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(240808) -- BEIJING, Aug. 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 7, 2024 shows emergency workers transporting building materials to reinforce a newly repaired dike in Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The dike breach at a river in northeast China's Liaoning Province was sealed at 4:27 a.m. Wednesday after emergency workers had worked around the clock to repair it, according to local authorities. Sun Huaijun, deputy director of the city's water resources bureau, said that over 130 emergency vehicles had been sent and more than 10,000 cubic meters of materials had been used to repair the dike. No casualties have been reported, Sun added. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-LIAONING-TIELING-DIKE BREACH SEALED (CN)

(240807) -- TIELING, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 7, 2024 shows emergency workers transporting building materials to reinforce a newly repaired dike in Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The dike breach at a river in northeast China's Liaoning Province was sealed at 4:27 a.m. Wednesday after emergency workers had worked around the clock to repair it, according to local authorities. Sun Huaijun, deputy director of the city's water resources bureau, said that over 130 emergency vehicles had been sent and more than 10,000 cubic meters of materials had been used to repair the dike. No casualties have been reported, Sun added. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-LIAONING-TIELING-DIKE BREACH SEALED (CN)

(240807) -- TIELING, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 7, 2024 shows emergency workers transporting building materials to reinforce a newly repaired dike in Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The dike breach at a river in northeast China's Liaoning Province was sealed at 4:27 a.m. Wednesday after emergency workers had worked around the clock to repair it, according to local authorities. Sun Huaijun, deputy director of the city's water resources bureau, said that over 130 emergency vehicles had been sent and more than 10,000 cubic meters of materials had been used to repair the dike. No casualties have been reported, Sun added. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-LIAONING-TIELING-DIKE BREACH SEALED (CN)

(240807) -- TIELING, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 7, 2024 shows emergency workers attempting to seal a dike breach in Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The dike breach at a river in northeast China's Liaoning Province was sealed at 4:27 a.m. Wednesday after emergency workers had worked around the clock to repair it, according to local authorities. Sun Huaijun, deputy director of the city's water resources bureau, said that over 130 emergency vehicles had been sent and more than 10,000 cubic meters of materials had been used to repair the dike. No casualties have been reported, Sun added. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-LIAONING-TIELING-DIKE BREACH SEALED (CN)

(240807) -- TIELING, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 7, 2024 shows emergency workers reinforcing a newly repaired dike in Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The dike breach at a river in northeast China's Liaoning Province was sealed at 4:27 a.m. Wednesday after emergency workers had worked around the clock to repair it, according to local authorities. Sun Huaijun, deputy director of the city's water resources bureau, said that over 130 emergency vehicles had been sent and more than 10,000 cubic meters of materials had been used to repair the dike. No casualties have been reported, Sun added. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-LIAONING-TIELING-DIKE BREACH SEALED (CN)

(240807) -- TIELING, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers transport building materials to reinforce a newly repaired dike in Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 7, 2024. The dike breach at a river in northeast China's Liaoning Province was sealed at 4:27 a.m. Wednesday after emergency workers had worked around the clock to repair it, according to local authorities. Sun Huaijun, deputy director of the city's water resources bureau, said that over 130 emergency vehicles had been sent and more than 10,000 cubic meters of materials had been used to repair the dike. No casualties have been reported, Sun added. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-LIAONING-TIELING-DIKE BREACH SEALED (CN)

(240807) -- TIELING, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 7, 2024 shows emergency workers attempting to seal a dike breach in Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The dike breach at a river in northeast China's Liaoning Province was sealed at 4:27 a.m. Wednesday after emergency workers had worked around the clock to repair it, according to local authorities. Sun Huaijun, deputy director of the city's water resources bureau, said that over 130 emergency vehicles had been sent and more than 10,000 cubic meters of materials had been used to repair the dike. No casualties have been reported, Sun added. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-LIAONING-TIELING-DIKE BREACH SEALED (CN)

(240807) -- TIELING, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 7, 2024 shows emergency workers reinforcing a newly repaired dike in Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The dike breach at a river in northeast China's Liaoning Province was sealed at 4:27 a.m. Wednesday after emergency workers had worked around the clock to repair it, according to local authorities. Sun Huaijun, deputy director of the city's water resources bureau, said that over 130 emergency vehicles had been sent and more than 10,000 cubic meters of materials had been used to repair the dike. No casualties have been reported, Sun added. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-LIAONING-TIELING-DIKE BREACH SEALED (CN)

