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<<< hybrid rice
Despite unfavorable weather conditions this year, the two harvests combined－consisting of early-season and late-season crops－surpassed 22.5 tons per hectare, realizing the goal set earlier this year by renowned agricultural expert Yuan Longping, who has spearheaded research into hybrid rice strains.
The fresh record means a 1-hectare hybrid rice field can feed as many as 75 people.
I am more than excited and extremely satisfied with the results.
The next goal is to promote the experiences of Hengnan county and plant the advanced rice variety in other rice-producing regions in China, contributing to safeguarding the country's food security.
China now feeds around 20 percent of the world's population with less than 9 percent of the world's arable land.
Yuan, who developed the world's first hybrid rice in the 1970s, has set multiple world records in hybrid rice yields in previous years, making great contributions to the food security of China and the world.
<<< National census
China on Sunday started its seventh national census, with about 7 million census takers going door to door to document demographic changes. The census collects data including the name, ID number, gender, marital status, education, and profession of Chinese citizens.
When census takers knock on your door, you can answer the questions by registering the information directly on the smart devices. Or，the census taker will offer you an account number and a QR code so that you can register your information within a certain time.
All information collected is filled in through the internet and is directly uploaded to the national database in real-time, eliminating possible human interference.
Both the mobile end and the server end have adopted highly strict data encryption and desensitization technology so that personal information cannot be hacked or disclosed during the process of data transmission.
<<< 100M leople settle in town
China has accomplished in advance a plan to settle about 100 million people in towns and cities thanks to its fast-paced household registration reform.
The proportion of people who have a "hukou," or household registration status, in towns and cities, had reached 44.38% by 2019, up from 35.93% in 2013, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
The country unveiled in 2014 a guideline on the hukou reform, setting a goal to help around 100 million people to obtain a hukou in towns and cities by 2020.
The hukou reform has put forward a unified residence registration, ending a system that had divided the nation into rural and non-rural populations since the 1950s.
Related policies for rural dwellers and other permanent residents to get household registration status in urban areas have been relaxed.
An open and transparent household registration system based on the points applicants earn has also been implemented in megacities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
[ Glossary ]
杂交水稻 hybrid rice
粮食安全 food security
谷物基本自给 basic self-sufficiency of grain
口粮绝对安全 absolute security of staple food
粮食产量 food output
常住人口 population of long-term residents/permanent residents population
户籍人口 household registered population
现有人口 current population
积分落户制 points-based household registration system
居住证 residential permit
流动人口 migrant population
