China has secured bumper harvests for 19 years in a row and its annual grain yield has exceeded 650 million tonnes for eight consecutive years
China’s grain warehouses are capable of providing about 700 million metric tons of storage capacity, according to the State Council Information Office.
Cong Liang, vice-chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, the top economic planner, said China has secured bumper harvests for 19 years in a row and its annual grain yield has exceeded 650 million tonnes for eight consecutive years.
“Our per capita grain output stands at 483 kilograms, higher than the internationally recognised security line of 400 kg,” he told a press conference held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing.
Meanwhile, Cong, who is also head of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, said that his administration has worked to modernise grain storage and logistics, and has increased the storage capacity of qualified grain warehouses to nearly 700 million tons.
“The overall storage conditions have generally reached world-advanced levels, and the grain logistics network has seen improvements,” he said.
