Farmers busy harvesting rice in a paddy (Photographed by Xie Jun)

Farmers drying the grain in the sun (Photographed by Xie Jun)

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- The recent persistent rainy weather in Shuishi Township, Qianjiang District, Chongqing has affected the rice harvest in the township. With an average elevation of 1,200 meters above sea level, the rice is ripening late and is currently in the harvesting season in Shuishi Township. The township’s party committee and government are actively organizing farmers to harvest rice and are trying to get indoor rice drying equipment from higher authorities to ensure that the dried rice can be stored in barns so as to achieve increased income. (Translated by Wang Huixin, Fathom Language Limited)