China News Service, July 15th, 15th, the website of the National Bureau of Statistics released an announcement on the output of summer grain production in 2020. Statistics show that the total output of summer grain in the country is 1.4281 million tons (285.6 billion catties), an increase of 1.208 million tons (2.42 billion catties) from 2019, an increase of 0.9%.

In mid-July, farmers opened harvesters to harvest wheat. Photo by Zong Ying

  According to the survey of 25 summer grain production provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in the country, the planting area, output per unit area and total output of summer grain in the country in 2020 are as follows:

  The sown area of ​​summer grain nationwide was 26.172 million hectares (392.59 million mu), a decrease of 18.16 thousand hectares (2.724 million mu) from 2019, a decrease of 0.7%. Among them, the wheat planting area was 22,711 thousand hectares (340.66 million mu), a decrease of 2.735 million hectares (4.102 million mu) from 2019, a decrease of 1.2%.

  The national output of summer grain per unit area was 5456.5 kg/ha (363.8 kg/mu), an increase of 83.4 kg/ha (5.6 kg/mu) compared with 2019, an increase of 1.6%. Among them, the yield per unit area of ​​wheat is 5798.0 kg/ha (386.5 kg/mu), an increase of 101.9 kg/ha (6.8 kg/mu) compared with 2019, an increase of 1.8%.

  The total output of summer grain in the country was 1.4281 million tons (285.6 billion catties), an increase of 1.208 million tons (2.42 billion catties) from 2019, an increase of 0.9%. Among them, the wheat output was 1.3168 million tons (263.4 billion catties), an increase of 756,000 tons (1.51 billion catties) from 2019, an increase of 0.6%.