The photo, taken on October 8, shows two harvesters working in the rice fields at Qingshuiwan Village, Shiyang Town, Xintian County. In recent years, the county has paid high attention to safe food production. The county has taken measures such as introducing incentive policies, popularizing technologies and constructing high-standard farmland, to achieve a year-by-year increase in grain planting area throughout the region. (Photo/Jiang Junjun)

The photo, taken on October 8, shows villagers transplanting cabbage seedlings at Xiajietou Village, Xiaopu Town, Jiangyong County. Hanlu or the Cold Dew, the 17th of 24 solar terms on the Chinese lunar calendar, began on October 8 this year. Local farmers are busy with agricultural activities during the solar term. (Photo/Tian Rurui)

The photo, taken on October 8, shows a farmer harvesting cotton at Changfa Village, Guanyuan Town, Lixian County. Now about 10,000 mu (667 ha.) of cotton in the town have entered harvest season. Local specialized cooperatives and farmers are busy picking cotton to ensure a bumper harvest. (Photo/Bai Yipu and Jiang Xinzhou)

The photo, taken on October 8, shows villagers taking care of wax gourds at a plantation in Jintang Village, Longtan Town, Jiahe County. Recently, local farmers have been busy with autumn agricultural activities such as harvest, planting and management. (Photo/Huang Chuntao)

The photo, taken on October 8, shows a villager applying base fertilizer in the fields for canola seedling cultivation at Xinqiao Village, Xidu Town, Hengyang County. (Photo/Liu Xinrong)

The photo, taken on October 8, shows a villager watering vegetables at Xinqiao Village, Xidu Town, Hengyang County. (Photo/Liu Xinrong)

The photo, taken on October 8, shows villagers harvesting rice at Guitou Village, Meihua Town, Daoxian County. (Photo/He Hongfu and Li Haozhang)

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunantoday