China's Vice Premier reviews farm output, seeks more soybean production

Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua called for China to expand soybean production at a meeting on spring farm output held in Shandong province, Xinhua reported on Sunday.

Hu also emphasized stabilising planted grains acreage and strengthening farmland protection, reiterating policies previously laid out by central leadership, Xinhua said.

China's top policymakers called for ensuring grain production and oilseed expansion in the new year, at the annual central rural work conference at the end of 2021.

Hu did not give details on how to expand soybean acreage.

The agriculture ministry last month promoted the intercropping of soybeans with corn as one way to boost output