Hu Chunhua, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council, supervised the expansion of soybean planting in Heihe City, Heilongjiang Province from 5 to 6. Hu Chunhua pointed out that the soybean area and output in Heilongjiang and other Northeast regions account for about 60% of the country, which is very important to achieve the goal and task of expanding soybean planting. We should give full play to our own advantages, accelerate the restoration and increase of soybean planting area, and strive to make greater contributions to the expansion of soybean planting throughout the country. We should make overall use of the supporting policies for grain production, increase subsidies for cultivated land rotation and incentives for large oil producing counties, and effectively mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers and main producing areas to expand soybean planting. We should actively seize the agricultural time, strengthen the organization and mobilization of spring sowing, strengthen the supply guarantee of agricultural materials and the allocation of agricultural machinery, accurately and effectively provide agricultural technical guidance and socialized services, and ensure the completion of spring sowing tasks on time. Hu Chunhua stressed that all localities should, in accordance with the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, timely decompose the task of expanding soybean cultivation to cities and counties, fall to specific fields and plots, and pay close attention to the implementation of the task year by year to ensure the final full completion of the target task. We should vigorously promote the strip compound planting of soybean and maize, fully tap the planting potential of various places according to local conditions, and increase the area of soybean in multiple ways. We should speed up the cultivation of new and excellent varieties of soybeans with high yield, high oil and high protein, vigorously promote high-yield planting technology, and accelerate the improvement of unit yield of soybeans by relying on scientific and technological progress. (Xinhua News Agency)