A machine harvests rice in a field in October in the Daur Autonomous Banner of Morin Dawa of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo by Jiang Xiwu for chinadaily.com.cn]

As the rice and corn grow ripe in October, the Daur Autonomous Banner of Morin Dawa in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region welcomes the golden harvest.

The region is known as an important production base for commodity grain and agricultural products. Corn, rice and soybeans are the region's three flagship agricultural products.