Photo shows cotton pickers pick cotton in a cotton field in Alaer City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Mechanization helps cotton harvesting in NW China’s Xinjiang. At present, the annual output value of cotton in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds five million tons, the mechanization rate of cotton harvesting in the whole region exceeds 85 percent, the smart cotton production, automation and localization of agricultural machinery have been accelerated, and the comprehensive efficiency of cotton production has been steadily improved.