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China's grain barn province reports record-high bumper harvest
By Xinhua Published: Dec 14, 2025 08:48 AM
A staff member operates a shovel loader to arrange dried corn kernels at a factory of a farming company under Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 23, 2025. Heilongjiang Province, a major grain producer in northeast China, saw its 22nd bumper harvest with a record-breaking grain output reaching 82 million tonnes this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday. After surpassing 80 million tonnes in total grain production in 2024, Heilongjiang has once again topped the record this year, marking its 16th straight year as the top grain-producing region in China, according to the provincial agriculture and rural affairs department. (Photo by Lu Wenxiang/Xinhua)

A staff member operates a shovel loader to arrange dried corn kernels at a factory of a farming company under Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 23, 2025. Heilongjiang Province, a major grain producer in northeast China, saw its 22nd bumper harvest with a record-breaking grain output reaching 82 million tonnes this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday. After surpassing 80 million tonnes in total grain production in 2024, Heilongjiang has once again topped the record this year, marking its 16th straight year as the top grain-producing region in China, according to the provincial agriculture and rural affairs department. (Photo by Lu Wenxiang/Xinhua)



 
A conveyor belt transports grain at a grain storage company in Tangyuan County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 12, 2025. Heilongjiang Province, a major grain producer in northeast China, saw its 22nd bumper harvest with a record-breaking grain output reaching 82 million tonnes this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday. After surpassing 80 million tonnes in total grain production in 2024, Heilongjiang has once again topped the record this year, marking its 16th straight year as the top grain-producing region in China, according to the provincial agriculture and rural affairs department. (Photo by Gu Jingkun/Xinhua)

A conveyor belt transports grain at a grain storage company in Tangyuan County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 12, 2025. Heilongjiang Province, a major grain producer in northeast China, saw its 22nd bumper harvest with a record-breaking grain output reaching 82 million tonnes this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday. After surpassing 80 million tonnes in total grain production in 2024, Heilongjiang has once again topped the record this year, marking its 16th straight year as the top grain-producing region in China, according to the provincial agriculture and rural affairs department. (Photo by Gu Jingkun/Xinhua)



 
An aerial drone photo shows harvesters working at a soybean field of a farming company under Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 30, 2025. Heilongjiang Province, a major grain producer in northeast China, saw its 22nd bumper harvest with a record-breaking grain output reaching 82 million tonnes this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday. After surpassing 80 million tonnes in total grain production in 2024, Heilongjiang has once again topped the record this year, marking its 16th straight year as the top grain-producing region in China, according to the provincial agriculture and rural affairs department. (Photo by Lin Jinchun/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo shows harvesters working at a soybean field of a farming company under Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 30, 2025. Heilongjiang Province, a major grain producer in northeast China, saw its 22nd bumper harvest with a record-breaking grain output reaching 82 million tonnes this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday. After surpassing 80 million tonnes in total grain production in 2024, Heilongjiang has once again topped the record this year, marking its 16th straight year as the top grain-producing region in China, according to the provincial agriculture and rural affairs department. (Photo by Lin Jinchun/Xinhua)



 
An aerial drone photo shows a shovel loader loading grain for sorting out process at a trade center of a farming company under Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 14, 2025. Heilongjiang Province, a major grain producer in northeast China, saw its 22nd bumper harvest with a record-breaking grain output reaching 82 million tonnes this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday. After surpassing 80 million tonnes in total grain production in 2024, Heilongjiang has once again topped the record this year, marking its 16th straight year as the top grain-producing region in China, according to the provincial agriculture and rural affairs department. (Photo by Li Ang/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo shows a shovel loader loading grain for sorting out process at a trade center of a farming company under Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 14, 2025. Heilongjiang Province, a major grain producer in northeast China, saw its 22nd bumper harvest with a record-breaking grain output reaching 82 million tonnes this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday. After surpassing 80 million tonnes in total grain production in 2024, Heilongjiang has once again topped the record this year, marking its 16th straight year as the top grain-producing region in China, according to the provincial agriculture and rural affairs department. (Photo by Li Ang/Xinhua)



Heilongjiang Province, a major grain producer in northeast China, saw its 22nd bumper harvest with a record-breaking grain output reaching 82 million tonnes this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday.

After surpassing 80 million tonnes in total grain production in 2024, Heilongjiang has once again topped the record this year, marking its 16th straight year as the top grain-producing region in China, according to the provincial agriculture and rural affairs department.

To ensure consecutive high yields, the province has applied over 176,000 high-performance seeding machines and continued to promote scientific farming methods, including soil testing formula fertilization technology, dense planting techniques and integrated water and fertilizer irrigation projects.

China has achieved another year of bumper grain harvest in 2025, with total output hitting a record high of 714.88 million tonnes, an increase of 1.2 percent year on year, according to the NBS.