Photo taken on Nov. 2, 2020 shows the third-generation hybrid rice at an experimental demonstration field in Hengnan County, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)
BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Thanks to the reliable power supply by the State Grid Hengyang Power Supply Company, the early rice seeds have already sent out tender white shoots at Yuan Longping hybrid rice experimental demonstration base in Hengnan County of Hengyang City, central China's Hunan Province.
The staff of State Grid Hengyang Power Supply Company regularly checks and maintains the power supply lines and equipment in the demonstration base to ensure reliable electricity supply to drain away water in seedling cultivation field on time, in order to prevent rain from flooding the seedlings and ensure this year's rice production.
Last year, a 150-meter well was drilled next to the demonstration field, and the company helped set up an extra power line to link the well, so that the base has a more complete irrigation and drainage system, which is more conducive to planting, said Chen Taijia, the manager of the demonstration base.
In terms of the electricity supply services for the demonstration field, the company has also developed a special plan to guarantee power supply, regularly organized staffs to check the power supply lines and equipment and go into the field to carry out key inspection and maintenance of electricity facilities such as irrigation and drainage lines and solar insect killing lamps.
Since 2011, Hengnan County has become the hybrid rice demonstration base for Yuan Longping, the late academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, who is famous for his great contribution to the research and development of hybrid rice in China and across the world.
(Edited by Gao Jingyan with Xinhua Silk Road, gaojingyan@xinhua.org)
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