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BEIJING

Farm mechanization rate exceeds 70 pct

China has seen an outstanding shift in its farming sector with the mechanization rate exceeding 70 percent last year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said. The production of three staple crops－wheat, rice and corn－is now mainly completed with farming machines, it said. China has been promoting complete mechanization in the agriculture sector. In 2019, the country established 153 model counties for complete mechanization in agricultural production.

SICHUAN

Canadian-born panda twins return to China

Canadian-born panda twins, Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue, flew into Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, early Sunday morning. The twins will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. They were born at Toronto Zoo on Oct 13, 2015. Their mother, Er Shun, and father, Da Mao, were sent to Toronto in 2013 as part of a loan agreement between China and Canada. They will stay there until 2023.