China to build more granaries  

李克强主持国务院常务会议 部署粮食收储等工作

国务院总理李克强6月25日主持召开国务院常务会议，部署做好粮食收储和仓储设施建设工作。会议指出，做好粮食收储既是当前紧迫工作，也是长期任务，事关重大。要多措并举，加强收储和仓储设施建设，确保粮食颗粒归仓。 [查看全文]

China will step up efforts to purchase and store grain and build more granaries as its grain output rises, according to an official statement on Wednesday.

In 2014 and 2015, the country should build new grain-storage facilities capable of holding 50 billion kg of grain, concentrating them in its northeast and south, said the statement, issued after a State Council executive meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang.

The meeting concluded that China should innovate in financing for granary construction by guiding social capital to participate in the process.

It should also support the construction of storage buildings with drying facilities by farmer cooperatives and major specialized farming households in the main grain-producing areas.

In 2013, China's grain output rose 2.1 percent from a year earlier to 601.94 million tonnes, marking the 10th consecutive year of growth. (To stay up to date with the latest China news, follow XHNews on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/XHNews and Xinhua News Agency on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/XinhuaNewsAgency.)