(240807) -- TIELING, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 7, 2024 shows emergency workers reinforcing a newly repaired dike in Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The dike breach at a river in northeast China's Liaoning Province was sealed at 4:27 a.m. Wednesday after emergency workers had worked around the clock to repair it, according to local authorities. Sun Huaijun, deputy director of the city's water resources bureau, said that over 130 emergency vehicles had been sent and more than 10,000 cubic meters of materials had been used to repair the dike. No casualties have been reported, Sun added. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-LIAONING-TIELING-DIKE BREACH SEALED (CN)

(240807) -- TIELING, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 7, 2024 shows emergency workers reinforcing a newly repaired dike in Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The dike breach at a river in northeast China's Liaoning Province was sealed at 4:27 a.m. Wednesday after emergency workers had worked around the clock to repair it, according to local authorities. Sun Huaijun, deputy director of the city's water resources bureau, said that over 130 emergency vehicles had been sent and more than 10,000 cubic meters of materials had been used to repair the dike. No casualties have been reported, Sun added. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-LIAONING-TIELING-RIVER EMBANKMENT-BREACH (CN)

(240806) -- TIELING, Aug. 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work to repair a breached embankment near Fanjia Village in the city of Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 6, 2024. A section of a river embankment was breached on Tuesday due to rising water levels from continuous heavy rains in northeast China's Liaoning Province, authorities said. The breach, about 18 meters long, was found at around 4:40 a.m. at an embankment of the Wanghe River, a tributary of the Liaohe River, near Fanjia Village in the city of Tieling, where rainfall in the flood season has reached 2.4 times that in previous years, according to the relevant department of the city. A total of 395 residents from 190 households at risk from the breach have been evacuated, with no casualties reported. The breach has flooded nearly 1,500 mu (100 hectares) of farmland. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-LIAONING-TIELING-RIVER EMBANKMENT-BREACH (CN)

(240806) -- TIELING, Aug. 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work to repair a breached embankment near Fanjia Village in the city of Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 6, 2024. A section of a river embankment was breached on Tuesday due to rising water levels from continuous heavy rains in northeast China's Liaoning Province, authorities said. The breach, about 18 meters long, was found at around 4:40 a.m. at an embankment of the Wanghe River, a tributary of the Liaohe River, near Fanjia Village in the city of Tieling, where rainfall in the flood season has reached 2.4 times that in previous years, according to the relevant department of the city. A total of 395 residents from 190 households at risk from the breach have been evacuated, with no casualties reported. The breach has flooded nearly 1,500 mu (100 hectares) of farmland. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-LIAONING-TIELING-RIVER EMBANKMENT-BREACH (CN)

(240806) -- TIELING, Aug. 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo shows rescuers working to repair a breached embankment near Fanjia Village in the city of Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 6, 2024. A section of a river embankment was breached on Tuesday due to rising water levels from continuous heavy rains in northeast China's Liaoning Province, authorities said. The breach, about 18 meters long, was found at around 4:40 a.m. at an embankment of the Wanghe River, a tributary of the Liaohe River, near Fanjia Village in the city of Tieling, where rainfall in the flood season has reached 2.4 times that in previous years, according to the relevant department of the city. A total of 395 residents from 190 households at risk from the breach have been evacuated, with no casualties reported. The breach has flooded nearly 1,500 mu (100 hectares) of farmland. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-TORRENTIAL RAIN (CN)

(240728) -- SHENYANG, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A village cadre transfers villagers in Dadianzi Town of Tieling County, northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 28, 2024. Typhoon Gaemi's remnants have brought intense rainfall to many parts of China, prompting evacuations, train suspensions and rising water levels in major reservoirs. As of 7 a.m. Sunday, more than 46,000 residents in northeastern China's Liaoning Province had been safely relocated. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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CHINA-LIAONING-TORRENTIAL RAIN (CN)

(240728) -- SHENYANG, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rain-affected residents have a meal at a temporary shelter in Dadianzi Town of Tieling County, northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 27, 2024. Typhoon Gaemi's remnants have brought intense rainfall to many parts of China, prompting evacuations, train suspensions and rising water levels in major reservoirs. As of 7 a.m. Sunday, more than 46,000 residents in northeastern China's Liaoning Province had been safely relocated. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-CHINA-EURASIA EXPO-EQUIPMENT (CN)

(240629) -- URUMQI, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A young visitor looks at a sandbox model of the Huadian Tieling wind power off-grid hydrogen production integration project at the 8th China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 28, 2024. The 8th China-Eurasia Expo, held at the Xinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, have showcased China-developed heavy machinery, intelligent construction and production technologies. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Renzi)

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang assembles an erhu in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument in China, a

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang grinds a block for erhu making in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrumen

