AreaChina (Mainland)

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityMaize

Date01/08/2012

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentSubsidies

DescriptionProvided CNY 600 million (USD 95.3 million) in subsidies to protect maize fields in northeastern and northern China from armyworms and fields in southern rice-producing areas from rice planthoppers and rice blast disease.