Cotton farmer embraces new opportunities through agricultural modernization

This combo photo shows Lu Dewen checking the status of a cotton picker on his phone before sunrise (top), the operating data for the cotton picker displayed on the phone (L, bottom), and locations of other cotton pickers in nearby fields (R, bottom), in Daquan township of Shawan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)