An employee checks the growth of the plants at Guangxi Modern Agricultural Science and Technology Demonstration Zone in Nanning, capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on October 23, 2009. The demonstration zone, originally built in March, 1999, now has become a presentation platform of the development of Guangxi modern agriculture to the whole world. [Xinhua]

A visitor checks an eggplant at Guangxi Modern Agricultural Science and Technology Demonstration Zone, in Nanning, capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on October 23, 2009. [Xinhua]