopeng is a 47-year-old farmer who has been farming for 30 years. He has developed from a farmer who cultivated a few acres of farmland to the head of an agricultural cooperative with dozens of agricultural machineries and more than 2,700 mu (180 hectares) of land. He is delighted that his son Gu Bingfa came back to their hometown and is engaged in farming with him after graduating from university this year. Nowadays, the level of agricultural automation has become higher. Gu Daopeng not only set up professional cooperatives, but also built leisure farms and developed agricultural sightseeing programs which require young people with technological skills like Gu Bingfa. Besides helping his father in spring ploughing, Gu Bingfa also uses his professional knowledge of environmental

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox Steamed Bread

Ox steamed bread of Chinese zodiac is photographed in a noodle shop in Yantai City, Shandong Province on January 22, 2021. Workers use pumpkin, carrot, pitaya, spinach and other fruit and vegetable juices and noodles to produce healthy cattle steamed bread.

Winter Greenhouse Crop

Winter Greenhouse Crop

Farmers pick pitaya fruit in a greenhouse in Zaozhuang city, East China's Shandong Province, Dec. 14, 2020.

Winter Greenhouse Crop

Winter Greenhouse Crop

Farmers pick pitaya fruit in a greenhouse in Zaozhuang city, East China's Shandong Province, Dec. 14, 2020.

Winter Greenhouse Crop

Winter Greenhouse Crop

Farmers pick pitaya fruit in a greenhouse in Zaozhuang city, East China's Shandong Province, Dec. 14, 2020.