Photo taken on May 27, 2021 shows a self-propelled sprayer at work on a farm in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Lu Wenxiang/Xinhua)
HARBIN, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province will increase its soybean planting area by 10 million mu (about 666,667 hectares) in 2022, local authorities said.
The soybean yield is expected to increase by 1.3 billion kg, according to the provincial department of agriculture and rural affairs.
The decision aims to optimize the planting structure in the province, and enhance the supply guarantee ability of important agricultural products, the department said.
Heilongjiang is the major soybean production base in China, with the planting area and output remaining the first in the country. ■
