Villagers from Shixi village in Baidian town – under the jurisdiction of Hai'an, a county-level city in Nantong, in East China's Jiangsu province – get busy picking and packing okras on July 22. [Photo/IC]

In response to the national development strategy of rural vitalization, Shixi village in Hai'an has adjusted its crops and moved towards developing okra growing in recent years. [Photo/IC]

The okra that Shixi villagers plant is popular in the Yangtze River Delta region. The crop boosts the growth of local agriculture and increases the incomes of local farmers. [Photo/IC]