China-Salt Industry

A man works at a saltworks in Xinlizao Village under Nanpaihe Town in Huanghua City, north China's Hebei Province, Nov. 6, 2017. The output of the crude sea salt in Huanghua City is expected to reach 550,000 tons this year.

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Aerial photo taken on Sept. 4, 2018 shows the scenery of salt lake in Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province.(Xinhua/Huang Wenpeng)

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Aerial photo taken on April 22, 2019 shows people working at the Daqinghe salt field in Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province. Some 270,000 tons of salt is expected to be produced this spring at the Daqinghe salt field.

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Aerial photo taken on June 29, 2019 shows workers collecting raw salt at a salt field in Weifang, Shandong Province. (Sun Shubao)

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Aerial photo taken on Nov. 7, 2019 shows workers loading the salt onto a boat through machinery during the autumn harvest season at a salt pan in Caofeidian District of Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. The annual autumn harvest season of the salt pan in Caofeidian District of Tangshan has entered its last phase. The output of sea salt in 2019 is expected to reach 1.56 million tons.

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Workers are seen on a stack of salt in the Changlu Hangu salt field in north China's Tianjin Municipality, April 13, 2021. The spring harvest season started in the salt field recently and is expected to last till mid-May. (Photo by Sun Fanyue)

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Workers harvest salt in a salt field at Binhai Township, Zhanhua District, Binzhou City, on May 18, 2021. Workers have started harvesting "spring salt" from the 600,000-mu (40,000 hectares) of salt fields at Binhai Township. The total output is expected to hit 500,000 tons when the harvest work concludes by the end of June. (Fan Changguo)

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Tourists visit the Qairhan Salt Lake in northwest China's Qinghai Province, July 8, 2021. The Qairhan Salt Lake in the Qaidam Basin has been the largest potash fertilizer producing base in China. It came to exhibit its values as a tourism destination under a series of comprehensive local development schemes. (Zhang Long)

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In pics: salt lake in Dingbian County

Aerial photo taken on Aug. 7, 2021 shows a salt lake in Dingbian County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Tao Ming)

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Aerial photo taken on Dec. 1, 2021 shows a view of the salt farms in Yangkou Township, Shouguang City of east China's Shandong Province. (Zhu Zheng)

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Photo taken on May 14, 2022 shows salt fields at Binhai Township, Zhanhua District, Binzhou City of east China's Shandong Province.

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Machines work in a salt pond in the Changlu Hangu salt field, one of China's oldest coastal salt fields, in Tianjin, Sept. 14, 2022. Autumn harvest has recently started at the salt field and is expected to last until late October. (Zhao Zishuo)

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