Harvest big time

A farmer reaps rice in Xinjian county, Jiangxi province, on Oct 9, 2011. Farmers in Jiangxi have had good weather conditions for their harvest recently, with 19,824 square km rice being harvested in the province. The Ministry of Agriculture said early forecasts show that China's grain output for 2011 is expected to reach 550 million tons, making 2011 the eighth consecutive year the country's grain output has increased. [Photo/Xinhua]