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1. Aerial shots of harvest in progress, harvested soybeans

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2. Various of farmers drying, checking grains
3. Various of bean pods in farmland

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4. Aerial shot of harvesters working
5. Various of peanuts

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6. Various of cotton fields

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7. Various of farmers harvesting

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8. Various of drones spraying pesticide
9. Aerial shot of harvesters working in farmland
10. Various of thresher pouring grain into tricycle
11. Aerial shots of storage facilities, trucks transferring grain
12. Equipment checking grain
13. Aerial shot of grain being transported by conveyor belt

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14. Various of use of smart machinery in modern agricultural practices
15. Various of digital crop-growing systems displayed on screens
16. Various of high-tech agricultural bases featuring vertical farming, robot dogs, plant-monitoring devices
17. Various of 5G stations, technicians at work
18. Aerial shot of rural tap water supply station
19. Farmer washing produce with household tap water
20. Various of medical workers providing services to rural residents
21. People at hospital counters

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22. Various of villagers doing embroidery

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23. Various of farmers packaging oranges

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24. Various of farmers at garment factory

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25. Various of fishermen catching fish, crabs

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26. Apple orchard
27. Various of farmer selling apples via live-streaming

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28. Aerial shot of visitors in vast green park

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29. Various of visitors having tea party, playing music

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30. Aerial shots of rural areas

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31. Aerial shot of farmland with words reading "building up China's strength in agriculture"

China's 2026 "No. 1 central document" was released on Tuesday, outlining plans to advance agricultural and rural modernization and to promote all-around rural revitalization in the new year.

As the first policy statement released by China's central authorities each year, the document is seen as an indicator of policy priorities on agricultural and rural work.

The document calls for efforts to shore up weak links in agriculture and rural work, and secure faster progress in building up China's strength in agriculture over the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).

The country must give top priority to the issues related to agriculture, rural areas, and rural residents, promote integrated urban-rural development, and ensure that policies aimed at strengthening agriculture, benefiting farmers, and enriching rural areas deliver greater outcomes, according to the document.

It is imperative to safeguard national food security, continue to consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation, strive to build agriculture into a modern pillar sector, basically ensure modern living conditions in rural areas, and enable farmers to enjoy more prosperous and better lives, the document points out.