People across China joyfully marked the eighth Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival with various activities, celebrating the fruits of their labor and striving to build a beautiful and harmonious countryside.
The main celebration of the festival was held in Chenjia Village in Zhaoyuan City, east China's Shandong Province.
Diverse activities, including harvest fairs, highlighted the successful outcomes of modern agriculture, and promoted national and local premium agricultural products.
In Wuxi City of east China's Jiangsu Province, a fair for the harvest festival brought together high-quality agricultural products from across the province.
In Yulin City of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, entrepreneurs shared successful experiences with local farmers, while a promotional event drove agricultural product sales exceeding 6 million yuan (about 846,000 U.S. dollars).
In Gaolan County of northwest China's Gansu Province, activities such as specialty food tastings and displays of intangible cultural heritage allowed visitors to experience the joy of the harvest.
In Tongling, east China's Anhui Province, nine themed events, including a green food exhibition and an agricultural technology innovation exhibition, provided multi-channel platforms for exchanges among farmers.
"The village will undertake infrastructure upgrades and make significant improvements to the living environment, aiming to build a beautiful and harmonious countryside and enhance villagers' sense of happiness and degree of satisfaction," said Chen Peijun, Party chief of Jingjiqiao Village of Helan County in Yinchuan City of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
"We are actively developing the rice and rapeseed seed production industry, continuously cultivating high-quality seeds to safeguard food security," said Ding Hongsheng, Party chief of Changyu Village of Luojiang District in Deyang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province.
In Manas County of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, some 59,000 hectares of cotton fields have entered the harvest season, with mechanized pickers bustling across vast fields.
In Xixia County, central China's Henan Province, 80,000 tons of kiwi fruits are being harvested and hitting the market in large quantities. Meanwhile, in Longyan City of east China's Fujian Province, over 120 hectares of highland terraced rice fields have begun reaping, with golden paddies swaying under the autumn sun.
"We will continue to promote and encourage the use of advanced agricultural technology and equipment, enabling these high-tech machines to represent new quality productive forces to better serve agricultural production and lay a solid foundation for achieving the modernization of agriculture and rural areas," said Liu Xinfang, director of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of Yongding District of Longyan City.
The Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival is the first national festival created specifically for the country's farmers. Starting in 2018, the festival coincides with the Autumnal Equinox each year, which is one of the 24 solar terms of the Chinese lunisolar calendar and usually falls between Sept 22 and 24 during the country's agricultural harvest season.
China marks 8th farmers' harvest festival
