Statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics on 3 December 2010 show that China s grain output this year increase by 2.9% to 546.41 million tons, making 2010 the seventh consecutive year of higher output.
According to the announcement, of the total grain production, the summer grain output is 123.10 tons that is 0.39 million tons less than the previous year, and the early rice 31.32 million tons, 2.04 million tons less. Preliminary statistics show that the autumn grain is 391.99 million tons, an increase of 1.801 million tons from last year. Consecutive years of good harvest have contributed to stable consumer prices.
In 2010, the grain planting area has reached 109.872 million ha or 0.8% up from year before. In the year, over 13 million ha of expanded corn planting area has led to increased output of 4.41 million tons.
In this year, grain yield is up to 4 973 ton/ha, which is 103 kg/ha higher than the previous year. Thanks to higher yield, the total grain output has increased by 1.118 million tons.
