Xi Zhiyong, the team leader of China"s largest mosquito factory in Guangzhou, south China"s Guangdong province, is in charge of releasing about one million produced mosquitoes to the Shazi Island in Guangzhou every week to combat Dengue Fever. [Photo: jiangsu.china.com.cn]
Every two days, 70,000 to 100,000 male mosquitoes will be released on an island in Guangdong. So far, they have released half a million. These mosquitoes are welcomed by the locals. Why is that? |
