Photo taken on June 14, 2011 shows a reaping machine working in farmland in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province. Despite unfavorable weather, China has had a successful summer harvest this year, with summer grain output up 2.5 percent year-on-year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Xinhua/Li Zongxian)
Photo taken on June 18, 2011 shows a farmer checking wheat to be reaped in Yuncheng, north China’s Shanxi Province. Despite unfavorable weather, China has had a successful summer harvest this year, with summer grain output up 2.5 percent year-on-year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Xinhua/Gao Xinsheng)