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A bumper harvest of cotton in NW China’s Xinjiang

Photo taken on October 8, 2023 shows cotton pickers work in the cotton fields of Chahete Township, Hoboksar Mongolian Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Recently, the relevant units in Chahete Township have actively coordinated 15 cotton pickers to ensure the smooth harvest of 76,000 mu of cotton in the township. (Photo by He Chengqiang)

Photo taken on October 8, 2023 shows a cotton picker works in the cotton fields of Chahete Township, Hoboksar Mongolian Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Photo taken on October 8, 2023 shows a cotton picker harvests cotton in the cotton fields of Tiemenguan City, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In October, more than 640,000 mu of cotton in Tiemenguan City is in the harvest season. Cotton pickers shuttle back and forth in the cotton fields to collect cotton. In recent years, various planting farms in Tiemenguan City have greatly improved the level of agricultural modernization, comprehensively promoted the development of cotton industry towards high-quality, high-yielding and efficient, and realized scientific, refined and mechanized management from sowing, field management to harvesting, with a cotton machine harvest rate of 100%. (Photo by Li Jiacheng)

Photo taken on October 8, 2023 shows a cotton picker harvests cotton in the cotton fields of Tiemenguan City, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Li Jiacheng)

Photo taken on On October 7, 2023 shows a worker drives a cotton picker to pick cotton in Alar City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. At present, 2.05 million mu of cotton planted in Alar City has entered the picking season one after another. (Photo by Zuo Ying)

Photo taken on October 6, 2023 shows a transport truck unloads cotton at a processing plant. At present, all 63,000 mu of cotton in Aheqi Farm in Jinghe County, Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has entered the harvest season. Aheqi Farm has organized processing plants to carry out equipment maintenance ahead of time, carried out fire drills, and coordinated migrant workers to ensure that cotton farmers can smoothly sell newly-picked cotton. (Photo by Liu Quan)

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