Workers culture plants of seed potatoes at the Xiangfeng Modern Circular Agricultural Park in Xiji county, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Sept 9, 2020. The park has adopted the circulating system of using the waste of cattle to produce organic fertilizers, fertilizers used for planting, and forage grass used to raise cattle. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]
Workers culture plants of seed potatoes at the Xiangfeng Modern Circular Agricultural Park in Xiji county, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Sept 9, 2020. The park employs 35 locals, including 15 who are on a list of poverty, with an annual payment of 36,000 yuan ($5,270.4). The park also hires temporary workers for busy seasons, with the peak employment of 320 people, including 58 on the list of poverty. The seasonal income is about 12,000 yuan per person. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]
A worker demonstrates a seed potato at the Xiangfeng Modern Circular Agricultural Park in Xiji county, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Sept 9, 2020. About 151,300 people have been lifted out of poverty in Xiji since 2014. 238 poverty-stricken villages have stepped out of the poverty list. The impoverishment rate has fallen from 34 percent in 2014 to 0.95 percent in 2019. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]
Workers plant the celery seedling in a greenhouse at the Xiangfeng Modern Circular Agricultural Park in Xiji county, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Sept 9, 2020. The vegetable is expected to be sold during the Spring Festival period. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]
A worker washes the celery seedling to reduce the incidence of pests and diseases at the Xiangfeng Modern Circular Agricultural Park in Xiji county, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Sept 9, 2020. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]
Cattles rest in a breeding base at the Xiangfeng Modern Circular Agricultural Park in Xiji county, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Sept 9, 2020. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]
A worker introduces how the waste of cattle becomes fertilizer through a monitoring system at the Xiangfeng Modern Circular Agricultural Park in Xiji county, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Sept 9, 2020. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]
