Campaign Launched Promoting Agricultural Products Industry

To raise farmer incomes and promote exports, the Chinese government has launched a six-year campaign to develop the agricultural produce processing industry, according to Xinhuanet.

The campaign would help create 1 million jobs a year and increase the per capita income of Chinese farmers by 20 yuan a year, said Liu Jian, vice-minister of agriculture, on March 1.

The ministry will invest in farm produce processing, packaging and storage standards. Over the last 10 years, the countrys farm produce processing industry has grown at a rate of 8.6 percent annually. Output reached 3.1 trillion yuan (US$0.37 tillion) last year.