Farms in Inner Mongolia enjoy high-tech upgrade

In Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, the prefecture-level city has added 1.73 million hectares of permanent basic farmland so far, including 404,700 hectares featuring shallow-buried drip irrigation, high-efficiency operations, water-saving results and high-standard farmland cultivation.

Last year, Tongliao netted a record grain output of 9.45 billion kilograms, an increase of 112.5 million kg over the previous year.

This year alone, the city plans to realize another 267,000 hectares of high-efficiency water-saving and high-standard farmland for its 2.8 million residents, in a bid to boost efficient agricultural production.