Combo photo shows farmers harvesting wheat with sickles in Yanshi County in the 1950s (top, photo taken by Tang Maolin), and reapers harvesting wheat in Zhoukou City on June 6, 2021 (aerial photo taken by Li An), in central China's Henan Province. Henan is an important province for agricultural production in China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, especially during the 40-plus years of reform and opening-up, mechanized and hi-tech farming has helped improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural business there. To date, an increasing number of farmers there are embracing advanced agricultural equipment and management process, bidding farewell to traditional arduous means of agricultural operation. (Xinhua)

Combo photo shows people applying pesticide with a hand-made simple device in the suburb of Luoyang City in the 1950s (top, photo taken by Yang Zhenhe), and a staff member controlling an UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) to spray pesticide in Wude Town of Wenxian County on April 25, 2018 (aerial photo taken by Li An), in central China's Henan Province. Henan is an important province for agricultural production in China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, especially during the 40-plus years of reform and opening-up, mechanized and hi-tech farming has helped improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural business there. To date, an increasing number of farmers there are embracing advanced agricultural equipment and management process, bidding farewell to traditional arduous means of agricultural operation. (Xinhua)

Combo photo shows people manually measuring and recording the ground temperature in Xingyang County in the 1950s (L, photo taken by Xie Yanhua), and staff members working at the agricultural monitoring center of Internet of Things in Shangshui County on April 14, 2021 (photo taken by Li An), in central China's Henan Province. Henan is an important province for agricultural production in China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, especially during the 40-plus years of reform and opening-up, mechanized and hi-tech farming has helped improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural business there. To date, an increasing number of farmers there are embracing advanced agricultural equipment and management process, bidding farewell to traditional arduous means of agricultural operation. (Xinhua)

Combo photo shows people checking the damage caused by a locust plague in Runan County in the 1960s (L, photo taken by Zhang Qingyun), and a staff member checking the species and number of insects captured in a bait device near a field in Nanling Village of Shangshui County on April 14, 2021 (photo taken by Li An), in central China's Henan Province. Henan is an important province for agricultural production in China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, especially during the 40-plus years of reform and opening-up, mechanized and hi-tech farming has helped improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural business there. To date, an increasing number of farmers there are embracing advanced agricultural equipment and management process, bidding farewell to traditional arduous means of agricultural operation. (Xinhua)

Combo photo shows people drilling a well in Xihua County in the 1950s (top, photo taken by Sun Jing) and staff members installing a pump for irrigation in Wangzhuang Town of Xunxian County on March 9, 2017 (aerial photo taken by Li An), in central China's Henan Province. Henan is an important province for agricultural production in China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, especially during the 40-plus years of reform and opening-up, mechanized and hi-tech farming has helped improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural business there. To date, an increasing number of farmers there are embracing advanced agricultural equipment and management process, bidding farewell to traditional arduous means of agricultural operation. (Xinhua)

Combo photo shows people pedalling on a waterwheel for irrigation in Yancheng County in the 1950s (L, photo taken by Wei Dezhong), and a self-moving smart irrigator conducting irrigation in fields in Wangzhuang Town of Xunxian County on March 9, 2017 (aerial photo taken by Li An), in central China's Henan Province. Henan is an important province for agricultural production in China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, especially during the 40-plus years of reform and opening-up, mechanized and hi-tech farming has helped improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural business there. To date, an increasing number of farmers there are embracing advanced agricultural equipment and management process, bidding farewell to traditional arduous means of agricultural operation. (Xinhua)

Combo photo shows people threshing wheat with an electric thresher in the suburb of Zhengzhou in the 1970s (top, photo taken by Lu Ke), and staff members using a conveyor to transfer purchased wheat to the granary in Fangcheng County on June 15, 2016 (photo taken by Li An), in central China's Henan Province. Henan is an important province for agricultural production in China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, especially during the 40-plus years of reform and opening-up, mechanized and hi-tech farming has helped improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural business there. To date, an increasing number of farmers there are embracing advanced agricultural equipment and management process, bidding farewell to traditional arduous means of agricultural operation. (Xinhua)

Combo photo shows people purchasing farm tools in Zhongmu County in the 1960s (L, photo taken by Tang Maolin), and a staff member checking agricultural machines in Dengzhou City on May 26, 2021 (photo taken by Li An), in central China's Henan Province. Henan is an important province for agricultural production in China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, especially during the 40-plus years of reform and opening-up, mechanized and hi-tech farming has helped improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural business there. To date, an increasing number of farmers there are embracing advanced agricultural equipment and management process, bidding farewell to traditional arduous means of agricultural operation. (Xinhua)

Combo photo shows people spreading fertilizer in fields in Yanshi County in the 1950s (L, photo taken by Tang Maolin), and farmer Qiu Shouxian checking a fertigation device near a field in Nanling Village of Shangshui County on April 14, 2021 (photo taken by Li An), in central China's Henan Province. Henan is an important province for agricultural production in China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, especially during the 40-plus years of reform and opening-up, mechanized and hi-tech farming has helped improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural business there. To date, an increasing number of farmers there are embracing advanced agricultural equipment and management process, bidding farewell to traditional arduous means of agricultural operation. (Xinhua)

来源：Xinhua