Xinjiang starts mechanical cotton harvesting

A machinery picker collects cotton in a field in Toksun County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Oct. 17, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Yanmin)

Xinjiang has entered its large-scale cotton harvest period this year. Domestically-made machinery cotton pickers have played an important role in improving the efficiency of cotton picking.

A machinery picker collects cotton in a field in Toksun County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Oct. 17, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Yanmin)

A machinery picker collects cotton in a field in Toksun County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Oct. 17, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Yanmin)

A machinery picker collects cotton in a field in Toksun County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Oct. 17, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Yanmin)

Freshly picked cotton is rolled into round bales in a field in Toksun County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Oct. 17, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Yanmin)

A machinery picker collects cotton in a field in Toksun County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Oct. 17, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Yanmin)