Published on: 2026-08-29
Source: People’s Republic of China — Translation
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Urumqi, August 29 /Xinhua/ — These days, good cotton growth is observed in vast cotton fields several hundred kilometers from Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Sun Meizhen, chief scientific researcher of the high-quality cotton cultivation group at the Western Agricultural Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, noted: “Judging by the current dynamics, it is quite feasible to achieve the set goal this year at the demonstration plot – over 550 kg of raw cotton per mu /about 667 sq.m/.”
This demonstration plot of one thousand mu for cultivating elite cotton varieties was jointly created and operated by the Xinjiang corporation “Huasin” and the Western Agricultural Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The Chinese scientific team accompanied the entire process at all stages—from pre-sowing land surveys, scientific selection of varieties, and adjustment of locally adapted cultivation schemes to the development of a complete set of technological regulations concerning sowing, field care, and other aspects—implementing a mature Chinese cotton-growing system on site.
Sun Meizhen noted that the project is based on the foundation of Sino-Uzbek agricultural cooperation, transferring modern comprehensive technologies to local partners, including high-quality Chinese cotton varieties and fully mechanized harvesting, as well as advanced management concepts. This facilitates the transition of the cotton industry from “empirical cultivation” to “scientific, highly efficient, and high-quality production.”
Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan Shadman Namazov witnessed the advanced and systematic nature of Chinese cotton-growing technologies. He noted that compared to traditional local methods, the Chinese technological system allows for many breakthroughs in terms of optimizing plant density, conserving water, improving efficiency, stabilizing yields, and enhancing quality, significantly increasing yield per unit area.
Deepening Chinese-Uzbek scientific and technical cooperation in the field of cotton growing is bringing real dividends for the development of agriculture and the increase of farmers’ incomes in the region. Sh. Namazov emphasized that after the introduction of advanced Chinese cotton growing technologies, cotton yields locally are steadily increasing, production costs are steadily decreasing, and farmers’ incomes are significantly rising.
Xinjiang is a key base for high-quality cotton production in China: in 2025, it accounted for 92.8 percent of the total cotton production in the country. In terms of gross yield and yield per unit area, the region has held first place in China for many years, remaining the main cotton-growing area of the country. Xinjiang has climatic and soil conditions similar to those of Central Asian countries, which creates a foundation for the cross-border spread of elite cotton varieties, cultivation technologies, and agricultural machinery.
Deep and practical cooperation in the cotton sector not only contributes to the modernization of agriculture in the countries of Central Asia, but also opens up broad prospects for Chinese agricultural machinery manufacturers to enter the markets of this region.
With the introduction of Chinese technological standards for cotton farming adapted to local conditions, competitively priced and reliable Chinese cotton harvesters are gaining growing demand in the Central Asian market. Recently, the Xinjiang branch of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corporation sent a batch of new cotton harvesters to Central Asian countries. Company management reported that the intelligent harvesting machines, specially designed taking into account local planting schemes and harvesting conditions in Central Asia, are receiving increasingly high recognition in the market, and this year orders from Central Asian countries already occupy more than 70 percent of the production capacity of the aforementioned company’s Xinjiang branch.
He Wencin, Deputy Director of the Western Agricultural Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, noted that starting from 2023, the Chinese side has been steadily deepening scientific and technical cooperation in cotton cultivation within the “China – Central Asia” framework, regularly conducting international academic exchanges and seminars, as well as establishing mechanisms for mutual visits, joint research, and technical personnel training with agricultural research institutes of five Central Asian countries.
Today, the Chinese scientific and technological cotton growing system, represented by Xinjiang, continues to support the modernization of agriculture in Central Asia, making a sustainable contribution to practical cooperation between China and the countries of this region in the agricultural sector.
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