Lavender industry creates over 15,000 jobs in 2019 in Huocheng county of Xinjiang
Updated: June 19, 2020 11:41Xinhua
People visit a lavender field in Sigong village, Lucaogou township of Huocheng county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 16, 2020. With a cultivated area of 56,000 mu (about 3,733 hectares), the lavender industry of Huocheng county has created more than 15,000 jobs in 2019, with a yearly output value of about 1.5 billion yuan (about
$212 million). [Photo/Xinhua]
A woman visits a lavender field in Huocheng county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 16, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A visitor takes photos of a lavender field in Sigong village, Lucaogou township of Huocheng county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 16, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
People visit a lavender field in Sigong village, Lucaogou township of Huocheng county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 16, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A bee rests on lavender flowers at a lavender field in Sigong village, Lucaogou township of Huocheng county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 16, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]