Area
China (Mainland)
Commodity Group
Rice
Commodity
All
Date
30/01/2018
Policy Category
Production
Policy Instrument
Production support
Description
Released planting guidelines for the 2018 season, reiterating the Governments commitment to maintain absolute security in rice and wheat, while pursuing supply-side reforms to address grain over-supply. The document reaffirms official plans to maintain the minimum support price mechanism for paddy and wheat, aiming to stabilize the total area planted to the two crops at 800 million mu (53.3 million ha). In the case of rice, the guidelines seek to reduce area planted to paddy by over 10 million mu (0.67 million ha) in 2018, mostly comprising low-yielding Japonica acreage in the northeastern region, and double-season Indica paddies in the Long river valley. Among other provisions, the document calls for promotion of green agriculture by increasing fertilizer and pesticide efficiency, crop quality improvements and agricultural mechanization, and improving the regulatory system.
