The 2026 Chinese Farmers Harvest Festival Xinjiang home event opens in Wensu County

China News Service, Wensu, Xinjiang, September 24 (Zhang Jiawei) The 2026 "Chinese Farmers Harvest Festival" Xinjiang home event opened on the 23rd in Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang.

The scene of the 2026 "Chinese Farmers Harvest Festival" Xinjiang home event. Photo by Zhang Jiawei

This year's "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival" Xinjiang home event has the theme of "A harvest opens a new chapter and hard work promotes revitalization", focusing on promoting agriculture and benefiting the people. Gathering high-quality agriculture-related enterprises from all over Xinjiang (prefectures and cities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps to carry out the "Golden Autumn Consumption Season", exhibition promotion and production and marketing docking, inviting self-media experts and Internet celebrity anchors to live broadcast to help farmers, and open up online sales of agricultural products; simultaneously carry out intangible cultural heritage exhibitions, folk custom interpretations, and harvest markets to create immersive harvest scenes and promote the in-depth integration of agricultural product exhibitions and sales, folk culture and rural culture and tourism.

Wu Hongzhan, Secretary of the Aksu Prefectural Committee, said that in recent years, the Aksu Region has thoroughly implemented the autonomous region’s deployment requirements of “stabilizing grain, optimizing cotton, strengthening fruits, developing livestock, promoting characteristics, improving quality and efficiency, and increasing income”, and has accelerated the construction of Xinjiang’s modern characteristic agricultural industry development demonstration zone. Standing at the new starting point of the "15th Five-Year Plan", we will solidly promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, strive to write a new chapter of strong agriculture, beautiful rural areas, and prosperous farmers, and contribute more Aksu power to the practice of Chinese-style modernization in Xinjiang.

The picture shows the county and city exhibition halls at the event. Photo by Zhang Jiawei

At the opening ceremony, a harvest-themed catwalk was presented. Farmers brought the harvest results from the fields onto the stage, showing the gratifying scene of fruitful harvests from the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. Farmer representatives shared their insights on farming based on their own production experiences, expressing the aspirations of farmers in Xinjiang in the new era to take root in the land and work hard to get rich. There are many highlights in the cultural and artistic performance section. Programs such as "Come and Enjoy the Autumn" and "Silk Road·Qiuci Rhythm" were staged in turn, praising the harvest and paying tribute to the hard work in a variety of artistic forms.

The launch ceremony of the "Taste of Xinjiang" online agricultural expo digital platform for good products was also held at the site. People of all ethnic groups can purchase Xinjiang specialty agricultural products online through mini programs. Digital means can be used to expand the export channels of Xinjiang's high-quality agricultural products and help farmers increase their income and become rich. (over)