Chen Maoshu, a retired expert of local agricultural institute, diagnoses an ancient litchi with 1,200 years' history in Putian City of southeast China's Fujian Province, July 30, 2009. A big number of ancient trees including camphor trees, litchis, yew trees, etc. in Putian have been facing deadly disease and insect damages in recent years. Some retired agricultural and forest experts volunteered to find solutions to give renewed vitality to the ancient trees. [Lin Jianbing/Xinhua]

(Xinhua News Agency July 31, 2009)