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Agriculture sector mechanization rate exceeds 66% in China

Updated: Dec 21,2018 4:30 PM     Xinhua

A combine-harvester collects wheat in Jiangbulake scenic spot in Qitai county, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 27, 2018. China has seen an outstanding shift in way of farming with the mechanization rate in the agriculture sector exceeding 66 percent in 2017, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said Dec 19. China currently has more than 2,500 agricultural machinery enterprises, and the country’s agricultural production is now mainly completed with farming machines, replacing previous manual labor, Zhang Taolin, vice-minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, told a press conference.[Photo/Xinhua]

Aerial photo taken on July 9, 2018 shows a harvester in the rice field in Baibi Village of Shuangfeng County, central China’s Hunan province.[Photo/Xinhua]

An agricultural vehicle works in a farm in Heihe, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, July 6, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

A farmer packs wheat straw in the fields in Beigaoli village in Xingtang county, North China’s Hebei province, June 14, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

Harvested rice grains are transferred to a tractor in Chahe Town of Huai’an, East China’s Jiangsu province, Nov 13, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

Harvesters reap wheat at a farm in Xichen Village of Jiangwucheng township in Cixian county, North China’s Hebei province, June 5, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]