4.4% of spring sown grain has been sown nationwide. 53.1% of early rice seedlings have been raised, a slightly faster progress of 2.8 percentage points year-on-year.
More than 23 million units (sets) of agricultural machinery and equipment are put into spring plowing production. In Huaxian County, Henan Province, an area of 1.6 million acres of efficient water-saving irrigation has been built, accounting for 80% of the local cultivated land area.