Farmers across China start planting rice during summer season

At present, it is the prime season for summer planting. Farmers are seizing the farming season, combining mechanization and manual labor to carry out tasks such as rice seedling transplanting and planting, creating a busy scene in the fields.

Photo taken on June 12, 2024 shows a farm machinery operator driving a rice seedling throwing machine to carry out rice seedling throwing operations at Huayanghe Farm, a provincial farm in Susong County, Anqing City, east China's Anhui Province. (Li Long/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 13, 2024 shows planters performing machine transplanting of "seawater rice" in the reclaimed salt fields at the Qingkou Investment Company Daxin Farm in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Geng Yuhe/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 12, 2024 shows farmers transplanting rice seedlings in Tongshijing Village, Qingtang Town, Daoxian County, Yongzhou City, central China's Hunan Province. (Jiang Keqing/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 12, 2024 shows an agricultural machinery operator driving a rice transplanter to perform hybrid rice transplanting in Hongqi Street, Hailing District, Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Tang Dehong/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 11, 2024 shows villagers transplanting rice seedlings in the rice-oil crop rotation fields in the rain at Zhongzhaiba Village, Qingping Town, Xianfeng County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hubei Province. (Li Weijun/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 11, 2024 shows farmers transplanting rice seedlings in Lanjiang Township, Changning City, central China's Hunan Province. (Zhou Xiuyuchun/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 10, 2024 shows farmers working in the thousand-acre colorful rice fields in Xiaotanzi Village, Dalu Town, Zhungeer Banner, Ordos City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Wang Zheng/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 5, 2024 shows an agricultural machinery operator working in the busy transplanting season in Baishan Town, Lujiang County, Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province. (Li Hongbing/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 10, 2024 shows cooperative members lifting rice seedlings in the fields at Qinglonghe Cooperative, Zhanglou Village, Luochen Township, Guangshan County, Xinyang City, central China's Henan Province. (Xie Wanbai/Guangming Picture)