A staff member checks pepper plants at the biological breeding technology center of Hunan Xiangyan Seed Industry Co., Ltd. in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 25, 2024. Hunan, a main pepper planting area in China, has been advancing the application of smart greenhouses in pepper planting industry through combined efforts. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

Villagers walk past the smart greenhouses of the Yangque Lake Zhangshugang pepper planting base in Zhangshu Town of Yueyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 26, 2024. Hunan, a main pepper planting area in China, has been advancing the application of smart greenhouses in pepper planting industry through combined efforts. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

This photo shows pepper seedlings in the Zhangshugang pepper space-mutation breeding and scientific cultivation base of Yangque Lake in Zhangshu Town of Yueyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 26, 2024. Hunan, a main pepper planting area in China, has been advancing the application of smart greenhouses in pepper planting industry through combined efforts. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

This photo shows a view of the Zhangshugang pepper space-mutation breeding and scientific cultivation base of Yangque Lake in Zhangshu Town of Yueyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 26, 2024. Hunan, a main pepper planting area in China, has been advancing the application of smart greenhouses in pepper planting industry through combined efforts. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang) 

Freshly picked peppers are pictured at the Yangque Lake Zhangshugang pepper planting base in Zhangshu Town of Yueyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 26, 2024. Hunan, a main pepper planting area in China, has been advancing the application of smart greenhouses in pepper planting industry through combined efforts. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

A staff member checks pepper plants at the vegetable germplasm rapid propagation plant factory of Hunan Xiangyan Seed Industry Co., Ltd. in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 25, 2024. Hunan, a main pepper planting area in China, has been advancing the application of smart greenhouses in pepper planting industry through combined efforts. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

Pepper plants are pictured at the biological breeding technology center of Hunan Xiangyan Seed Industry Co., Ltd. in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 25, 2024. Hunan, a main pepper planting area in China, has been advancing the application of smart greenhouses in pepper planting industry through combined efforts. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

Workers pick peppers at a greenhouse of the Yangque Lake Zhangshugang pepper planting base in Zhangshu Town of Yueyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 26, 2024. Hunan, a main pepper planting area in China, has been advancing the application of smart greenhouses in pepper planting industry through combined efforts. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

Different varieties of peppers are pictured at Hunan Xiangyan Seed Industry Co., Ltd. in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 25, 2024. Hunan, a main pepper planting area in China, has been advancing the application of smart greenhouses in pepper planting industry through combined efforts. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)