date:Feb 01, 2013
sufficiency target will remain for quite a long time, said Tang, speaking at the same press conference.
The self-sufficiency target did not include soybeans, he said. Last year, China's imports of soybeans amounted to around 60 percent of total global trade, and met more than 80 percent of domestic demand.
The relocation to the cities of more than 200 million migrant workers in the last three decades has slashed the rural workforce and boosted food demand.
The government has listed grain secu