Government to boost seed industry2013-01-29
China has vowed to boost its seed industry over the next decade to ensure grain stocks grow, amid fears that limited arable land and water may become constraints for agricultural production.

China's rice imports won't endanger world food security: ministry2013-01-25
China's rising rice imports last year will not alter the supply-and-demand balance in the domestic rice market or threaten global food security, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Friday.

Local harvests give China record cotton reserves2013-01-25
China, the world's biggest cotton grower and consumer, has amasse d record reserves by buying local harvest s over the past two years to protect farmers and not to control global markets, a State-run trade group said.

China manufacturing grows fast in January2013-01-24
China's manufacturing activity may have expanded the most in two years in January thanks to robust demand amid the recovery of the world's second-largest economy, an HSBC survey showed this morning.

PE investment in agriculture drops to 3-year low2013-01-24
The number of deals and the investment value of private equity and venture capital deals in the Chinese agriculture sector declined sharply in 2012 to a three-year low, according to a report from ChinaVenture Group on Jan.

China's manufacturing PMI at two-year high2013-01-24
The preliminary HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index, a gauge of the country's manufacturing activity, rose to 51.9 in January from the final reading of 51.5 in December, HSBC said on Thursday.

Cotton gains as global stockpiles head higher2013-01-24
Cotton is set to trade between 70 US cents and 80 cents a pound this year as China, the biggest buyer, boosts stockpiles, and global inventories climb to an all-time high, according to Australia&New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

Steel demand to increase in 20132013-01-23
China's steel demand will rise 3.1 percent in 2013 as the government's measures to stabilize growth pick up steam, the China Iron and Steel Association, or CISA, said in a statement on its website on Jan 21.

China allocates funds for spring grain production2013-01-22
The Chinese government has earmarked 122.2 billion yuan (19.5 billion U.S. dollars) from its central budget to subsidize spring grain cultivation, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Monday.

Farm produce prices still rising: MOC2013-01-22
Prices for farm produce continued to gain during the week ending on Jan. 20 due to shrinking supplies affected by smoggy weather, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.

Pork prices up 10 pct in two months2013-01-20
The cost of pork rose more than 10 percent in the past two months, according to Xinhua News Agency's price system on national farm produce.

China's farm produce output grows in 20122013-01-20
Farm produce output in China witnessed growth last year, boosted by vegetable, meat and sugar production, the Ministry of Agriculture said Saturday.

Shipbuilder secures major contract for patrol vessels2013-01-17
Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Company Ltd signed a 2.5-billion-yuan contract($397 million)in Beijing to build nine patrol vesse ls for the country's marine patrol force, china.org.cn reported on Thursday.

Agricultural products price continually rises2013-01-17
A local resident selects vegetables at a market on Tabei Road in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 16, 2013.