[Explanation] On September 27, the Xing'an League Academician Yuan Longping Workstation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Xing'an League Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Test and Acceptance and On-site Observation Meeting was held in 2020.
A production testing expert group composed of 9 experts from the National Hybrid Rice Engineering Technology Research Center, Hunan Rice Research Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan University and other scientific research institutions, randomly located in the salt-tolerant rice planting base in Keyouzhong Banner, Xing'an League Take 3 paddy fields of about 1 mu for yield measurement.
Finally, removing impurities and water, on the saline-alkali soil with a pH of 8.8-9.6 and a salinity content of 5‰-6‰, the yield of saline-alkali-tolerant rice per mu reaches 533.95 kg.
Yuan Longping, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, expressed his congratulations via video connection.
[Concurrent] Yuan Longping, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering
I am very happy that we have achieved (success) initially.
In the Xing'an League, at the northern latitude (46 degrees), it is very high. It can be successful at 46 degrees (north latitude), and there is no problem in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Xinjiang, and Ningxia.
So our future is very good.
[Explanation] It is understood that the total area of saline-alkali land in China is about 1.5 billion mu, of which 200 million mu has the potential to grow rice. The large-scale cultivation of saline-alkali-tolerant rice is of great significance to China's food security.
The reporter learned that Yuan Longping’s “Yuan Meng Plan” was officially launched in 2020. In the next three years, 200,000 mu of saline-tolerant rice will be developed in Xing’an League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and it will be extended to 100 million mu in China.
Yuan Longping said that this project will increase China's grain output by at least 30 billion kilograms.
[Concurrent] Yuan Longping, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering
(Saline-alkali-tolerant rice) 300 kg per mu, the lowest yield.
Its increased output is 30 billion kilograms.
What is the concept of 30 billion kilograms?
It is equivalent to the total annual grain output of Hunan Province.
[Concurrent] Yuan Longping, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering
We think that there is a great plan to promote 100 million mu of saline-alkali land (rice) nationwide, with a minimum yield of 300 kg per mu, which you (Xing'an League) can reach.
Go to promote your experience.
Through the joint efforts of everyone across the country, the country has grown to 100 million mu.
Reporter Ma Zhiyuan Zhang Wei reports from Xing'an League, Inner Mongolia
Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]