A teenage farmer in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has mastered much about smart farming machinery and aspires to become an agricultural expert on both tools, particularly drones, and techniques. Xiao Yin, 19 years old, is already a professional drone pilot with four years of experience. The young professional drone pilot discovered his passion in 2021, when he found a parallel between drone operations and video games, which motivated him to switch his major from accounting to drone piloting at the vocational education center of Chongqing's Liangping District. "We use two thumbs to operate drones, just like we do in playing video games. So, I think piloting drones is like playing video games," Xiao said. Xiao also learned how to drive tractors, rotary tillers and many other types of farming machinery at school. Since his graduation from the vocational education center last year, Xiao has provided drone services on more than 3,300 hectares of farmland. "Xiao definitely qualifies as a mature new-generation farmer now. He is very competent in both crop science and agricultural machinery operations," said Li Shifei, Xiao's teacher. Despite his achievements, Xiao maintains a learner's mindset. He recently mastered the skills to operate unmanned rice transplanters through direct instructions from equipment manufacturers after their introduction at his agricultural cooperative. Xiao has also applied for continuing education at Sichuan Agricultural University, hoping to become a new-generation farmer who excels at both agricultural machinery and agrotechnology. "To my parents, agriculture is weeding the fields every day. To me, agriculture is modern. There's still a large development space in agriculture, so my career has the same potential as working in factory. I know if I want to become an agricultural expert, I need to learn and ask questions to lay a solid foundation, which will ebable me to better serve the crop growers in the future," Xiao said. SHOTLIST: Liangping District, Chongqing Municipality, southwest China - Recent 1. Aerial shot of country view; 2. Drone pilots assembling drone; 3. Various of pilot flying drone; 4. Screen of drone remote; 5. Various of drone flying above field; 6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xiao Yin, drone pilot: "We use two thumbs to operate drones, just like we do in playing video games. So, I think piloting drones is like playing video games."; FILE: Liangping District, Chongqing Municipality, southwest China - Date Unknown 7. Gate to Liangping Vocational Education Center; 8. Various of students in class, walking on campus; 9. Graphics on wall introducing application of drones; 10. School building; 11. Students in class; Liangping District, Chongqing Municipality, southwest China - Recent 12. Various of Xiao studying parts of agricultural machinery; 13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Shifei, teacher, Liangping Vocational Education Center (ending with shot 14): "Xiao definitely qualifies as a mature new-generation farmer now. He is very competent in both crop science and agricultural machinery operations."; 14. Various of pilots repairing drone; 15. Various of unmanned pesticide sprayer working; 16. Various of farmers driving rotary tiller; 17. Various of unmanned rice transplanter working; 18. Various of Xiao learning how to operate unmanned rice transplanter; 19. Various of Xiao browsing official website of Sichuan Agricultural University 20. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xiao Yin, drone pilot (partially overlaid with shot 21): "To my parents, agriculture is weeding the fields every day. To me, agriculture is modern. There's still a large development space in agriculture, so my career has the same potential as working in a factory. I know if I want to become an agricultural expert, I need to learn and ask questions to lay a solid foundation, which will ebable me to better serve the crop growers in the future."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 21. Various of Xiao flying drone; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 22. Various of rice field. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]