Seawater rice sees bumper harvest in N China's Tianjin

Workers harvest seawater rice developed by the late scientist Yuan Longping and his team at a planting base in Jinghai District, north China's Tianjin municipality, Nov. 15, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Tong Yu)

The rice field, at around 1,500 mu (100 hectares), saw a bumper harvest this year, marking an initial success in the trial cultivation phase of the "seawater rice" project.