A senior Chinese official said the country will move to produce at least 600 million tonnes of grain in 2019, reports Xinhua Net.
The country also vowed to keep its grain sown area stable at 1.65 billion mu (110 million hectares) next year, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Han Changfu said at a work conference.
To boost grain production, the country aims to cultivate 800 million mu of high-standard farmland by 2020, he said.
