Spring is the harvest season for melons in eastern China's Quanzhou City. A local cooperative can harvest 500 to 1,000 kilograms of the fruit a day. /Lin Hongqin

The melons are usually sold in the Yangtze River Delta. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic this year, sales have been adversely affected. /Lin Hongqin

Local farmers have turned to online platforms to sell melons. /Lin Hongqin

A farmer shows how tasty the melon is to hundreds of thousands of viewers online. /Lin Hongqin

To boost online sales, farmers are seen weighing the melons. /Lin Hongqin