Aral City 阿拉尔市

Oysters at a saline-alkaline water aquaculture base in Aral have entered the harvest season.

In Aral City on the western edge of the Taklamakan Desert, oysters at saline-alkali water aquaculture bases have entered the harvesting season. Once harvested, the oysters are loaded onto refrigerated trucks and sent directly to major markets in surrounding areas. In recent years, with assistance from a Xinjiang aid team from Ningbo, Zhejiang, Aral has successfully raised oysters, East China Sea mud crabs, South China Sea groupers, and other kinds of seafood at the desert's edge by improving saline-alkali water and using "artificial seawater" formulation techniques. Previously unused saline-alkali waters are gradually becoming a "blue granary" that helps people increase their incomes and prosper.