news GLOBALink | China's BeiDou navigation system helps unmanned farming in Inner Mongolia Li Yunping,En Hao Replay Video UP NEXT Spring ploughing is underway in Wulate Front Banner of Bayannaoer City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. A total of 12 automated unmanned seed planters have been adopted, replacing manual seed planting, as a means to raise efficiency, while keeping precision. The machines are powered by the satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. Farmers could set up a working pattern, including ploughing speed, area, and density, for the planter before it starts to work. These unmanned seed planters can seed about 6.7 hectares of farmland this year.