Chinese coastal cities issue warnings as Typhoon Trami moves west

The 20th typhoon this year Trami is expected to move westward at a speed of 20-25 kilometers per hour as of Friday morning according to meteorological department, and China’s coastal provinces Fujian and Hainan have issued warnings in advance.

Fujian Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow-alert gale warning at 16:50 on Thursday. Affected by cold front and Typhoon Trami, there are winds and waves in the coastal seas and fishing grounds of the eastern Chinese province. It is expected that there will still be gale force winds above Level 10 during the day on Friday.

China has a four-tier, color-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.

As of 19:00 Thursday, 45 passenger ferry routes and 94 passenger ferries have been suspended along the coast of Fujian; 71 water-related projects have been suspended, and 174 construction ships have been evacuated to safe waters.

The Hainan Provincial Marine Forecasting Center continued to issue a yellow-alert sea wave warning on Thursday morning. It is expected that under the influence of Typhoon Trami, large to huge waves will appear in the coastal waters east and south of Hainan Island. Vessels operating in the relevant waters have been warned to prepare for wave prevention and avoidance in advance.

At present, the operation of large, medium and small reservoirs in Hainan is relatively stable. Yet due to the influence of cold air, there is uncertainty about the amount of precipitation that Typhoon Trami will bring.

The Hainan Provincial Meteorological Bureau issued a blue-alert typhoon warning 15:30 Thursday, and the Hainan Provincial Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Relief Committee simultaneously launched a maritime typhoon emergency response.

Chinese coastal cities issue warnings as Typhoon Trami moves west

China's grain output is projected to hit a record high of 700 billion kilograms this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Friday.

At a press conference in Beijing, Zhang Xingwang, vice minister of agriculture and rural affairs, made the remarks and reported that as of Thursday more than 80 percent of the autumn grain had been reaped across China.

"China will see another year with a bumper grain harvest. The summer grain and early rice had been harvested. The total output of summer grain this year stood at 149.78 billion kilograms, up 3.625 billion kilograms from the previous years, marking the highest increase in the past nine years. And the early rice output amounted to 28.175 billion kilograms, exceeding the threshold of 28 billion kilograms for four consecutive years. The planting area of autumn grain has seen steady growth, with significant improvements in increasing per unit crop yield on a large scale. As of Thursday, the progress of China's autumn grain harvest this year has reached 82.5 percent, marking another season of bountiful harvest. The country's annual grain production is expected to surpass 700 billion kilograms for the first time this year after having remain steady at over 650 billion kilograms for nine consecutive years. Notable progress was made in increasing the cultivation of soybeans and other oil crops. The soybean planting area maintained at over 10 million hectares and its output is expected to remain above 20 million tons. The planting area, per unit area yield and total output of rapeseed have all achieved increases," explained Zhang.

China's 2024 grain output expected to break record 700 billion kg