Xinjiang: Cotton Growing Drive Millions Of People In Mainland China

According to the latest statistics in November 12th, there are more than 1 million cotton picking troops in Xinjiang this year.

This army has not only solved the problem of labor shortage in Xinjiang, but also increased its own income - the income from the labor service of millions of flower workers has reached 2 billion 500 million yuan.

Many people have changed their fortunes.

Xinjiang's unique water and soil heat and light advantages are very suitable for cotton planting.

Therefore, both the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps all regard seed cotton as the leading industry.

From 1993 to now, cotton area and output have ranked first in the country for 15 consecutive years.

In 2007, Xinjiang's cotton output accounted for 40% of the total output of the country.

The good situation of Xinjiang's cotton production and harvest also provides opportunities for the export of labor force in the provinces and cities nearby.

Every year, millions of people gather in Xinjiang to become a beautiful scenic spot in the economic development of Western China.

With the help of picking up florist, the phenomenon of "rotten" cotton in the field after frost has become a thing of the past in Xinjiang.

Last year, in the 12 cotton producing provinces and autonomous regions in China, the yield of cotton planting in Xinjiang reached 69%, which was 15 percentage points higher than the national average and ranked first in relative efficiency.

Picking up flower workers helps others and helps themselves.

Tongwei county is a famous poverty-stricken county in Gansu.

In the past, because of poverty, Tongwei county organized the masses to build terraced fields and grow whole corn. The biggest problem was the shortage of funds.

In recent years, by organizing farmers to pick flowers in Xinjiang, the problem of funds has been solved.

Nearly 20 thousand pickup workers in the county earn at least about 40000000 yuan a year.

The agricultural infrastructure in the county has undergone fundamental changes.

In Tongwei County, there are two slogans shouting the most loudly: "one person goes to the Xinjiang to pick up flowers for two months, the whole family realizes the terraced fields" and "one person goes to the Xinjiang to pick up flowers for two months, and the whole family grain will increase greatly next year".