I remembered a very popular jingle when I was young: "Wow, my sister and I picked cotton. My sister picked two and a half catties, and my sister picked a flower.” The childhood chant and scene are really vivid.
cotton blooms
cotton is no stranger to everyone, and cotton is inseparable from our food, clothing, housing and transportation. Today, I will give you a popular science: why the cotton grown in Xinjiang can reach the best quality in the world. And why is it so targeted?
1. Time of day: Sunshine duration
Friends who have been to Xinjiang know that Xinjiang has long sunshine hours every day, and the annual sunshine hours are as high as 2500-3500 hours. The growth of cotton requires a lot of sunshine time, which can just meet the heat and light needed for cotton growth. During the cotton fruiting period, if the weather is bad or the cloudy days are long, it will cause the fruit to rot or cause insect damage. This is of course not conducive to the growth of cotton. Time of rainy weather.
cotton field
2, geographical advantage: climate
Xinjiang cotton area has a dry climate and very cold winters. Most of the lowest temperature in winter is below -20℃. In this environment, there are few diseases and insects that can survive the winter. Xinjiang has been actively implementing technical measures for comprehensive prevention and control of diseases and insect pests for a long time. There are a large number of beneficial organisms planted and ecological conditions within the cotton field Good, in addition, Xinjiang is vast and sparsely populated, and the land is flat, which can provide very favorable conditions for mechanized production and further reduce production costs.
at the foot of Tianshan Mountain
3, people: water source
Xinjiang Tianshan area has slightly more precipitation than other areas. The water flowing out of melting ice and snow became the main source of water, but before the Xinjiang Construction Corps entered Xinjiang, cotton field irrigation was a major problem. After the Xinjiang Construction Corps entered Xinjiang, a number of artificial water supply facilities were built for Xinjiang, and other people’s efforts were made in the later period. Vigorously build water conservancy facilities. By 1990, Xinjiang had 466 reservoirs. With a total capacity of 5.9 billion cubic meters, it can irrigate 53 million mu of land. Coupled with the development of planting technology and the construction of artificial irrigation facilities, the water needed for cotton growth is effectively guaranteed. ([加油][Like] Like China)
Water conservancy
The right time and place and people gather together. According to the data obtained in 2000, First and second grade cotton accounted for more than 80% of cotton produced in Xinjiang . Such high-quality cotton of will certainly be favored by the whole world. At present, there are three major cotton producing countries in the world, namely China, India, and the United States. India is not perfect in the cotton follow-up industrial chain, so the New York Futures Exchange in the United States has always controlled the price of cotton.
New York Futures Exchange
China appeared when it was beautiful and proud. Our country is both a huge cotton producer and a cotton consumer. The entire cotton industry chain is complete from original production to textile processing to cotton consumption. With so many favorable conditions, the natural next step is the industry pricing power ,
On the day of Children’s Day in 2004, the Zhengzhou Exchange launched cotton futures trading. At the beginning, it was a little rookie, and slowly grew into a cotton market that can influence the world. , Has now become the world cotton trading center. As of 2019, China is already the only center of the world's textile industry , beautiful national brains are buzzing [halo]. . . . . .
Made in China is famous all over the world
Back to our topic: Why is Xinjiang cotton targeted in this way? Because Xinjiang's cotton production accounts for more than 80% of China's cotton production.
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