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China encourages mechanized agriculture with new measures

  A reaper harvests wheat in Pingyi County of Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, May 30, 2018. China has decided to boost mechanized farming and the upgrading of agricultural machinery, according to the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. The meeting said that quickening the work as required by the country's rural vitalization strategy would provide essential support for China to achieve agricultural modernization, allow farmers to increase their income and further expand the domestic market. (Xinhua/Wu Jiquan)

  BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- China has decided to boost mechanized farming and the upgrading of agricultural machinery, according to the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday.

  The meeting said that quickening the work as required by the country's rural vitalization strategy would provide essential support for China to achieve agricultural modernization, allow farmers to increase their income and further expand the domestic market.

  The work must be advanced to meet the needs of developing scale farming appropriately. During the process, farmers' wishes must be respected while the roles of the market are exploited. Grassroots creativity must be valued so that the work can proceed smoothly, it said.

  The meeting also listed several crops whose production and harvest could depend more on mechanized farming. They are rice, wheat, corn, potato, oilseed rape, cotton and sugarcane.

  In the meeting, it was said that farmers engaged in mechanized farming would be subsidized equally no matter if the machinery they purchase is from Chinese or foreign brands.

  Financial institutions were encouraged to use mortgage loans to finance such purchases while local governments were called on to support the work through financial discounts.

  The meeting stressed that advanced agricultural machinery and mechanized farming techniques should be further promoted.

  It also urged enterprises to quicken innovation on agricultural equipment, double their efforts to develop complete sets of equipment and improve the quality of farming equipment suitable for major cash crops.

  It said that small plots of farmland could be consolidated when possible so as to broaden the use of farming equipment and that various cooperatives need to be established to facilitate the sharing of agricultural machinery.

  It was stated in the meeting that smart farming based on the application of modern information and communication technologies shall be advanced.

  In this aerial photo taken on June 4, 2018, a combine harvester works in a wheat field in Chiping County of Liaocheng, east China's Shandong Province. China has decided to boost mechanized farming and the upgrading of agricultural machinery, according to the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. The meeting said that quickening the work as required by the country's rural vitalization strategy would provide essential support for China to achieve agricultural modernization, allow farmers to increase their income and further expand the domestic market. (Xinhua/Zhao Yuguo)

  A harvester works in the lavender field in the Ili River valley in Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County, Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 27, 2018. China has decided to boost mechanized farming and the upgrading of agricultural machinery, according to the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. The meeting said that quickening the work as required by the country's rural vitalization strategy would provide essential support for China to achieve agricultural modernization, allow farmers to increase their income and further expand the domestic market. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

  Farmers drive agricultural machinery to harvest rice in the field in Wangtan Township of Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Sept. 26, 2018. China has decided to boost mechanized farming and the upgrading of agricultural machinery, according to the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. The meeting said that quickening the work as required by the country's rural vitalization strategy would provide essential support for China to achieve agricultural modernization, allow farmers to increase their income and further expand the domestic market. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

  Two workers harvest brine shrimp which is quality fed in aquaculture in the Salt Lake in Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province, July 6, 2018. China has decided to boost mechanized farming and the upgrading of agricultural machinery, according to the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. The meeting said that quickening the work as required by the country's rural vitalization strategy would provide essential support for China to achieve agricultural modernization, allow farmers to increase their income and further expand the domestic market. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)

  Aerial photo taken on Oct. 10, 2018 shows harvesters reaping rice in a field in Tancheng County of Linyi, east China's Shandong Province. China has decided to boost mechanized farming and the upgrading of agricultural machinery, according to the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. The meeting said that quickening the work as required by the country's rural vitalization strategy would provide essential support for China to achieve agricultural modernization, allow farmers to increase their income and further expand the domestic market. (Xinhua/Fang Dehua)

  A farmer arranges rice at a rice field in Yilaxi Township of Yongji County, northeast China's Jilin Province, Sept. 17, 2018. China has decided to boost mechanized farming and the upgrading of agricultural machinery, according to the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. The meeting said that quickening the work as required by the country's rural vitalization strategy would provide essential support for China to achieve agricultural modernization, allow farmers to increase their income and further expand the domestic market. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

  A farmer uses a drone to spread pesticide in a wheat field at Zhaojiawa Village of Dingzhou City, north China's Hebei Province, May 8, 2018, to prepare for the summer wheat harvest. China has decided to boost mechanized farming and the upgrading of agricultural machinery, according to the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. The meeting said that quickening the work as required by the country's rural vitalization strategy would provide essential support for China to achieve agricultural modernization, allow farmers to increase their income and further expand the domestic market. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)

  Farmers drive harvesters to collect soy bean at a farm in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 20, 2018. China has decided to boost mechanized farming and the upgrading of agricultural machinery, according to the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. The meeting said that quickening the work as required by the country's rural vitalization strategy would provide essential support for China to achieve agricultural modernization, allow farmers to increase their income and further expand the domestic market. (Xinhua/Lu Wenxiang)