STORY: Back to countryside, new trend amid China's rural revitalization drive
SHOOTING TIME: recent
DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:11
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the countryside 
2. various of Wang Jinyue working in the field
3. various of the robot designed by Wang's team
4. various of a vegetable cultivation base in Shaanxi
5.  SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GUO QIANG, General manager of a biotechnology company in Shaanxi

STORYLINE:

As China is comprehensively promoting rural revitalization, more and more "new farmers," mostly well-educated young people with new ideas and skills, have started to move from big cities to the countryside. 

They are bringing urban and rural areas closer together and addressing challenges with innovative solutions.

When Wang Jinyue quitted his job as a manager of an Internet company in Shanghai and returned to his home village in Jinshan District of Shanghai in 2017, he brought more than 70 engineers with him.

They have been committed to the research and development of agricultural machinery and equipment, in order to empower farmers and alleviate the toil of agricultural work.

Over the past seven years, Wang's team has developed over 60 types of farm robots, ranging from plowing, planting, spraying, and weeding to harvesting. 

With the help of an AI farming robot guided by China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, farmers can complete the task of plowing more efficiently.

The operating speed of the robot can reach 3 to 5 km per hour, which is equivalent to several days of plowing for a farmer.

In Hanzhong City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, a series of self-developed agricultural equipment has successfully automated the entire farming process, thanks to a team of young engineers.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GUO QIANG, General manager of a biotechnology company in Shaanxi
"With one seed for one hole, a sowing machine can plant two mu (about 0.33 acres) of land in a day. All our equipment is integrated with GPS signals and controlled by remote operation and monitoring, realizing a fully unmanned and automated production line for leafy vegetable cultivation. A 200-mu vegetable field requires only 5 workers, saving 70 percent of labor costs. I hope this factory-style agricultural operation can greatly promote the modernization of agriculture, injecting new vitality into rural revitalization."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)