China to bolster agriculture and food security, annual plan says

Policy guideline focuses on self-sufficiency to counter potential trade disruptions

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The State Council's annual rural policy blueprint outlined plans to improve rewards and subsidy systems for major grain-producing areas, state news agency Xinhua reported. © Reuters

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -- China will deepen its rural reforms as part of efforts to revitalise the agricultural sector and bolster food security in the face of U.S. tariffs, an economic slowdown and climate change, state media reported on Sunday, citing a rural policy document.

The State Council's annual rural policy blueprint, known as the "No.1 document," outlined plans to improve rewards and subsidy systems for major grain-producing areas, promoting the industrialisation of biotech cultivation among other measures, state news agency Xinhua reported.

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