Qingdao will organize 40 events ranging from art performances and farmers' sports meetings to calligraphy and painting exhibitions to mark the fifth Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival.

Since 2018, the autumn equinox of the lunar calendar has been set up as the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, in a bid to further strengthen the role of agriculture and rural areas and improve the sense of gain and happiness among farmers.

This year the festival falls on Sept 23. The celebration in Qingdao will last from Sept 10 to Oct 10, with Pingdu city being the main venue.

Livestreaming sessions aimed at promoting local farm produce will be held in the city during the festival.

In a blueberry greenhouse, a grower displays freshly picked blueberries in Qingdao West Coast New Area. [Photo by Li Liang/xihaiannews.com]

Dazeshan town in Pingdu will host a grape festival to attract visitors to go grape picking, climb Daze Mountain and enjoy the beautiful rural scenery.

The Yanghe Rural Slow Life Experience Festival will be held in Jiaozhou, where visitors can enjoy picking fruits and roaming in the countryside during the autumn weather.

A tea making competition will be held in Qingdao West Coast New Area to promote rural tourism and boost tea sales.

In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of farmers for entrepreneurship and innovation, awards will be given to the major grain growers in Qingdao, the top 10 farmers, technical experts in rural operation and management, and excellent cooperatives.

A rural handicraft competition will be held in Pingdu to show the unique charm of traditional folk handicrafts and offer a stage for skilled farmers.