A truck carrying banana
drives through a special pass opened for banana-transportation at
Xiuying ferry in Haikou, capital of southern China's island
province of Hainan.
Local administrations in Haikou have opened green passes at
ports to facilitate banana business and avoid more losses after
ghastly news on the "banana cancer" swept most parts of
China.
As the rumor of the "Panama Disease" outbreak in banana plantations
gradually quiets down, the local government has decided to give a
300-yuan subsidy (US$37.5) for each banana truckload in attempts to
boost the fruit sale and reduce losses suffered by local banana
planters.
Trucks loading bananas can enjoy priority services at the
ports.
(CRI, Xinhua News Agency April 9, 2007)
