Hainan, the province in southernmost China, has organized farmers to work hard to provide sufficient supply for people in snow-stricken areas to fight the disaster. The province has become one of the vegetable providers for the snow-stricken areas. A total of more than 170 trucks loaded with vegetables pulled into the port on February 6, 2008. Vegetable shipments are given the priority from the island province to snow-stricken areas such as Hunan and Anhui provinces.
Farmers work on a vegetable field in Qionghai city in Hainan Province on Monday, February 11, 2008.
A farmer harvests green peppers in Qionghai city in Hainan Province on Monday, February 11, 2008.
A truck loaded with vegetable arrives at Xiuying harbor in Haikou, capital city of Hainan Province on February 6, 2008.
(Xinhua News Agency February 13, 2008)