Aksu apples enter harvest season in Xinjiang

(ECNS) -- Over 420,000 mu (28,000 hectares) of apples have entered harvest season in Aksu Prefecture.

Aksu apples have become highly sought-after on the Chinese and foreign markets.

Aksu's total output of apples last year was about 688,800 tons.

Its total area of fruit-bearing apple orchards was about 22,260 hectares.

Official data showed that revenues from the forest and fruit industries account for about one-third of local residents' total incomes.