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Summer harvest in Xinjiang, China

Photo taken on July 4, 2022 shows a drone carrying out agricultural work over a rice paddy field in Dujiazhuang Village, Sandaoba Township, Midong District, Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Summer harvest in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is now in full swing. Modern agricultural science, technology and machinery have been applied in the region to help local farmers increase yield and attain a bumper harvest. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

Utility technicians check the power supply of the drip irrigation facilities with farmers in a cotton field in Manas County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

Aerial photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows a combine harvester reaping wheat in a field in Qitai County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaocheng)

A farmer remotely controls the drip irrigation facilities in a cotton field with his smartphone in Manas County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

Aerial photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows a farmer checking the wheat in a field before harvesting in Qitai County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaocheng)

Aerial photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows a combine harvester reaping wheat in a field in Qitai County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaocheng)

A villager flies a drone in a cotton field in Korla City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Huang Wanli)

Aerial photo taken on July 4, 2022 shows a drone carrying out agricultural work in a rice paddy in Dujiazhuang Village, Sandaoba Township, Midong District, Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

Aerial photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows a combine harvester reaping wheat in a field in Qitai County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaocheng)