China attains bumper summer grain harvest in 2024

BEIJING: China has seen another year with a bumper summer grain harvest in 2024, official data showed Friday. Xinhua News Agency quoted a survey made by the National Bureau of Statistics as saying that the country's summer grain output totalled 149.78 million tonnes this year, up 2.5 percent or nearly 3.63 million tonnes year-on-year. China's summer grain sown area rose to 26.613 million hectares in 2024, 4,500 hectares more than last year, maintaining stability. Over 23 million hectares of wheat were sown, up 0.1 percent year-on-year. This year's summer grain output per hectare reached 5,628 kilogrammes, an increase of 2.5 percent or 135.4 kilogrammes from last year. China's central Henan Province achieved a summer grain output of nearly 37.86 million tonnes this year, the most at provincial levels. Source: Emirates News Agency