More than half of China's wheat harvest is complete, with machine harvesting accounting for nearly 90 percent

On June 10, farmers harvest wheat in Wangzhai Village, Zhaoqiao Township, Qiaocheng District, Bozhou City, Anhui Province.

On June 10, farmers in Houmiao Village, Huanglou Subdistrict, Qingzhou City, Weifang, Shandong Province, rush to harvest wheat with combine harvesters.

A combine harvester works in a wheat field in Shancheng Subdistrict, Shanting District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province (photo taken on June 9).

Farmer Wang Jinlong in Houzhuang Village, Longxing Town, Xinjiang County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, hurries to dry the harvested wheat (photo taken on June 9).

Reporters learned from the Ministry of Agriculture on the 10th that as of now, 195.46 million mu of winter wheat has been harvested nationwide, exceeding 50% of the sown area, and the overall progress of the summer wheat harvest is more than half. On that day, 473,000 combine harvesters were put into operation, harvesting 23.98 million mu of wheat by machine daily, with the machine harvesting proportion reaching 89%. At present, the major wheat-producing provinces in North China and the Huang-Huai-Hai region have successively begun harvesting, the nationwide cross-regional machine harvesting of wheat is advancing in echelons from south to north, and the "three summer" production has entered its peak.