An aerial drone photo taken on July 16, 2025 shows a villager packing harvested rice in Meihua Town of Daoxian County in Yongzhou City, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by He Hongfu/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on July 15, 2025 shows villagers operating a farming machinery transplanting late rice in Hengshan County of Hengyang City, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Cao Zhengping/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on July 15, 2025 shows a villager airing rice in Hengshan County of Hengyang City, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Cao Zhengping/Xinhua)

Villagers transport rice seedlings onto the rice transplanter in Meihua Town of Daoxian County in Yongzhou City, central China's Hunan Province, July 14, 2025. (Photo by Jiang Keqing/Xinhua)

Villagers transport rice seedlings in a late rice paddy field in Lixian County of Changde City, central China's Hunan Province, July 15, 2025. (Photo by Bai Yipu/Xinhua)

Source: Xinhua