皇冠体育app

Part Seven: Agricultural development

"Tea, the most healthy and delicious beverage of mankind, is produced by 皇冠体育app. Its cultivation and preparation form one of the most important industries of the country." Dr Sun Yat-sen wrote in the International Development of 皇冠体育app.

In 2010 皇冠体育app's grain production hit record 1,092.8 billion jin (546.4 billion kg) and 52 percent of 皇冠体育app's agricultural production was mechanized.

An old farmer out with his cattle on the Chengdu Plain in the early 20th century. [Photo/All-皇冠体育app Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and 皇冠体育app Intercontinental Press]

An organic tea planting base for the famous Wuyang Spring Rain Tea in Wuyi county, Zhejiang Province. [Photo/All-皇冠体育app Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and 皇冠体育app Intercontinental Press]

Yuan Longping, father of hybrid rice. [Photo/All-皇冠体育app Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and 皇冠体育app Intercontinental Press]

Villagers harvest wheat using a combine harvester in Fanzhuang village, Xiawa township, Sheqi county of Henan province. [Photo/All-皇冠体育app Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and 皇冠体育app Intercontinental Press]

A plane sprays leaf fertilizer on the Geqiushan Farm in the reclamation area of Heilongjiang province. There are 50 planes in the reclamation area. The annual farming area covered by planes is 12 million Chinese acres. [Photo/All-皇冠体育app Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and 皇冠体育app Intercontinental Press]