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Heilongjiang Autumn Harvest - China

A farmer holds the freshly harvested paddy in a field of Yanjiagang Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on September 23, 2025. China's "grain barn" Heilongjiang has entered the autumn harvest season. Photo by Zhang Tao /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Snow Sculptures - Harbin

People pose for photos with snowmen at a farm of Beidahuang Group in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, January 4, 2025. Harbin, with many snow sculptures across the city, has emerged as one of China's top winter travel destinations, attracting tourists from around the globe. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Tao/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Snow Sculptures - Harbin

People pose for photos with a snowman at a farm of Beidahuang Group in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, January 4, 2025. Harbin, with many snow sculptures across the city, has emerged as one of China's top winter travel destinations, attracting tourists from around the globe. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Tao/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Snow Sculptures - Harbin

People pose for photos with a snowman at a farm of Beidahuang Group in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, January 4, 2025. Harbin, with many snow sculptures across the city, has emerged as one of China's top winter travel destinations, attracting tourists from around the globe. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Tao/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Snow Sculptures - Harbin

People pose for photos with a snowman at a farm of Beidahuang Group in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, January 4, 2025. Harbin, with many snow sculptures across the city, has emerged as one of China's top winter travel destinations, attracting tourists from around the globe. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Tao/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Snow Sculptures - Harbin

A visitor has fun among snowmen at a farm of Beidahuang Group in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, January 4, 2025. Harbin, with many snow sculptures across the city, has emerged as one of China's top winter travel destinations, attracting tourists from around the globe. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Tao/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Snow Sculptures - Harbin

People pose for photos with snowmen at a farm of Beidahuang Group in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, January 4, 2025. Harbin, with many snow sculptures across the city, has emerged as one of China's top winter travel destinations, attracting tourists from around the globe. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Tao/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Autumn Harvest - China

A harvester works in soybean fields at a farm of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, October 3, 2024. Photo by Hou Yue/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Autumn Harvest - China

Harvesters work in sorghum fields at a farm of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, October 3, 2024. Photo by Lin Jinchun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Autumn Harvest - China

An aerial drone photo shows agricultural machines harvesting corn at a farm of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, October 1, 2024. Photo by Xu Yingxian/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Autumn Harvest - China

A farmer piles packed soybeans up at a farm of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, October 3, 2024. Photo by Lu Wenxiang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Autumn Harvest - China

A shovel loader transfers soybeans at a farm of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, October 3, 2024. Photo by Qian Boyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Autumn Harvest - China

An aerial drone photo shows a harvester working in rice paddies at a farm of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, October 3, 2024. Photo by Dang Aihe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240711) -- BEIJING, July 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An agricultural aircraft operates over a paddy field of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 8, 2024. (Photo by Li Zhenquan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-CHINA-RUSSIA EXPO-PUBLIC OPEN DAY (CN)

(240518) -- HARBIN, May 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Russian merchants visit the pavilion of Beidahuang Group during the 8th China-Russia Expo in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 18, 2024. The expo opened to the public on Saturday. The expo's activities are being held in Harbin from May 16 to 21. Over 5,000 overseas buyers registered at the expo and representatives from 44 countries and regions participated in the expo. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING (CN)

(240404) -- HARBIN, April 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tractor operators adjust the tractor at Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Heihe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 22, 2024. China's major grain production province Heilongjiang, known as the country's "grain barn," is conducting a wide range of activities to ensure a robust foundation for spring farming. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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Reform propels China's rural areas on path to modernization

STORY: Reform propels China's rural areas on path to modernization SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:58 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YAN JINCHANG, Farmer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SONG CHANGBAO, Villager 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SONG GUANGHUA, Villager STORYLINE: Xiaogang Village Anhui, China Xiaogang Village is where China's rural reform began 45 years ago. In the past decade, an array of reform moves have provided further assurance to farmers here and helped accelerate farmland transfer and large-scale farming. In a major institutional innovation, China has allowed farmers to retain contract rights over their allotted farmland while transferring management rights if they lease the land to others. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YAN JINCHANG, Farmer "This land of our village is managed by the Beidahuang Group for the building of a modern agricultural planting base, which is running very well. Villagers get a share of the r

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-BEIDAHUANG-SPRING PLOUGHING(CN)