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang checks and adjusts an erhu in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument in

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang checks and adjusts an erhu in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument in

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang inspects an erhu in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument in China, an

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang measures a block for erhu making in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrum

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang plays erhu in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument in China, and its

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang seals an erhu with leather in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument in

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang cuts a block for erhu making in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang grinds a block for erhu making in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrumen

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-LIAONING-CHANGTU-ERHU-ARTISAN (CN)

(240107) -- CHANGTU, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gong Zhiguang picks a block for erhu making in Changtu County of Tieling City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Gong Zhiguang is an erhu artisan in Changtu County of Liaoning Province. He has been interested in woods since his childhood and got enchanted by erhu making at once when he saw this ancient technique. Since then, he has devoted himself to erhu making for over ten years. The making of erhu requires many steps such as material selection, processing, assembly, leather covering, polishing and adjustment. Each of the steps is essential and no inattention is allowed during the processes, or deviation in timbre may occur. Nowadays, some of the processes can be finished by machines, but the key part still needs to be finished by hands. With the processing by Gong and several other artisans, the instrument company named "Hairu" they are working for has a yearly output of nearly 2,000 erhus. "Erhu is a traditional musical instrument

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CHINA-CORN STALK-GREEN ENERGY (CN)

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken in October 2023 shows corn stalks being dried at an energy company in Tieling County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: From coal to corn stalk: rural China embraces 'green' winter" (Xinhua)

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Farmers in NE China work to conserve black soil as autumn harvest ends

STORY: Farmers in NE China work to conserve black soil as autumn harvest ends DATELINE: Nov. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of autumn harvest 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI ZHONGHUA, Chairman of Yangyu agricultural machinery service cooperative in Changtu County 3. various of black soil 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG YAN, Director, Department of Soil Research, Tieling Academy of Agricultural Sciences STORYLINE: As the autumn harvest in northeast China comes to an end, farmers are taking various measures to protect the rare black soil. In Changtu County, Liaoning Province, the local practice of returning maize straw to the farmland not only increases soil organic elements but also helps prevent wind- and water-driven soil erosion. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI ZHONGHUA, Chairman of Yangyu agricultural machinery service cooperative in Changtu County "The straw is from last year. After a year of erosion by the rain, the straw has completely decomposed in

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CHINA-LIAONING-SPRING SOWING (CN)

(220519) -- SHENYANG, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on May 11, 2022 shows farmers operating machines to sow soybean seeds in Fanhe Township of Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Liaoning has stepped up efforts on farming activities as the temperature rises recently. By May 17, the province's spring sowing area of crops has reached 48,645,000 mu (3,243,000 hectares). (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SPRING SOWING (CN)

(220519) -- SHENYANG, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer operates a machine to sow soybean seeds in a field in Fanhe Township of Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 11, 2022. Liaoning has stepped up efforts on farming activities as the temperature rises recently. By May 17, the province's spring sowing area of crops has reached 48,645,000 mu (3,243,000 hectares). (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SPRING SOWING (CN)

(220519) -- SHENYANG, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Farmers transplant rice seedlings in a field in Xintaizi Township of Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 13, 2022. Liaoning has stepped up efforts on farming activities as the temperature rises recently. By May 17, the province's spring sowing area of crops has reached 48,645,000 mu (3,243,000 hectares). (Xinhua)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SPRING SOWING (CN)

(220519) -- SHENYANG, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on May 13, 2022 shows farmers transplanting rice seedlings in Xintaizi Township of Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Liaoning has stepped up efforts on farming activities as the temperature rises recently. By May 17, the province's spring sowing area of crops has reached 48,645,000 mu (3,243,000 hectares). (Xinhua)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SPRING SOWING (CN)

(220519) -- SHENYANG, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer operates a machine to sow soybean seeds in a field in Fanhe Township of Tieling, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 11, 2022. Liaoning has stepped up efforts on farming activities as the temperature rises recently. By May 17, the province's spring sowing area of crops has reached 48,645,000 mu (3,243,000 hectares). (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(220410) -- TIELING, April 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Farmers prepare to plant potatoes in Cainiu Town of Tieling County in northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(220410) -- TIELING, April 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Farmers plant potatoes in Cainiu Town of Tieling County in northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(220410) -- TIELING, April 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 9, 2022 shows farmers working on agricultural machinery at a field in Cainiu Town of Tieling County in northeast China's Liaoning Province. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(220410) -- TIELING, April 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 9, 2022 shows farmers working on agricultural machinery at a field in Cainiu Town of Tieling County in northeast China's Liaoning Province. (Xinhua)