As spring approaches, it's the time for ploughing and planting, and the Railway Bureau freight center in the city of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia reports that it has arranged for more trucks to handle shipments of agricultural materiel and products to the northeastern, northern, and eastern parts of China.

Workers loading chemical fertilizer on a truck, in Hohhot, on March 3. [Photo/Xinhua]

Truck with chemical fertilizer at the Hohhot railway line, on March 3. [Photo/Xinhua]

Workers moving chemical fertilizer for a truck line, in Hohhot, on March 3. [Photo/Xinhua]