In recent years, local authorities in Chaohu Lake in east China's Anhui Province and Datong Lake in central China's Hunan Province have promoted green rice planting and smart farming through fertilizer reduction and efficiency improvement, prevention and control of diseases and pests, and the establishment of smart agricultural platforms, so as to improve agricultural development.

A villager works in the rice field near Chaohu Lake in Huailin Township of Chaohu City, east China's Anhui Province, June 17, 2024.  (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

An aerial drone photo taken on June 6, 2024 shows a plant protection drone working at a smart planting base in Datonghu District of Yiyang City, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

An autonomous rice transplanter works at a smart planting base in Datonghu District of Yiyang City, central China's Hunan Province, April 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

An autonomous rice transplanter works at a smart planting base in Datonghu District of Yiyang City, central China's Hunan Province, April 10, 2024.  (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

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