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China is confident the country's "rice bowl" will be firmly held in its own hands.
An industry report says China will remain self-sufficient in producing its main food crops, and food consumption will have guaranteed safety by the end of the next decade.

Compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture, the annual Agricultural Outlook Report forecasts demand and trade of major agricultural products in China over the next ten years to provide guidance to markets, and take the initiative to react to changes in international markets.

The report says China's agricultural production will keep stable development; supply and demand of the market will remain balanced, and agricultural consumption will grow fast over the next decade.

China will accelerate agricultural modernization to raise quality and efficiency of agriculture and continue to transform the pattern of agricultural development to attain intensive and sustainable growth.

China has made great progress in rural development last year with grain output growing for the 11th year consecutive year last year, reaching 607 million tons.