At Qixing, a State-owned farm part of the Jiansanjiang Company, a subsidiary of the Beidahuang Agricultural Reclamation Group, a 5G unmanned experimental rice field project went into operation this year.

A variety of new and advanced technologies are being tested on the 5.3-hectare field, including automated tractors and rice planters, remote video monitoring and control, and the real-time display of the data and movement of agricultural machinery.

The interventions are expected to save 25 percent on the cost of labor and agricultural materials and cut work time in half, as automated production can continue without workers present.

"We will promote the use of digital technology in agriculture," said Wang Shoucong, president of the Beidahuang Agricultural Reclamation Group. "We aim to be able to manage an automated operation area of over 13,000 hectares this year."