Wensu County on the southern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains is a major rice producer in Xinjiang. (Photos: Xinhua)

The rice grown in the county's nearly 7,900 hectares of paddies are ripe in the autumn for busy harvests.

Aerial photo taken on Oct. 16, 2020 shows harvesters reaping rice crop in Tohula Township of Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

A combine harvester reaps rice crop in Tohula Township of Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 16, 2020.

Aerial photo taken on Oct. 16, 2020 shows rice paddies in Tuofuhan Township of Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Workers load packaged rice at a rice factory in Tohula Township of Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 16, 2020.

Aerial photo taken on Oct. 16, 2020 shows rice fields in Tohula Township of Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

A staff member packs harvested rice crop at a rice lab under Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Wensu County of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 16, 2020.

Aerial photo taken on Oct. 16, 2020 shows a combine harvester reaping rice crop in Tohula Township of Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Aerial photo taken on Oct. 16, 2020 shows a combine harvester reaping rice crop in Tohula Township of Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

A staff member examines harvested rice crop at a rice lab under Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Wensu County of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 16, 2020.

Aerial photo taken on Oct. 16, 2020 shows a combine harvester reaping rice crop in Tohula Township of Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Aerial photo taken on Oct. 16, 2020 shows harvesters reaping rice crop in Tohula Township of Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.