At the end of 2011,Jiang Peize,a member of the Technical Task Force (TTF) in Xuanen County,central China's Hubei Province,visited Yuheping Vi age in the county and showed local farmers how to use straw to protect their tea seedlings from winter frosts.There are more than 300 TFF members in Xuanen.They help farmers deal with practical problems in production and spread new farming techniques in order to raise agricultural output and efficiency.The TfF system was created in Nanping City,Fujian Province,in 1999.Now,many more provinces have adopted the system,which proves successful in putting scientific and technological advances to good use in vast rural areas."I am just a conduit,someone who transfers new science and technology and new information to farmers," said Xing Wenzhi,a TTF member in Songyuan City,northeast China's Jilin Province.