date:Apr 22, 2014
ext decade, reaching 247 million tons, it said.
The top priority in the future is to guarantee full self-sufficiency in wheat and rice, Vice-Minister of Agriculture Chen Xiaohua said at the conference.
Chen emphasized that agricultural technology innovation and mechanization will further increase farm output in China.
Raed Safadi, deputy director of the Trade and Agriculture Directorate at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, congratulated China for its success in the ag