Xinjiang Corps Has Picked Up The Downward Trend, And The Cotton Production Rate Has Increased Year By Year.

Recently, from Korla.

The 3130 train slowly pulled out of the platform, and more than 3000 pickup workers set foot on the return journey.

Most of them are flower picker imported from the mainland in the two division cotton planting regiment.

"This year's income is good, earn more than 8000 yuan, next year also want to come again, but now a lot of farms have used cotton picker, and in a few years do not need us."

In the waiting hall, Yang Xiaohua, a flower picker from Gansu, was pleased and slightly anxious to tell reporters.

It is reported that this year

The number of flower pickup workers was 197 thousand and 800, which is nearly 10 thousand less than that of last year.

The number of flower picking workers has been decreasing for many years.

It is understood that from the last century, the Corps began in 90s.

The number of flower picking workers is increasing year by year.

In 1998, the number of workers reached the peak. About 700000 flower pickups came to the regiment to pick flowers.

According to statistics, from 2011 to 2014, the Corps paid about 8000000000 yuan for flower picking workers.

In recent years, the Corps has stepped up the pace of agricultural mechanization and vigorously promoted cotton picking by planting machines.

After years of efforts, this year's cotton production rate has reached 70%, becoming the world's main mechanized cotton picking area.

Jiang Maoqing is the six Division of the grass lake farm, Dan ban community workers, planting cotton for 20 years, employing more than ten years.

Unlike previous years, he did not employ flower pickers this year, and more than 300 mu of cotton planted were harvested with cotton pickers.

It is understood that with the increasing rate of cotton production, the number of imported flower workers has decreased year by year since 2008, from about 700000 in 1998 to 197 thousand and 800 this year, with an average annual reduction of more than 60 thousand.

The relevant person in charge of the Bureau said that in the future, the number of flower workers needed to be picked up will continue to decrease, but it will not disappear in the near future.

The Corps will encourage the local minority masses to gather flowers in the southern Xinjiang to bring about a bumper harvest, increase the income of workers and workers, and earn flowers and flowers, so as to promote the integration of the army and the land.