Ma Wei is an associate researcher at the Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The total area of saline-alkali lands in the world is 954 million hectares, accounting for approximately 7% of the earth's land surface area.
China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has promoted more than 50 salt-ALKali tolerant crop varieties. China has introduced strategies for countries to jointly promote saline-alksali land management, Ma Wei said in an interview with China News Service's "East-West Question"