Since the beginning of the new century, China has continued to make remarkable progress in agricultural production, poverty elimination and farmer’s income growth, along with that in many other areas of economic and social development. The increase of grain production in the past eight consecutive years marked a new stage of agricultural development in the country. In the meantime, there remains a series of daunting challenges in achieving the development targets set forth by the national 12th "Five-Year Plan" for 2011-2015. By the year 2025, the Chinese population will reach 1... Read more