On April 11, Xi inspected Baiqiao Village in Genzi Township, Gaozhou City of Maoming. With plantations covering an area of 6,800 mu (453 hectares), the village specializes in producing lychees. Xi came to a lychee orchard to learn about local efforts to develop distinctive planting and cultural tourism industries. He cordially talked with technicians on the spot. Later, Xi visited a longan and lychee cooperative where he was briefed about the cooperative's operation and efforts in advancing rural revitalization. Xi noted that the village is home to lychee and has history and culture of lychee planting with distinctive characteristics, visible advantages and a large market. It is necessary to further improve technologies in planting, fresh-keeping, and processing, so as to further advance the development of the distinctive lychee industry as well as distinctive cultural tourism.