Production of grain rises 4.5% to record
December 3, 2011, Saturday
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CHINA saw a bumper harvest of grain this year, with its output rising to a record high of 571.21 million tons, an annual rise of 4.5 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday.
The strong harvest marked eight consecutive years of growth for China's grain output, the bureau said in a statement posted on its website.
On an annual basis, yields of summer grain rose 2.5 percent to 126.7 million tons, early rice up 4.5 percent to 32.8 million tons, and autumn grain up 5.1 percent to 412.2 million tons this year.
The output of the country's three major crops - rice, wheat and corn - hit 510.45 million tons this year, the statement said, adding that a sharp increase in corn output showed further improvement in the country's grain production structure.
The country's 13 major grain-producing regions, including the provinces of Hebei, Jiangxi, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui, saw their output rise 5.4 percent from a year earlier to 434.22 million tons in 2011, the statement said.
The 13 regions contributed 76 percent of the nation's total grain output.
However, grain output in southwest China's Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality dropped because of a severe drought this spring. Grain yields in Guizhou fell 21.2 percent, while Chongqing's grain output shed 2.5 percent year on year.
The bureau said government farming subsidies as well as favorable weather conditions, despite a drought in the southwest regions, contributed to the rise in grain production.
The country handed out 140.6 billion yuan (US$22.18 billion) in subsidies for agricultural production this year, up 17 percent from a year earlier.
The strong harvest marked eight consecutive years of growth for China's grain output, the bureau said in a statement posted on its website.
On an annual basis, yields of summer grain rose 2.5 percent to 126.7 million tons, early rice up 4.5 percent to 32.8 million tons, and autumn grain up 5.1 percent to 412.2 million tons this year.
The output of the country's three major crops - rice, wheat and corn - hit 510.45 million tons this year, the statement said, adding that a sharp increase in corn output showed further improvement in the country's grain production structure.
The country's 13 major grain-producing regions, including the provinces of Hebei, Jiangxi, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui, saw their output rise 5.4 percent from a year earlier to 434.22 million tons in 2011, the statement said.
The 13 regions contributed 76 percent of the nation's total grain output.
However, grain output in southwest China's Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality dropped because of a severe drought this spring. Grain yields in Guizhou fell 21.2 percent, while Chongqing's grain output shed 2.5 percent year on year.
The bureau said government farming subsidies as well as favorable weather conditions, despite a drought in the southwest regions, contributed to the rise in grain production.
The country handed out 140.6 billion yuan (US$22.18 billion) in subsidies for agricultural production this year, up 17 percent from a year earlier.
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