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On October 8, according to the latest agricultural situation dispatch, more than 40 percent of the national autumn grain harvest has been completed. Among them, the Huang-Huai-Hai region has harvested more than half, Northeast China 25 percent, Southwest China more than 70 percent, Northwest China nearly 50 percent, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River more than half, and South China more than 20 percent.

On October 8, in Wenshui Town, Pingyi County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, farmers drove agricultural machinery to harvest corn (drone photo). Xinhua News Agency photo (by Wu Jiquan)

On October 8, villagers in Shuanggongqiao Village, Qujiang Town, Xianfeng County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Province, turned over and dried autumn grain in their own courtyard (drone photo). Xinhua News Agency photo (by Li Weijun)

On October 8, in Yutai Village, Xiwan Town, Qinyang City, Henan Province, workers drove harvesters to harvest soybeans. Xinhua News Agency photo (by Zhang Xinyu)

On October 8, in Chan

he Hui Autonomous District, Baimasi Town, Jincun, agricultural machinery operators loaded harvested soybeans into transport vehicles. Xinhua News Agency photo (by Li Weichao)

On October 8, in Yubu Village, Fanghua Town, Luliang County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province, farmers harvested rice. Xinhua News Agency photo (by Wang Yong)

On October 8, in Zhangwei Production Area, Yuntai Farm, Haizhou District, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, staff dried harvested corn (drone photo). Xinhua News Agency photo (by Geng Yuhe)

On October 8, villagers in Cuilou Village, Huiting Town, Xiayi County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province, harvested corn in the fields. Xinhua News Agency photo (by Wang Gaochao)

On October 8, in the Laowangpo High-Standard Farmland Demonstration Zone, Xiping County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province, harvesters harvested mature sorghum. Xinhua News Agency photo (by Zhao Yongtao)

On October 8, farmers drove harvesters to harvest rice in Shuangyan Agricultural Industrial Park, Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. Xinhua News Agency photo (by Zhang Jiancheng)