Heilongjiang promotes all-around vitalization

Over the past decade, Heilongjiang province has maintained its strength in safeguarding food security and has been striving to promote all-around vitalization, according to a top provincial official.

In 2021, Heilongjiang saw a grain harvest of more than 78.6 million metric tons, accounting for 11.5 percent of the whole nation, Xu Qin, Party secretary of Heilongjiang, said on Wednesday at a news conference in Harbin, the province's capital.

The province has produced 735 million tons of grain for the country over the past 10 years and leads the country in total grain output, quantity of grain commercialization and amount of grain transfer, he said.