The Siping exhibition area has been set up in the Jilin Pavilion of the upcoming 13th China-Northeast Asia Expo (CNEA Expo).
China will finish the protection of 6.67 million hectares of black soil during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, improving the quality of farming and increasing organic matter in the soil by 10 percent, according to a plan released recently by the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs and six other departments.
An event named "Defend the Black Soil " hosted by China Jilin Network Information Office held a launch ceremony in Lishu county, Siping city, Northeast China's Jilin province on July 20.
The China Black Soil Protection and Agricultural Machinery Industry Development Promotion Conference and the second North China Agricultural Machinery Field Day were held on April 28 in Siping city, Northeast China's Jilin province.
In 2020, the GDP of Siping city in Northeast China's Jilin province showed a positive upward trend. It reached 52.66 billion yuan ($8.13 billion), an increase of 3.3 percent over the previous year.
Siping city in Northeast China's Jilin province has harvested 6.21 million mu (about 414,000 hectares) of grain crops, with corn and rice as the staple, accounting for 71 percent of the total grain crop area, according to the data from Oct 15.