date:Apr 12, 2013
of husbandry and demand from industrial processing.
China's agricultural products dependency on international markets reached 21.1 percent in 2012, up from 20.7 percent in 2011.
Guo Wei, director of the rural branch of the National Policy Research Office at the State Council, said that as China's food dependency on the international market has risen in past years, people should be made aware of the issue of food security.
China's foodstuffs demand has expanded fast mainly because food has be