In recent years, the Jihongtan subdistrict in Chengyang district of Qingdao, Shandong province has intensified efforts to advance the integrated development of its smart agriculture and rural tourism industries.

A number of ecological agricultural complexes integrating intelligent planting and sightseeing have been built in the area, greatly boosting agricultural efficiency and farmers' incomes, and injecting new vitality into rural revitalization.

Visitors from across the country enjoy picking strawberries at a modern planting base in Jihongtan subdistrict, Chengyang district, Qingdao on April 4. [Photo by Zhang Jingang/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A mother and her child pick strawberries at a modern planting base in Jihongtan subdistrict on April 4. [Photo by Zhang Jingang/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Jihongtan subdistrict in Chengyang district of Qingdao has been promoting the modernization of agriculture. [Photo by Zhang Jingang/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A kid samples the strawberries he picked at a planting base in Jihongtan subdistrict on April 4. [Photo by Zhang Jingang/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Jihongtan subdistrict promotes integrated development of smart agriculture and rural tourism. [Photo by Zhang Jingang/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Families enjoy picking strawberries at a modern planting base in Jihongtan subdistrict on April 4. [Photo by Zhang Jingang/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]