# China agriculture
Latest news and articles about China agriculture
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Chinese Institute Unveils Fully Automatic Transplanter for Substrate-Block Vegetable Seedlings, Promising Big Labor and Cost Savings
A team at the Nanjing Agricultural Mechanization Research Institute has developed a fully automatic transplanter for substrate-block vegetable seedlings that links five automated stages to reduce seedling damage and raise planting speed. The machine can be run by two people to cover about 8–10 mu per day, is claimed to be eight times faster than manual transplanting and to save more than 400 yuan per mu in costs.
Beijing’s No.1 Document Targets Farmer Incomes with Price Supports, Subsidies and County‑Level Industrial Push
China’s 2026 No.1 central document places farmer income growth at the centre of rural policy, combining price supports, crop subsidies, insurance and county‑level industrial promotion to stabilize returns and boost livelihoods. The plan also prioritizes migrant worker employment protections and vocational training, while reaffirming Party leadership and governance reforms to manage implementation.
From Chips to Fields: China’s Week in Markets, AI Supply Chains and Tech Control
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang confirmed that Nvidia has overtaken Apple as TSMC’s largest customer, signalling a permanent shift of chip demand toward AI infrastructure. Domestically, China reported record grain output and continued construction of high‑standard farmland while expanding duty‑free shopping and tightening controls around software that accesses WeChat data. The mix of industrial reorientation, food-security measures and stricter digital governance will shape supply chains, markets and developer ecosystems.