Greenhouse farming promotes rural revitalization in Hebei

Farmers tend cherries in a greenhouse at an ecological farming base in Qianying town, Fengnan district, Tangshan city, Hebei province. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

In recent years, the Fengnan district, Tangshan city, Hebei province, government has encouraged local farmers to grow peaches, cherries, pitayas, and other characteristic fruit in greenhouses in order to promote rural revitalization. Members of over 2,000 households have increased their incomes by working in the more than 800 ha’s worth of facilities that are currently devoted to the endeavor in its borders thus far.