China News Service, February 29. According to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, on February 29, the National Bureau of Statistics released the 2023 National Economic and Social Development Statistical Bulletin.
The annual grain planting area was 118.97 million hectares, an increase of 640,000 hectares over the previous year.
Among them, the rice planting area was 28.95 million hectares, a decrease of 0.5 million hectares; the wheat planting area was 23.63 million hectares, an increase of 110,000 hectares; the corn planting area was 44.22 million hectares, an increase of 1.15 million hectares; the soybean planting area was 10.47 million hectares, an increase of 230,000 hectares.
The cotton planting area was 2.79 million hectares, a decrease of 210,000 hectares.
The oil planting area was 13.92 million hectares, an increase of 780,000 hectares.
The sugar planting area was 1.42 million hectares, a decrease of 30,000 hectares.
The annual grain output was 695.41 million tons, an increase of 8.88 million tons or 1.3% over the previous year.
Among them, the output of summer grain was 146.15 million tons, a decrease of 0.8%; the output of early rice was 28.34 million tons, an increase of 0.8%; and the output of autumn grain was 520.92 million tons, an increase of 1.9%.
Cereal output was 641.43 million tons, an increase of 1.3% over the previous year.
Among them, rice output was 206.6 million tons, a decrease of 0.9%; wheat output was 136.59 million tons, a decrease of 0.8%; corn output was 288.84 million tons, an increase of 4.2%.
Soybean output was 20.84 million tons, an increase of 2.8%.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics website
The annual cotton output was 5.62 million tons, a decrease of 6.1% from the previous year.
Oil production was 38.64 million tons, an increase of 5.7%.
Sugar production was 115.04 million tons, an increase of 2.4%.
Tea output was 3.55 million tons, an increase of 6.1%.
The annual output of pork, beef, mutton and poultry was 96.41 million tons, an increase of 4.5% over the previous year.
Among them, the output of pork was 57.94 million tons, an increase of 4.6%; the output of beef was 7.53 million tons, an increase of 4.8%; the output of mutton was 5.31 million tons, an increase of 1.3%; and the output of poultry was 25.63 million tons, an increase of 4.9%.
The output of poultry and eggs was 35.63 million tons, an increase of 3.1%.
Milk production was 41.97 million tons, an increase of 6.7%.
The number of live pigs at the end of the year was 434.22 million, a decrease of 4.1% from the end of the previous year; the number of live pigs sold throughout the year was 726.62 million, an increase of 3.8% from the previous year.
The total output of aquatic products for the year was 71 million tons, an increase of 3.4% over the previous year.
Among them, aquaculture production was 58.12 million tons, an increase of 4.4%; fishing production was 12.88 million tons, a decrease of 1.0%.
The annual timber output was 119.44 million cubic meters, down 2.0% from the previous year.
Throughout the year, 5.74 million hectares of high-standard farmland were newly built, renovated and upgraded, and 1.64 million hectares of new high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area were added.