(230409) -- BEI'AN, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 8, 2023 shows a tractor loading fertilizer at a field of Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Bei'an City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. As the weather gradually warms up, Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Bei'an City has started the spring ploughing work. A total of 28 large tractors have been organized by the farm to work for over 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-BEIDAHUANG-SPRING PLOUGHING(CN)

(230409) -- BEI'AN, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 8, 2023 shows large tractors preparing the field for planting at a field of Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Bei'an City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. As the weather gradually warms up, Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Bei'an City has started the spring ploughing work. A total of 28 large tractors have been organized by the farm to work for over 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-BEIDAHUANG-SPRING PLOUGHING(CN)

(230409) -- BEI'AN, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 8, 2023 shows a large tractor preparing the field for planting at a field of Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Bei'an City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. As the weather gradually warms up, Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Bei'an City has started the spring ploughing work. A total of 28 large tractors have been organized by the farm to work for over 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-BEIDAHUANG-SPRING PLOUGHING(CN)

(230409) -- BEI'AN, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 8, 2023 shows large tractors preparing the field for planting at a field of Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Bei'an City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. As the weather gradually warms up, Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Bei'an City has started the spring ploughing work. A total of 28 large tractors have been organized by the farm to work for over 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-BEIDAHUANG-SPRING PLOUGHING(CN)

(230409) -- BEI'AN, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Agricultural technicians check the quality of fertilizing work at a field of Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Bei'an City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 8, 2023. As the weather gradually warms up, Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Bei'an City has started the spring ploughing work. A total of 28 large tractors have been organized by the farm to work for over 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-BEIDAHUANG-SPRING PLOUGHING(CN)

(230409) -- BEI'AN, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 8, 2023 shows large tractors preparing the field for planting at a field of Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Bei'an City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. As the weather gradually warms up, Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in Bei'an City has started the spring ploughing work. A total of 28 large tractors have been organized by the farm to work for over 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of the Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group maintain farming machines in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 16, 2023. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on March 16, 2023 shows staff members of the Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group maintaining farming machines in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of the Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group maintains a farming machine in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 16, 2023. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group blends fertilizers in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 16, 2023. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of the Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group maintains a farming machine in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 16, 2023. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of the Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group maintain farming machines in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 16, 2023. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of the Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group maintains a farming machine in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 16, 2023. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of the Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group transport materials at the company's fertilizer blending center in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 16, 2023. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on March 16, 2023 shows staff members of the Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group maintaining a farming machine in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff members is busy on a pile of corns at the Zhaoguang Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group Bei'an branch in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 20, 2022. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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China upgrades farming technology to protect black soil

STORY: China upgrades farming technology to protect black soil DATELINE: Dec. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the black soil 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIN LIJUN, Deputy director, Laboratory of agro-tech extension center, Qixing branch of Beidahuang Group 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG XIAOQING, Director of soil and fertilizer testing center, 8511 farm of Beidahuang Group STORYLINE: The black soil, or chernozem soil, found in China's northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning and in some parts of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, produces about a quarter of the country's total grain output, making it crucial to China's food supply. The typical black soil area in Heilongjiang Province, known as China's "grain barn," is approximately 10.4 million hectares, accounting for 56.1 percent of northeast China's total black soil area. However, excessive reclamation has eroded the soil's nutrients and its chernozem layer is thinnin

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member maneuvers corns with an engineering machine at the Zhaoguang Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group Bei'an branch in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 20, 2022. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of the Zhaoguang Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group Bei'an branch take soil samples for analysis in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 20, 2022. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff member are busy on a pile of corns at the Zhaoguang Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group Bei'an branch in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 19, 2022. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2022 shows agricultural machines preparing the field for planting at the Zhaoguang Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group Bei'an branch in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2022 shows agricultural machines preparing the field for planting at the Zhaoguang Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group Bei'an branch in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members analyze soil samples at the agricultural technology promotion center of the Qixing Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 18, 2022. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members analyze soil samples at the agricultural technology promotion center of the Qixing Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 18, 2022. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2022 shows agricultural machines preparing the field for planting at the Zhaoguang Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group Bei'an branch in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-WORLD SOIL DAY (CN)

(221205) -- HARBIN, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members are busy on a pile of soya beans at the Zhaoguang Farm Co,. Ltd. under the Beidahuang Group Bei'an branch in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 20, 2022. Dec. 5 marks World Soil Day, a day designated by the UN to highlight the importance of healthy soils and to advocate sustainable management of soil resources. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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Soil preparation underway in China's "grain barn"

