In pics: cotton harvest season in Xinjiang (2)

Aerial photo shows farmers wait to sell cotton outside a cotton company in Shawan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 20, 2021. The cotton harvest season started in October in Xinjiang. Xinjiang is the largest cotton-growing area in China. The region's cotton output hit 5.16 million tonnes in 2020, accounting for 87.3 percent of the total in the country, said the National Bureau of Statistics. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)