BEIJING, Sept. 23 -- China is expected to secure a bumper grain harvest this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Tuesday.
To date, nearly 20 percent of this year's autumn grain has been harvested nationwide. A stable summer grain output and an increase in early rice production laid a solid foundation for the country's annual grain harvest despite the droughts and floods it experienced earlier this year, the ministry said.
The summer grain output reached 149.74 million tonnes, and the early rice output came in at 28.52 million tonnes, which was up 340,000 tonnes from last year, data from the ministry shows.
Autumn crops are the mainstay of China's annual grain production, and their planting area has been expanded and they are growing better than average.
Technological advancement has become a key grain-harvest booster, with its contribution rate rising to 63.2 percent. New corn, soybean and rice varieties developed by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences have supported the grain yield increase to a significant degree.
Advanced domestic farming machinery such as hybrid tractors and orchard robots is also being applied to improve efficiency.
Supported by higher-quality and more efficient agricultural processing, farmers are also seeing stronger income growth. In 2024, the per capita disposable income of rural residents rose to 23,119 yuan (about 3,254 U.S. dollars), and more than 100,000 large-scale agricultural processing enterprises -- each with an annual main business turnover of at least 20 million yuan -- were operating nationwide.
China has introduced measures to boost agricultural consumption, leading e-commerce companies to launch promotions and financial institutions to offer incentives. In July, the central government issued a plan to further promote agricultural product consumption, aiming to optimize supply, improve distribution and stimulate market demand.
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