Xinjiang has recently beefed up its efforts to foster new productive capacities on desert land.

In late April, a research team from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences successfully trial-planted and rapidly cultivated rice in a desert greenhouse in Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang.

The Hotan region in southern Xinjiang has abundant light and heat resources.

This breakthrough in rapid crop cultivation technology in desert greenhouses will also provide technical support for year-round crop generation and rapid breeding in the southern deserts of Xinjiang, according to the institution.