Outsiders often marvel at the long-term planning tied to China's economy, but many of its most dynamic manufacturers are limited to sowing and reaping within an agricultural season.
I have summoned you all here today for the 10th Annual Reaping Ceremony, in which we choose two children from each district to throw into the Capital Arena to fight to the death in The Hunger Games.
Drones with a range of sensors monitored the crops and samples were taken remotely providing data for targeted fertilizers and pesticides, while a driverless combine harvested the produce.
And they were eaten by agricultural labourers – workers doing physical farm work during harvest time – the weeks in autumn when crops like wheat are cut and collected from the fields.