(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-04-25 10:58

Chen Xiangjun is considering applying for a new Guinness ever since he successfully bred more than 5,000 crickets within a year in Haikou, capital of Hainan province.

Chen, a native of Xiangfan, Hubei province, bought two crickets for 300,000 yuan ($42,900) in Shanghai and brought them to Haikou in July 2006.

During the past year, Chen, a retired serviceman, has bred three generations of crickets and thinks he could be in the running for recognition as the world's most prolific cricket breeder.

Chen says the cricket raising industry has a rosy future as more and more people on the mainland have been showing interest in cricket fights as living standards have risen.

Chen said he also wanted to develop the China's cricket culture, which has a history of several thousand years.

(Hainan Special Zone Daily)