Village relies on farm tech to bring in fortune

Wherever Lyu Guoyin goes, farming is an obsession that he carries along.

In his latest venture, Lyu is out in the sandy land next to China's largest desert. Lyu, from Henan province, arrived in Hotan, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, for the first time in 2017, where he planted 50,000 apple trees.

He now manages more than 20 greenhouses in Yuye village, off the southern edge of the Taklimakan Desert, riding on a wave of farming technology expansion that has brought wealth to the locals.