Xinhua Finance, Beijing, January 22 - "In 2025, China's grain production overcame the impact of natural disasters, market fluctuations and other factors, achieving a high-level increase in output and reaching a new high, standing at the 1.4 trillion jin level for two consecutive years, which is hard-won," Zhang Xingwang, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the 22nd.
Specifically, the increase in production mainly comes from the following aspects. In terms of seasons, the growth is mainly in autumn grain. The annual grain output is divided into three seasons: summer grain, early rice and autumn grain, with autumn grain being the largest part. In 2025, autumn grain production increased by 16.36 billion jin, accounting for more than 90% of the annual grain increment. In terms of regions, the growth is mainly in the three northeastern provinces, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang. These five provinces (regions) saw a grain increase of 11.47 billion jin, accounting for nearly 70% of the national increment. In terms of varieties, the growth is mainly in corn, with corn production increasing by 12.64 billion jin, accounting for 75% of the annual grain increment.
On the whole, the stable increase in grain production in recent years is largely due to our efforts to promote a large-scale increase in per unit yield of grain in accordance with the requirements of the Central Government, and we have initially explored effective working methods and technical models in practice," Zhang Xingwang pointed out. In 2025, the national area of water and fertilizer integration for grain crops reached more than 88 million mu. Water and fertilizer integration means efficiently and precisely allocating various related factors according to the demand characteristics of crops in the region. There are more than 89 million mu of large ridge dense planting in Northeast China, and more than 75 million mu of centralized rice seedling raising in southern China. Rice seedling raising, on the one hand, solves the problem of tight crop rotation, and at the same time improves the quality of seedlings. Focusing on the integrated promotion of high-performance machinery and comprehensive technologies, we will solidly promote a large-scale increase in per unit yield.
We organized experts to conduct calculations. Overall, the contribution rate of the increase in per unit yield to the national grain production increase in 2025 exceeded 90%. In fact, on the basis of basically stable planting area, the increase in production was mainly achieved through the improvement of large-area per unit yield," said Zhang Xingwang.
Zhang Xingwang stated that in 2026, efforts to ensure grain production will continue without let-up, the new round of actions to increase grain production capacity by 100 billion jin will be intensified, and striving will be made to achieve a bumper harvest in grain and agriculture.
First, stabilize the area. Strictly implement the requirement that both Party committees and governments are responsible for food security, give full play to the role of the assessment of provincial Party committees and governments in implementing the responsibility system for cultivated land protection and food security as a "baton", decompose and implement the target tasks, and effectively stabilize the grain sown area.
Second, increase per unit yield. Encourage counties and cities with conditions to promote the overall improvement of the large-area per unit yield of grain and oil crops, expand the scale of the grain per unit yield improvement project, give full play to the role of new agricultural business entities such as farmers' cooperatives, integrate and apply technical equipment such as reasonable close planting, water and fertilizer integration, and high-performance sowing and harvesting machinery, so as to promote the integrated efficiency of high-quality farmland, good seeds, good machinery and good methods.
Third, optimize the structure. Optimize the grain production structure and regional layout in accordance with local conditions, promote the improvement of varieties and quality, expand the production of strong-gluten and weak-gluten special-purpose wheat, high-quality tasty rice, fresh corn, etc., and promote products that meet market demand and achieve good prices for good quality.
Fourth, enhance efficiency. Strengthen policy support and coordination in areas such as prices, subsidies, and insurance, increase the intensity of benefit compensation for major grain-producing regions, effectively implement inter-provincial horizontal benefit compensation between grain-producing and consuming regions, and fully arouse the enthusiasm of farmers for growing grain and local governments for overseeing grain production.
Fifth, we will focus on disaster reduction. We will improve the construction of farmland water conservancy infrastructure, do a good job in repairing and renovating farmland ditches and managing plain waterlogging areas, layout and build regional agricultural emergency rescue centers that can be used both in peacetime and emergencies, and accelerate efforts to make up for the shortcomings in drying and storage. At the same time, we will vigorously promote the unified prevention and control of diseases and pests as well as emergency prevention and control, and strive to minimize disaster losses. Affected by the continuous rainy weather in some areas during last year's autumn harvest, a large area of winter wheat in the Huang-Huai-Hai region was sown late. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will continue its efforts, pay close attention to winter and spring field management, ensure the survival of seedlings through the winter, promote the transformation of weak seedlings into strong ones, and lay a solid foundation for a bumper summer grain harvest.
