Vegetables thriving without soil

A technician checks the growth of vegetables in soil-less culture at Hailar Modernized Agriculture Park, Hulunbuir League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, July 6, 2010. Built in 2007, the park covers 3,000 square meters, and has introduced soil-less cultivation and water-efficient irrigation, which help local farmers increase production and incomes. It has played an important role in the development of modernized agriculture in the cold mountainous area. [Photo/Xinhua]