| From Xinhuanet.com: The government is working on a plan to boost the country's annual grain output by 10 percent by 2020, an industry expert said. Song Tingming, vice-chairman of the China National Association of Grain Sector said that the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Agriculture are drafting the plan to boost output by 50 million tons a year to 550 million tons within the next 12 years.
The total is 20 million tons higher than the target set in a national grain production plan approved last month by the State Council. The new plan aims to "fully explore the potential capacity of major production provinces, and takes into account the rising population", which the government will try to keep within 1.45 billion by 2020, Song said. It will supersede the general goals for major provinces and provide detailed goals for them, he said..... Full Article: Source
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