Smart greenhouses lift winter jujube industry

With China's "No 1 central document" for 2025 calling for technical advancement and all-around rural vitalization, Chinese farmers are showing more enthusiasm in using the latest technology to boost their incomes.

In East China's Shandong province, winter date grower Guo Ning expressed a myriad of emotions while looking at the thriving winter jujube trees growing at the Guo Ning Winter Jujube Demonstration Park in Xiahe Town.

In order to usher in an early harvest of his winter dates and sell them for a good price, Guo has introduced "smart temperature control "technology to the greenhouses in the park, set up by the local township government with an investment of 1.6 million yuan ($221,270).