To improve rural income and facilitate rural vitalization, Weining county in Bijie city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, has been making efforts to upgrade its local agricultural industry.

The efforts include encouraging farmers to grow traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) herbs and counter-season vegetables by using the latest technologies.

A staff member in Weining Modern Agriculture Industrial Park presents lab-cultivated potato seedlings on March 15. [Photo by Yang Wenbin/xinhuanet.com]