Pic story: high-tech applied to ensure spring ploughing in China

Recently, "No. 1 central document" for 2023 has called for enhanced efforts to stabilize production and ensure the supply of grain and important agricultural products, the core of which is to strengthen agricultural technology through unremitting efforts.

At present, spring ploughing is being carried out in full swing across the country. Agricultural technicians from all over the country are either concentrating on research in the laboratory or providing technical guidance in the fields, so as to accelerate the modernization of agriculture.

Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2023 shows technicians breeding seedlings at a pharmaceutical company in Rong'an County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Wei Rongjun/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2023 shows staff cultivating orchid seedlings at a flower cultivation base in Xindian Village, Luotun Town, Qianxi County, north China's Hebei Province. (Liu Mancang/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2023 shows staff collecting statistics at a wheat seed experimental field in Gaomi City, east China's Shandong Province. (Li Haitao/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2023 shows young staff checking new wheat seeds stored in the freezer in Wubao Village, Zhoushan Town, Gaoyou City, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Zhuang Wenbin/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Feb. 7, 2023 shows staff observing the growth of Chinese herbal medicine seedlings at an aseptic processing room in Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province. (Zhang Yanlin/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Feb. 15, 2023 shows agricultural technology experts testing and evaluating the fruits of new tomato varieties at a breeding experimental base of Vegetable and Flower Research Institute in north China's Inner Mongolia. (Ding Genhou/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2023 shows technicians checking rice seed samples at a lab in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Hu Panxue/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2023 shows an experienced technician selecting improved varieties of potato seedlings at a potato breeding base in Heba Town, Xihe County, Longnan City, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Li Xuchun/Guangming Picture)