STORY: Soil preparation underway in China's "grain barn" DATELINE: Oct. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of soil preparation 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI JINBO, Farmer STORYLINE: The high-powered machinery of Beidahuang Group is preparing the fields right after the autumn harvest with high efficiency and quality in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Soil preparation is of vital importance for grain production in the province, known as China's "grain barn." Large machines will be used to plow the fields, burying leaves, straws, and other crop residues underground. This allows for the faster and more thorough decomposition of the residues, thus effectively increasing the absorbable organic matter in the soil. Soil preparation improves the fertility of the soil, as well as its ability to resist drought and retain moisture. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI JINBO, Farmer "Under suitable weather conditions, we are ridging and plowing the field in line w

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China's "grain barn" sees soybean harvest

STORY: China's "grain barn" sees soybean harvest DATELINE: Oct. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:45 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the soybean fields 2. various of the corn fields 3. various of the paddy fields STORYLINE: Heilongjiang is China's main soybean production base, contributing to more than 40 percent of the country's total soybean planting area. It is seeing a bumper autumn harvest. Based in Heilongjiang, China's leading agricultural business Beidahuang Group had completed the harvesting of nearly 46 million mu (about 3 million hectares) of autumn grain crops by Saturday. The 854 Farm Co., Ltd. of the Beidahuang Group achieved 311.2 kg of soybean yield per mu (0.07 hectares). Technologies have played an increasingly important role in the country's agricultural development. The group increasingly uses advanced technologies to help with crops production and harvest. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harbin, China. (XHTV)

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How technology helps reduce grain loss in China's "grain barn"

STORY: How technology helps reduce grain loss in China's "grain barn" DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of windrowers in fields 2. various of a remote controller 3. various of crops 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CUI CHUANLONG, Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group 5. various of fields 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GAI YONGFENG, Head of a local agricultural cooperative 7. various of soybean plants STORYLINE: Known as China's "grain barn," northeastern Heilongjiang Province boasts the country's largest plantations of rice, corn and beans. In a local farm, large windrowers are busy operating in vast fields while not a single farmer can be seen on the driving seat. Supported by China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) and 5G technologies, farmers can remotely control the machines to fulfill repetitive farming tasks through automation. Thanks to new technologies, they can harvest crops with minimal efforts and grain loss, maximizing e

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Autumn harvest in full swing in Heilongjiang, China

STORY: Autumn harvest in full swing in Heilongjiang, China DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:48 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of autumn harvest in Heilongjiang 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUO HUA, Technician, Beidahuang Group Baoquanling Branch 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LU XIANGDAO, Qixing farm in Heilongjiang STORYLINE: Autumn harvest is in full swing across Heilongjiang, a province known as China's "grain barn." SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUO HUA, Technician, Beidahuang Group Baoquanling Branch "The yield of soybeans in our management area reached 3,000 kg per hectare this year, 420 kg higher than last year." Machinery has been widely applied in the farmlands. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LU XIANGDAO, Qixing farm in Heilongjiang "New technologies and machinery have been used. Some of the machines have been upgraded into smart ones. The intelligent machines have helped reduce the work intensity, and improved efficiency." Over the past decade, Heilongjiang has made great efforts

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CHINA-AUTUMN-HARVEST (CN)

(221003) -- HARBIN, Oct. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tourists have fun at a paddy field of Yanjiagang Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-AUTUMN-HARVEST (CN)

(221003) -- HARBIN, Oct. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Oct. 3, 2022 shows a paddy field of Yanjiagang Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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Intelligent technologies aid rice production, harvest in NE China

STORY: Intelligent technologies aid rice production, harvest in NE China DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): DAI JINRONG, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YE ZHIFENG, Deputy general manager of Puyang Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): DAI JINRONG, Xinhua correspondent "Now I am in a paddy field in Beidahuang Group, Hegang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. This year, the rice's estimated production of this field can reach around 600 kilograms per mu (0.0667 hectares), which means this farm can really enjoy a rice bumper harvest. Now rice is mature. Sophisticated combines are cutting the rice and separating the grain from the stalks. Let's go and record the whole process." The combine harvester is a versatile machine designed to efficiently harvest a variety of grain crops. It can combine separate harvesting operations including reaping, threshing, gathering, and winnow