In orange grove, it's technique over muscle

Modern technology is breathing new life into the traditional, labor-intensive agriculture in Laibin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, with automation - particularly artificial intelligence - helping raise efficiency and bringing economic benefits.

Wei Huating, 24, a worker in charge of watering and fertilization at Laibin Haisheng Agriculture, is using a mobile app to fertilize trees growing Orri mandarin oranges, introduced from Israel.

"The high-tech application greatly improves efficiency," she said. "It takes about five days to fertilize the orange grove, which covers an area of 2.3 million square meters, by hand, but only three days with advanced technology."