🍎🌞😍Shapotou District in Zhongwei City, northwest #China#'s #Ningxia# Hui Autonomous Region, lies along the Yellow River on the southern edge of the Tengger Desert. The district is now entering the harvest season for its "Shapotou dryland #apples#". Taking advantage of favorable natural conditions, including abundant #sunshine#, a large diurnal temperature range, and a dry #climate# with little rainfall, the district has promoted standardized cultivation and outsourced orchard management services, developed the under-forest economy, and improved e-commerce sales channels and brand promotion efforts. These measures have helped turn "Shapotou dryland apples" into a thriving #industry# that boosts local #incomes#. Shapotou District currently has 80,200 mu (approximately 5,347 hectares) of land under apple cultivation, with output expected to reach 144,000 tons and output value to exceed 1 billion yuan, generating higher incomes for more than 8,000 local households. #ChineseNation#