CRI News Reports:Jilin to Increase Annual Grain&nb

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      China'snortheasternprovinceofJilinplanstoincreaseitsannualgrainproductionbyfivebillionkilogramsoverthenextfiveyears. Theprovincialgovernorsaystheywillachievethisgoalbycreating 170,000 hectaresoffarmland, whilemaintainingecologicalbalanceintheprocess. OurreporterShuangFenghasmore.

      Chinaisplanningtoraiseitsannualgrainoutputto 40 billionkilogramsby 2020. Asanimportantgrainproductionbase, thenortheasternprovinceofJilinhasansweredthecallwithapromisetoincreaseitsannualgrainoutputbyfivebillionkilograms, or 25 percent, overthenextfiveyears.

      ProvincialgovernorHanChangfusaysthemovewouldhelptoboostfoodreservesnationwide.

      "Jilingenerallyprovides 20 billionkilogramsofgraineveryyear. Whilemaintainingfoodconsumptionwithintheprovince, wewilltaketheextragrainascommoditygrain. Asthebiggestgrainproducerinthecountry, Jilinwillbesuretohelpstrikeabalancebetweenfoodsupplyanddemand. Wewillplayanimportantpartinmeetingthenationwidegoalofincreasinggrainoutput."

      Thegovernornotestheextrafivebillionkilogramsofgrainwouldcomefromcornandrice.

      Jilinwillcreate 170,000 hectaresoffarmlandinthecomingfiveyears. HanChangfusaysthemostimportantthingistoproperlyaddresstheecologicalproblemsinreachingthisgoal.

      "WehaveproblemsoflanddesertificationandbasificationinwesternJilin, whichisduetowatershortages. Sowewilltrytosolvethewaterproblemfirst. Wearealsoplanningtoplantmoretreestopreventmorefarmlandfrombeingharmed. Protectionandexplorationareequallyimportant. Theprotectionofwetlandsandgrasslandsarebeinggiventopprioritywhilethemajortaskistodealwithsalinelandandexplorewastelands."

      Coveringanareaofabout 190,000 squarekilometers, Jiliniscurrentlyresponsiblefor 1/20thofthecountry'syearlygrainyield.

      Theprovincehasconductedsuccessfulexperimentsbygrowingriceonsalinefarmlands, whichthegovernorsayshasboostedtheirconfidenceintheplantoincreasegrainoutput.

      ShuangFeng, CRInews.