China Farmers' Harvest Festival to Feature 47 Key Activities

Key points

• 23 September marks the ninth China Farmers' Harvest Festival, with the theme 'Harvest Opens New Prospects, Hard Work Promotes Revitalisation'.
• The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will organise 47 key activities under a '1+N' framework; the '1' is the national main event in Dongjiao Village, Zaoyang City, Xiangyang, Hubei Province.
• The 'N' comprises 46 farmer-centred activities covering technology, legal education, culture and sports, and production-marketing matchmaking.
• The autumn consumption season features three characteristics: better supply, newer scenarios and more practical promotions.
• Relevant units will hold exchange events on rural 'small but beautiful' tourism upgrades and promote quality leisure agriculture and rural tourism routes.
• Localities are encouraged to hold harvest markets, deeply integrating harvest scenes, rural landscapes and folk customs with culture, tourism, health and sports.