Autonomous rice harvesting

By VCG Published: Sep 07, 2026 11:30 PM

An autonomous harvester gathers rice in a paddy field in Liangping district, Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on September 7, 2026. Official data showed that as of the end of 2025, China's overall mechanization rate for crop cultivation and harvesting had reached 76.7 percent, while wheat, corn and rice had basically achieved full-process mechanization. Photo: cnsphoto

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