Cotton ripe for picking in Xinjiang

新疆棉花由南向北陆续成熟棉农开始采摘

8月27日，在新疆巴音郭楞蒙古自治洲库尔勒市附近的新疆生产建设兵团农二师二十九团棉田里，职工开始零星采摘新棉。

2012-08-27 14:27 Ecns.cn Web Editor: Mo Hong'e comment

Workers start picking cotton on August 27 at farms run by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps near Korla City, capital of the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture.

Urumqi (CNS) – Workers started picking cotton on August 27 at farms run by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps near Korla City, capital of the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture.

Cotton is abundant and ready to be harvested in northwest China thanks to continuous high temperatures and ample sunlight.

The full picking season will take place in early September, when an estimated 500,000 workers will be needed.

Xinjiang is China's major cotton-producing region. Its total cotton fields have topped 1.65 million hectares this year, and production is expected to increase 3.56 percent from last year to exceed 3.2 million tons.

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