(China Economic Roundtable) Xinhua Headlines: Technology reshapes China's agricultural modernization

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* China's autumn grain harvest has withstood the test of disasters this year, with more than 90 percent of the crop gathered by early November and full-year output expected to exceed 700 million tonnes for a third consecutive year.

* Technology has carried more of the load. Recent years have seen sustained efforts to raise per-unit yields through integrating improved farmland, seed, machinery and methods, with techniques such as rational close planting, precision sowing and integrated water-fertilizer irrigation.

* More than 95 percent of villages have 5G coverage, rural internet penetration has reached 69.5 percent, and the share of farming guided by digital information is rising about 2 percentage points a year in China.

BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's autumn grain harvest has withstood the test of disasters this year, with more than 90 percent of the crop gathered by early November and full-year output expected to exceed 700 million tonnes for a third consecutive year.

That was the assessment delivered on the latest episode of China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk show hosted by Xinhua News Agency, where guests discussed how technology is changing not just how much China farms, but how it farms.

"Nationwide, autumn grain production has withstood the test of disasters, the overall situation is fairly good, and the foundation for a good harvest is solid," said Zhao Changbao, director of the Rural Economy Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

The approach to disasters has shifted, he noted. Rather than responding after damage occurs, agricultural departments moved work ahead of the weather, organizing a 100-day campaign to strengthen field management and combat disasters, and holding regular consultations with meteorological, water resources and emergency management authorities.

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