Fact-finding trip after farmers' harvest underscores safeguarding food security When President Xi Jinping visited Dongyujia village in Dezhou, Shandong province, during the busy summer farming season on Wednesday morning, Li Lianjun, 54, and other villagers shared with him their joy over this year's summer grain harvest. Xi was pleased to learn that wheat yields had increased again this year and that corn was being planted rapidly without missing the optimal planting window.