As spring ploughing gets into full swing across China, smart agriculture, ranging from upgraded high-horsepower farm machinery to AI-powered precision management, is boosting efficiency and saving labor for farmers in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province.
On a farm in Shaoxing's Shangyu District, a brand-new high-horsepower tractor was plowing across the vast field. Sun Yiting, who manages the farm, said the machine greatly outperforms the tractors previously used on the farm.
"In the past, we could only plow about 80 mu (about 5.3 hectares) a day. Now, we can plow up to 120 mu a day," Sun said.
In another aquaculture area in the district, traditional shrimp farming used to depend on workers lifting and checking the shrimp nets at specific times and locations, a process that was time-consuming, labor-intensive, and prone to inaccurate data. Today, a smart device called the "AR shrimp net" is transforming this practice.
"Once this machine is set up, for example, to lift the net every two hours, it automatically takes photos. This not only improves (data) accuracy but also frees up our time," said Wang Azhong, head of a local aquaculture cooperative.
Smart agriculture boosts efficiency for farmers in China's Zhejiang
Smart agriculture boosts efficiency for farmers in China's Zhejiang
Turkmenistan and China place great importance on cultural exchanges between the two countries, with significant achievements made in the education sector, Turkmen national leader Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said in Beijing on Wednesday.
At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Berdimuhamedov, chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan, the supreme representative organ of people's power in the Central Asian country, paid a goodwill visit to China from March 17 to 19.
In an interview with China Media Group (CMG), Berdimuhamedov noted that the two countries have made substantial achievements in cultural and educational exchanges and expect further progress.
"Turkmenistan and China both highly value exchanges and cooperation in the fields of culture, science and technology, and education, and both provide sustained and strong national support for these efforts, which is only natural and logical. This focus is vividly reflected in our various cultural days and themed years, as well as in the mutual visits and performances of artists from both countries, the jointly organized art festivals, and the numerous academic seminars," said Berdimuhamedov.
"The two sides now are actively discussing to establish a Chinese cultural center in Turkmenistan and a Turkmen cultural center in China. I would like to particularly stress the fruitful results in education cooperation. Currently, more than 10,000 Turkmen citizens are studying at various Chinese higher education institutions and educational organizations, and nine higher education institutions plus 10 secondary schools in Turkmenistan now offer Chinese-language programs," he said.
Turkmenistan, China highly value bilateral cultural exchanges: Turkmen national leader
