Chen Liangdong (second from right) and other villagers showcase harvested rice seeds in a hybrid rice seed breeding base in Xinchang village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province, on Aug 26. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Chen Liangdong, who is 61, is a major producer of hybrid rice seeds in Cengong county, Guizhou province. He worked as a construction worker in the county for many years, but returned to his village in 2012 to take over the idle land of the villagers to produce hybrid rice seeds. From spring to autumn, he is busy with tilling, sowing, mulching, transplanting, fertilizing, pollinating, and other tasks.
As autumn arrives, the rice fields have turned golden, and Chen has invited a professional harvesting team from Henan province to harvest the hybrid rice seeds on his farm. Every year, he provides jobs for more than 100 households in the surrounding villages.
Chen Liangdong pollinates hybrid rice in the seed breeding base using bamboo poles in Xinchang village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture on Aug 1. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Chen Liangdong and workers pay villagers who work at the rice planting base, on May 29. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Chen Liangdong arranges harvested hybrid rice seeds at a processing workshop in Cengong county of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province, on Aug 26. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Chen Liangdong wipes away sweat while working in a hybrid rice field in Cengong county on May 29. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Chen Liangdong and his daughter-in-law load harvested rice seeds onto a truck in Xinchang village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province, on Aug 26. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Chen Liangdong and villagers transplant rice seedlings in a hybrid rice seed breeding base in Xinchang village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province, on May 29. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Chen Liangdong (front) and villagers level the field at a hybrid rice seed breeding base in preparation for planting in Xinchang village, on April 6. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
