The plague of as many as 360 billion insects has so far devastated East Africa before moving over Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and India. Millions of baby locusts hatched in Kenya last week, sparking fears new swarms could soon wreak havoc across an already ravaged East Africa.
Chinese authorities have dispatched the 100,000 birds to its Xinjiang border in the far west of the country, where it meets Pakistan and India as the locusts continue to swarm eastwards.
A trial will take place in the coming months, after which the squadron will be sent to Pakistan's Sindh and Punjab provinces, as well as the Balochistan province where Chinese experts undertook a field visit to take samples and speak to local agriculturists.
Ducks can eat more than 200 locusts a day, compared with chickens which can manage just 70.