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Cotton harvester manufacturing workshop in China’s Xinjiang

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 4 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

Cotton harvester manufacturing workshop in China’s Xinjiang

A worker assembles components at the cotton harvester manufacturing workshop of Xinjiang Boshiran Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. in Wusu City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 29, 2025. Founded in Xinjiang’s Wusu City in 2009, Boshiran has developed more than 30 models of agricultural machinery including cotton planters, sprayers, and harvesters, which cover the entire cycle of cotton farming.

Self-manufactured components account for more than 90 percent in the products Boshiran is making at its subsidiaries across Xinjiang. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

An aerial drone photo taken on July 28, 2025 shows cotton harvesters at Xinjiang Boshiran Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. in Wusu City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Founded in Xinjiang’s Wusu City in 2009, Boshiran has developed more than 30 models of agricultural machinery including cotton planters, sprayers, and harvesters, which cover the entire cycle of cotton farming.

Self-manufactured components account for more than 90 percent in the products Boshiran is making at its subsidiaries across Xinjiang. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

A drone photo taken on July 29, 2025 shows workers assembling components at the cotton harvester manufacturing workshop of Xinjiang Boshiran Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. in Wusu City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Founded in Xinjiang’s Wusu City in 2009, Boshiran has developed more than 30 models of agricultural machinery including cotton planters, sprayers, and harvesters, which cover the entire cycle of cotton farming.

Self-manufactured components account for more than 90 percent in the products Boshiran is making at its subsidiaries across Xinjiang. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

This photo taken on July 28, 2025 shows cotton harvesters at Xinjiang Boshiran Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. in Wusu City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Founded in Xinjiang’s Wusu City in 2009, Boshiran has developed more than 30 models of agricultural machinery including cotton planters, sprayers, and harvesters, which cover the entire cycle of cotton farming.

Self-manufactured components account for more than 90 percent in the products Boshiran is making at its subsidiaries across Xinjiang. (Photo by Lan Hongguang/Xinhua)

A worker delivers components at the cotton harvester manufacturing workshop of Xinjiang Boshiran Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. in Wusu City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 29, 2025. Founded in Xinjiang’s Wusu City in 2009, Boshiran has developed more than 30 models of agricultural machinery including cotton planters, sprayers, and harvesters, which cover the entire cycle of cotton farming.

Self-manufactured components account for more than 90 percent in the products Boshiran is making at its subsidiaries across Xinjiang. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

A worker assembles components at the cotton harvester manufacturing workshop of Xinjiang Boshiran Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. in Wusu City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 28, 2025. Founded in Xinjiang’s Wusu City in 2009, Boshiran has developed more than 30 models of agricultural machinery including cotton planters, sprayers, and harvesters, which cover the entire cycle of cotton farming.

Self-manufactured components account for more than 90 percent in the products Boshiran is making at its subsidiaries across Xinjiang. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

A worker conducts product quality check at the cotton harvester manufacturing workshop of Xinjiang Boshiran Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. in Wusu City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 29, 2025. Founded in Xinjiang’s Wusu City in 2009, Boshiran has developed more than 30 models of agricultural machinery including cotton planters, sprayers, and harvesters, which cover the entire cycle of cotton farming.

Self-manufactured components account for more than 90 percent in the products Boshiran is making at its subsidiaries across Xinjiang. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

A worker delivers components at the cotton harvester manufacturing workshop of Xinjiang Boshiran Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. in Wusu City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 29, 2025. Founded in Xinjiang’s Wusu City in 2009, Boshiran has developed more than 30 models of agricultural machinery including cotton planters, sprayers, and harvesters, which cover the entire cycle of cotton farming.

Self-manufactured components account for more than 90 percent in the products Boshiran is making at its subsidiaries across Xinjiang. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

A worker welds components at the cotton harvester manufacturing workshop of Xinjiang Boshiran Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. in Wusu City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 29, 2025. Founded in Xinjiang’s Wusu City in 2009, Boshiran has developed more than 30 models of agricultural machinery including cotton planters, sprayers, and harvesters, which cover the entire cycle of cotton farming.

Self-manufactured components account for more than 90 percent in the products Boshiran is making at its subsidiaries across Xinjiang. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

This photo taken on July 28, 2025 shows cotton harvesters at Xinjiang Boshiran Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. in Wusu City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Founded in Xinjiang’s Wusu City in 2009, Boshiran has developed more than 30 models of agricultural machinery including cotton planters, sprayers, and harvesters, which cover the entire cycle of cotton farming.

Self-manufactured components account for more than 90 percent in the products Boshiran is making at its subsidiaries across Xinjiang. (Photo by Lan Hongguang/Xinhua)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250731/7b4c1893ac61462b870bb7989386a3fd/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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