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

China's "grain barn" to embrace bumper harvest

STORY: China's "grain barn" to embrace bumper harvest DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the harvest land in Heilongjiang 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): REN YANJUN, General manager of Baoquanling Branch of Heilongjiang Agriculture Company Limited STORYLINE: Across China, the autumn harvest is in full swing. In northeast China, Heilongjiang Province, which is dubbed China's "grain barn," is poised for another bumper harvest. Heilongjiang has remained China's top grain producer for 12 years in succession. In 2021, Heilongjiang saw its 18th consecutive bumper year, with a grain harvest of more than 78.68 billion kilograms. Over the past decade, the province has developed 91.41 million mu (over 6 million hectares) of high-standard farmland, laying a solid foundation for national food security. Heilongjiang has also achieved a 98-percent mechanization rate in farming. Technologies such as biological breeding and intelligent agricultural machi