Villagers making most of farmland
(WorldNews China)

This autumn is the sixth pear harvest for Huang Qingchang in Xiaogang village, Anhui province. In the village, the birthplace of China`s rural reforms in 1978, Huang said he is always bullish on the promising agricultural sector, and it has kept changing in past decades to adapt to new realities. Embracing the local pioneering spirit, Huang left his hometown in Jiangsu province for Xiaogang in 2008 and then rent farmland in 2010. In recent years, his rent has increased and now his 40.5 hectares of land costs about 455,000 yuan ($65,770) per year. Huang expects a yield of 270 metric tons of pears this year. `The output value will amount to more than 1.6 million yuan, with a net profit of...