How Off-Season Vegetable Picking Invigorates Agritourism

Original headline: "Agritourism" Paves the Way to Rural Prosperity

On March 2, workers tend off-season vegetables grown in greenhouses at the Guoxin Modern Agriculture Park in Shuangyang District, Changchun.

In recent years, Changchun has actively planned the development of modern urban agriculture, advancing the construction of eco-tourism and agritourism centered on sightseeing, leisure experiences and ecological dining, and has built a number of farmhouse resorts and modern agricultural sightseeing and picking parks that combine ecology, sightseeing and leisure. At present, the number of larger-scale picking parks has grown to nearly 30, attracting many tourists every year for leisure picking and driving surrounding farmers to increase their income.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Chang

On March 2, workers tend vertically grown plants at the Yuanshanhu Agricultural Park in Shuangyang District, Changchun.