The photo, taken on July 1, shows workers pick mushrooms at a plantation base in Yiyang’s Yuanjiang. The county-level city is known as the "home of reeds", with an annual output of 350,000 tons of reeds. Previously reeds were used for papermaking. In recent years, a related green industry has been explored to prevent pollution caused by paper-making. The locals cultivate mushrooms by using reed residue as substrate. Reeds turned out to be a cash cow that helps promote industrial transformation and increase people’s income. (Photo/Song Tieshan, Hunan Daily)

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunan.voc.com.cn