China’s “grain barn” Heilongjiang enters new farming season
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
A staff member checks information tags for corn seeds at Youyi Farm Co., Ltd. under Beidahuang Group in Shuangyashan City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 28, 2026. Heilongjiang Province, dubbed “grain barn” of China, has entered a new farming season. In Shuangyashan City, staff members are engaged in clearing snow and securing plastic coverings for greenhouses for paddy rice seedling breeding. Maintenance and inspection of agricultural machinery are also underway. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
Staff members perform equipment maintenance at a weather station of Youyi Farm Co., Ltd. under Beidahuang Group in Shuangyashan City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 28, 2026. Heilongjiang Province, dubbed “grain barn” of China, has entered a new farming season. In Shuangyashan City, staff members are engaged in clearing snow and securing plastic coverings for greenhouses for paddy rice seedling breeding. Maintenance and inspection of agricultural machinery are also underway. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 28, 2026 shows greenhouses for paddy rice seedling breeding at Youyi Farm Co., Ltd. under Beidahuang Group in Shuangyashan City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. Heilongjiang Province, dubbed “grain barn” of China, has entered a new farming season. In Shuangyashan City, staff members are engaged in clearing snow and securing plastic coverings for greenhouses for paddy rice seedling breeding. Maintenance and inspection of agricultural machinery are also underway. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 28, 2026 shows staff members packing paddy rice seeds at Youyi Farm Co., Ltd. under Beidahuang Group in Shuangyashan City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. Heilongjiang Province, dubbed the “grain barn” of China, has entered a new farming season. In Shuangyashan City, staff members are engaged in clearing snow and securing plastic coverings for greenhouses for paddy rice seedling breeding. Maintenance and inspection of agricultural machinery are also underway. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 28, 2026, shows agricultural machines at Youyi Farm Co., Ltd. under Beidahuang Group in Shuangyashan City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. Heilongjiang Province, dubbed the “grain barn” of China, has entered a new farming season. In Shuangyashan City, staff members are engaged in clearing snow and securing plastic coverings for greenhouses for paddy rice seedling breeding. Maintenance and inspection of agricultural machinery are also underway. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
