Aerial photo taken on Oct. 29, 2021 shows a farmer harvesting rice in Luanzhou, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)
BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhua) -- China's per capita share of grain reached 483 kg in 2021, higher than the internationally recognized security line of 400 kg, the country's agriculture official said Monday.
China's grain output has exceeded 650 billion kg for seven consecutive years, achieving basic self-sufficiency in grain and absolute security in staple food, Deng Xiaogang, vice minister of Agricultural and Rural Affairs, said at a press conference.
Over the past decade, China has seen significant improvements in its agricultural infrastructure and ensured its farmland area remains above the redline of 1.8 billion mu (about 120 million hectares).
Accumulatively a total of 900 million mu of high-standard farmland had been fostered.
In 2022, China aims to develop 6.67 million hectares of high-standard farmland, promote national projects on black soil protection, and launch the third nationwide soil condition census.
Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2021 shows ripe rice in Guangdong Village of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, northeast China's Jilin Province. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)
Villagers dry wheat in Dalijia Village of Shangzhuang Township in Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, June 13, 2022. (Photo by Li Xinjun/Xinhua)
A farmer shows newly-harvested wheat at Huangfanqu farm, a national modern agriculture demonstration farm, in central China's Henan Province, June 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Li An)
Photo taken on May 22, 2022 shows the wheat field in Huyang Town of Tanghe County, Nanyang City, central China's Henan Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Haoran)
A farmer works in a sorghum field in Yangling Village of Qicun Township, Zaozhuang, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 7, 2021. (Photo by Sun Zhongzhe/Xinhua)
A villager harvests highland barley in Ombu Township of Nyima County, Nagqu, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 23, 2021. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)
A farmer arranges corn in Tancheng County of Linyi, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 22, 2021. (Photo by Zhang Chunlei/Xinhua)
A farmer checks newly-harvested wheat in Tancheng County, Linyi, east China's Shandong Province, June 23, 2021.(Photo by Zhang Chunlei/Xinhua)■