rs reached 48,200 yuan (about 6,869 U.S. dollars) in 2024, more than 8 percent higher than before the ban. Many have moved on to work as river wardens, in factories, or have started their own small businesses.
Technology has also played a major role in the effort. Since 2021, Chongqing has built an AI-powered fisheries monitoring system. So far, it has integrated more than 1,200 riverside cameras and dozens of drones, automatically flagging illegal fishing, pollution risks and enforcement blind spots.
Local authorities said they’ve already handled more than 5,000 alerts, shrinking the gap betw
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