A vivid overhead image of farmers as they pick water chestnuts on Aug 4 in Zhouduo village, Baidian town, in Hai'an – a county-level city administered by Nantong in East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo/IC]

Blessed by nature, with its prime geographic position in the Lixia River depression, Baidian town in Hai'an has been able to vigorously develop its cultivation of water chestnuts in recent years. [Photo/IC]

Many rural areas in Jiangsu are now implementing an eco-friendly development model to protect the environment and help locals increase their incomes. [Photo/IC]