Science, technology correspondents play important role in development of rural economy in China's Fujian

Science and technology correspondent Zhang Xiyou (R) checks the growth of tea leaves at a tea garden in Xingcun Town of Wuyishan, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 26, 2019. In February of 1999, the first batch of 225 science and technology correspondents were sent to 215 administrative villages in Nanping City to offer guidance to farmers in their daily work. Over the past 20 years, batches of such correspondents have played an important role in the development of rural economy and ecological protection. (Xinhua/An Xiya)