Academician Zhang Hongcheng of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Dean Wang Cailin of Jiangsu Shuiyun Sumi Industry Research Institute, Director Guan Yongxiang of Jiangsu Provincial Agricultural Technology Extension Station, Professor Dai Qigen and Professor Hu Yajie of Yangzhou University, Nantong Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau Deputy Director Peng Changqing, Deputy Secretary of Hai'an Municipal Party Committee Zhang Hao, Deputy Mayor of Hai'an Municipal Government Ding Xingyu, and 110 representatives from all walks of life attended this event.
Academician Zhang Hongcheng of the Chinese Academy of Engineering gave an academic report on "Developing Medium and High-end Rice to Accelerate the Transformation and Upgrading of my country's Rice Industry"; Wang Cailin, a famous rice breeder and president of Jiangsu Shuiyun Sumi Industry Research Institute, conducted rice quality tasting training ; Director Guan Yongxiang of the Jiangsu Provincial Agricultural Technology Extension Station released the information that Hai'an's rice and wheat annual statistical yield has topped the province's 16th consecutive year; Professor Dai Qigen of Yangzhou University gave an academic report on "Thoughts on Rice Production Characteristics and Green, High-Quality and Efficient Cultivation in 2021"; Peng Changqing, deputy director of the Nantong Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, commented on this event. Deputy Mayor of Hai'an Municipal Government Ding Xingyu presided over the event, and Deputy Secretary of Hai'an Municipal Party Committee Zhang Hao delivered a speech. The selection event was also broadcast live, and the live broadcast room attracted nearly 100,000 online viewers. In this tasting event, the district, town, sub-district and agricultural and social bureaus will select new varieties, good new technology applications, high production levels, and high-quality rice from the 2021 city green, high-quality and efficient rice creation demonstration base in a fair, just and open manner. 20 high-quality rice brands from major grain growers. This tasting event will be judged by both expert judges and public judges. The scoring values ??are set as 10, 10, 70, and 10 for rice packaging, appearance quality, eating quality, and rice grain eating value respectively. Expert judges will rate the rice packaging, appearance quality, and eating quality respectively; public judges will rate the eating quality. After comprehensive evaluation by the judges, 5 gold medals, 5 silver medals, 5 excellence awards and 5 encouragement awards were finally selected. Among them, the rice products of three main planting bases of the "Mid-high-end Rice Technology Integrated Demonstration and Promotion Project" - Haian Wuyi Family Farm, Haian Yuwan Family Farm, and Haian Shangpin Grain Planting Professional Cooperative won gold medals.