Despite recent changes in international trade, which brought new challenges to the development of China s cotton industry, the country will continue to insist on opening up and expand cooperation with its foreign counterparts, the China Cotton Association said.
The cotton harvest from more than 30 million mu (2 million hectares) of land has been acquired in Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, as the buying season is drawing to a close, with higher crop yields and incomes for cotton farmers indicating a prosperous industry, despite slander and crackdown by the US, industry insiders said.
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