An aerial drone photo taken on April 7, 2026 shows villagers working in the fields in Shitan Township of Hengdong County in Hengyang, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Cao Zhengping/Xinhua)

A staff member tends rice seedlings at an intelligent seedling factory in Guangshan County of Xinyang City, central China's Henan Province, April 6, 2026. (Photo by Xie Wanbo/Xinhua)

A drone photo taken on April 7, 2026 shows a villager plowing rice fields in Shitan Township of Hengdong County in Hengyang, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Cao Zhengping/Xinhua)

Farmers cover sweet potato seedlings with mulch film in Gulou District of Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province, April 7, 2026. (Photo by Li Junsheng/Xinhua)

A drone photo taken on April 7, 2026 shows farmers planting seedlings of early-season rice in a field in Lefutang Town of Daoxian County, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Jiang Keqing/Xinhua)

A drone photo taken on April 7, 2026 shows farmers operating an agricultural machine to plant early-season rice in a field in Lefutang Town of Daoxian County, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Jiang Keqing/Xinhua)

A farmer ventilates greenhouses at a watermelon planting base in Zhongcao Village of Mengzhou, central China's Henan Province, April 5, 2026. (Photo by Bai Shuiping/Xinhua)