As the critical cotton sowing season gets underway, Hutubi County in the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang is widely adopting a water-saving cultivation model—characterized by "sowing first, then drip irrigating." By leveraging the Beidou Navigation Satellite System to achieve high-precision linear sowing, the region ensures perfectly straight rows and uniform seed distribution, thereby laying a solid foundation for a bountiful cotton harvest throughout the year.

Pictured here on April 6, in Longwangmiao Village, Wugongtai Town, Hutubi County, an agricultural machinery operator steers a precision planter—equipped with the Beidou navigation system—to carry out cotton sowing operations.