A worker harvests fresh mushrooms at a smart biotech vegetable plantation in Xuzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, on August 6, 2024. The plantation, funded by Jiangsu Hongsheng Biotechnology Co, features an intelligent temperature-controlled factory and processing workshop spanning 310,000 square meters. It yields 100,000 tons of edible mushrooms and fungi annually and supports operations from production to deep processing, creating 1,500 jobs. Photo: VCG