date:Sep 24, 2013
its land. Demand for food is rising as incomes rise.
The 50-year plan was mainly aimed at growing crops and raising pigs, the Hong Kong newspaper said, citing a statement from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC).
In 2009, China had a total of just over 2 million hectares of farming land abroad, the newspaper said, quoting an agriculture expert.
A spokesman at the government-linked XPCC said he was not aware of the statement and did not immediately respond to a request from R