China's president says it's necessary to expand soybean and oilseed production

Ensuring the sustainable development of Chinese agriculture and the countryside in general, facing multiple risks and challenges, is the most important challenge of the rural work. According to the Xinhua news agency, this was stated by the President of the People's Republic of China, General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China Xi Jinping at a meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, prior the two-day meeting on rural work that ended in Beijing on Sunday.

Xinhua quoted the Chinese leader's words: "Ensuring the supply of essential goods is the most important strategic issue." In particular, he pointed out the importance of efforts to ensure grain security and protect agricultural lands. It is necessary to expand the production of soybeans and oilseeds, as well as pork, vegetables and other agricultural products, Xi Jinping has noted.

Vegetable prices in China, have risen this year due to power outages.

Source: oilworld.ru