China's Harvest Season Brings Abundant Fresh Produce Across the Country

As the harvest season reaches its peak in China, the nation's rural areas are experiencing a bumper crop of fresh produce, including fruits, vegetables, and specialty agricultural products. The State Council of the People's Republic of China has highlighted the successes of rural revitalization efforts, driven by farmers' income growth and the expansion of agricultural industries. From Northwest China to southern China, various regions are experiencing a wave of harvesting, with some areas seeing significant increases in economic benefits, job creation, and farmers' per capita income.

Key Takeaways:

• In Northwest China, tomato harvesters in Changji, Xinjiang, are delivering vibrant, plump tomatoes directly to processing companies, ensuring a more secure income for farmers.
• Yueya Lake Township, Yinchuan, Ningxia, is experiencing a mass harvest season of sweet honeydew melons, with 20,000 boxes sold domestically and to Southeast Asian countries every day, creating jobs for over 800 people.
• In Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai, over 420,000 mu (approximately 1,000 acres) of goji berries are harvested, with fresh goji berries delivered nationwide within 60 hours.
• Grape harvest season has arrived in southern China, with the local grape planting area in Nanjiang County, Bazhong, Sichuan, reaching 1,000 mu (approximately 1,000 mu), generating an annual economic benefit exceeding 4 million yuan.
• Specialty agricultural products such as wolfberry and chestnuts in northern China are experiencing a bumper harvest, with wolfberry fruits laden with fruit in Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang Province, and one million mu of chestnuts about to be harvested in Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County, Hebei Province.
• Local authorities are guiding farmers in standardized planting practices, leading to a total chestnut output value over 1.3 billion yuan in Qinglong County, increasing farmers' per capita income by over 4,300 yuan and contributing to rural revitalization.

Statistics:

• 20,000 boxes of honeydew melons are sold domestically and to Southeast Asian countries every day in Yueya Lake Township, Ningxia.
• 420,000 mu (approximately 1,000 acres) of goji berries are harvested in Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai.
• The local grape planting area in Nanjiang County, Bazhong, Sichuan, reaches 1,000 mu (approximately 1,000 mu), generating an annual economic benefit exceeding 4 million yuan.
• 1.3 billion yuan: total chestnut output value in Qinglong County, Hebei Province.
• 4,300 yuan: increase in farmers' per capita income in Qinglong County, Hebei Province.
• 800 people: jobs created by the honeydew melon industry in Yueya Lake Township, Ningxia.

Sources:

• State Council of the People's Republic of China (automated translation of story: https://www.gov.cn/yaowen/shipin/202508/content_7037157.htm)