On March 7, in the standardized planting base of traditional Chinese medicine in Meichuan Town, Min County, farmers were collecting and digging Dangshen seedlings.

Spring ploughing is around the corner. More than 30000 mu of Astragalus and Dangshen seedlings in Min County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province are in harvest season. The busy situation of farmers digging seeds and seedlings for spring ploughing can be seen everywhere in the fields.

As one of the main producing areas of traditional Chinese medicine in northwest China, Min County is known as the "Millennium Medicine Town". In recent years, the local government has continued to expand and strengthen the traditional Chinese medicine industry by cultivating leading enterprises and strengthening the short board of the industrial chain. The planting area of traditional Chinese medicine in the county has reached 680000 mu, with a total output value of more than 6 billion yuan.

On March 7, in the standardized planting base of traditional Chinese medicine in Meichuan Town, Min County, farmers were collecting and digging Dangshen seedlings.

On March 7, in the standardized planting base of traditional Chinese medicine in Meichuan Town, Min County, farmers were collecting and digging Dangshen seedlings.

On March 7, in the standardized planting base of traditional Chinese medicine in Meichuan Town, Min County, the farmers were sorting out the seedlings of Astragalus membranaceus.

On March 7, in the standardized planting base of traditional Chinese medicine in Meichuan Town, Minxian County, farmers were collecting and digging seedlings of Astragalus membranaceus.

On March 7, in the standardized planting base of traditional Chinese medicine in Meichuan Town, Min County, the farmers were sorting out the seedlings of Astragalus membranaceus.

On March 7, in the standardized planting base of traditional Chinese medicine in Meichuan Town, Minxian County, farmers were digging astragalus seedlings (UAV photo).

Source: Xinhua News Agency

Reporter Chen Bin

Edited by Xu Weiwei

Second instance Li Jie

Third instance Tian Minjia