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Made Here: From farm to future, how sweet business transforms in “hometown of lychees”

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Source Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror

Made Here: From farm to future, how sweet business transforms in “hometown of lychees”

Nestled in the lush landscapes of southwestern Guangdong Province, Maoming City is known as a “hometown of lychees” in China.

According to a white paper released by the local government, Maoming is China’s largest lychee production base with a planting area of approximately 1.42 million mu (about 94,667 hectares) and an annual output that accounted for roughly 20 percent of the country’s total in 2024. Beyond supplying domestic markets, Maoming lychee is exported worldwide, reaching countries including Russia, Australia, Thailand, and Japan.

Follow Xinhua correspondent Smiley to see how the lychee farmers here unlock the future of farming with cutting-edge technologies.

Made Here: From farm to future, how sweet business transforms in “hometown of lychees”
This drone photo shows a drone delivering a basket of lychees at an orchard in Gaozhou of Maoming City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Made Here: From farm to future, how sweet business transforms in “hometown of lychees”
A worker picks lychees at an orchard in Gaozhou of Maoming City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Hongfa)
Made Here: From farm to future, how sweet business transforms in “hometown of lychees”
A drone photo shows a drone delivering a basket of lychees at an orchard in Gaozhou of Maoming City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 5, 2025.(Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Made Here: From farm to future, how sweet business transforms in “hometown of lychees”
Chen Jianghai operates a drone loaded with a basket of lychees to land at an orchard in Gaozhou of Maoming City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
Made Here: From farm to future, how sweet business transforms in “hometown of lychees”
Farmers select lychees in Yalong Village, Gaozhou of Maoming City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
Made Here: From farm to future, how sweet business transforms in “hometown of lychees”
Chen Lirong promotes lychees through livestreams at an ecological garden in Gaozhou of Maoming City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 4, 2025. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Made Here: From farm to future, how sweet business transforms in “hometown of lychees”
A farmer selects newly harvested lychees in Yalong Village, Gaozhou of Maoming City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Made Here: From farm to future, how sweet business transforms in “hometown of lychees”
A drone delivers a basket of lychees at an orchard in Gaozhou of Maoming City, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Hongfa)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250612/bd795d88562649b4921d1b3c7eab8505/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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