ChineseToday | NPC deputy’s devotion to rural agriculture modernization
2025-02-21 21:58 Xinhua

CHIBI, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Tian Shuxian, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), is the director of an ecological planting and breeding cooperative in Chibi City, central China's Hubei Province.
With a master's degree in agriculture, Tian has devoted herself to helping villagers reap more gains with science and technology.
Tian proposed rice-shrimp-duck farming and went door to door to provide guidance to villagers. She set up an ecological agriculture laboratory, a microbial culture room, and a water quality testing room in the fields, and built an ecological aquaculture demonstration base.
Tian Shuxian is pictured in a greenhouse in Anfeng Village, Zhonghuopu Town of Chibi City, central China's Hubei Province, on Feb. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
An aerial drone photo shows Tian Shuxian walking on a path in Anfeng Village, Zhonghuopu Town of Chibi City, central China's Hubei Province, on Feb. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Tian Shuxian (L) and her husband change the battery of a farm drone in Anfeng Village, Zhonghuopu Town of Chibi City, central China's Hubei Province, on Feb. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)