In pics: factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, China's Xinjiang

This photo taken on Aug. 13, 2025 shows a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province.

The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions.

As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

Staff members harvest vegetables at a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 13, 2025. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province.

The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions.

As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

A technician from Ningbo City checks the growth of lettuce at a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 13, 2025. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province.

The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions.

As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

A staff member harvests vegetables at a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 13, 2025. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province.

The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions.

As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

A staff member cleans a planting bed at a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 13, 2025. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province.

The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions.

As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

A staff member prepares vegetable juice for visitors at a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 13, 2025. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province.

The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions.

As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)

This photo taken on Aug. 13, 2025 shows vegetables growing at a factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The factory-styled smart farm in Kuqa City stands as a flagship project of paired assistance program financed by Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province.

The factory enables stable year-round crop production via intelligently controlled temperature, humidity, light and nutrient solutions.

As a milestone of Ningbo-Kuqa collaboration, the project has adopted soilless cultivation technologies and devices provided by companies in Ningbo to grow premium agricultural products. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)