China to 'maintain self-sufficiency in food production'
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="imports">imports</span>, <span word="China">China</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="maintain">maintain</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="sufficiency">sufficiency</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="crops">crops</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="wheat">wheat</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rice">rice</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coming">coming</span> <span word="decade">decade</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="agricultural">agricultural</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="report">report</span>, <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Agricultural">Agricultural</span> <span word="Outlook">Outlook</span> 2017-23, <span word="released">released</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Agricultural">Agricultural</span> <span word="Information">Information</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="Academy">Academy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Agricultural">Agricultural</span> <span word="Sciences">Sciences</span>, <span word="predicts">predicts</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="output">output</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="crops">crops</span> - <span word="wheat">wheat</span>, <span word="rice">rice</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="corn">corn</span> - <span word="will">will</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> 578 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="metric">metric</span> <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2023, <span word="still">still</span> <span word="keeping">keeping</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="sufficiency">sufficiency</span> <span word="rate">rate</span>.</p><p><span word="By">By</span> <span word="then">then</span>, <span word="about">about</span> 596 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="crops">crops</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="feed">feed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nation">nation</span>, <span word="data">data</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="showed">showed</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="forecast">forecast</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> 1.4 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2023.</p><p>"<span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rice">rice</span> <span word="bowl">bowl</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coming">coming</span> <span word="decade">decade</span>, <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="technological">technological</span> <span word="innovation">innovation</span>," <span word="Xu">Xu</span> <span word="Shiwei">Shiwei</span>, <span word="director">director</span>-<span word="general">general</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="institute">institute</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2017 <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Agricultural">Agricultural</span> <span word="Outlook">Outlook</span> <span word="Conference">Conference</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="day">day</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="attracted">attracted</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 400 <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="overseas">overseas</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="experts">experts</span>.</p><p><span word="Xu">Xu</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="government">government</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="investment">investment</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 1.2 <span word="trillion">trillion</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($195 <span word="billion">billion</span>) <span word="in">in</span> 2013, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="of">of</span> 14 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="since">since</span> 2003, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="continue">continue</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="nation">nation</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="grain">grain</span> <span word="output">output</span> <span word="exceeded">exceeded</span> 602 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013, <span word="the">the</span> 10<span word="th">th</span> <span word="consecutive">consecutive</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="grain">grain</span> <span word="harvests">harvests</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Agriculture">Agriculture</span>.</p>
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