National Field Meeting in Xinjiang Yili Targets Higher Grain Yields and 100-Billion-Jin Capacity Boost
China held a national on-site meeting in Yili, Xinjiang, to advance large-scale grain and oilseed yield increases. The meeting outlined steps to integrate high-standard farmland, improved seeds, machinery, and farming methods, while addressing weather and pest risks. It also reaffirmed the goal of adding 100 billion jin to national grain production capacity under the new round of the action plan.
A national on-site meeting on large-scale yield improvement for grain and oilseed crops was recently held in Yili, Xinjiang. The meeting stressed the need to maintain a firm grip on grain production, promote yield increases on a broader scale and to higher standards, and integrate high-standard farmland, improved seeds, machinery, and farming methods for greater combined efficiency. It called for continued efforts to tap the potential for higher yields, providing solid support for national food security.
The meeting emphasized anchoring the targets of the new round of the action plan to raise grain production capacity by 100 billion jin. It urged participants to address current tasks while looking ahead to the 15th Five-Year Plan period, focusing on weaknesses that constrain large-scale yield gains. Efforts should coordinate the development of technology-driven, green, quality, and brand-oriented agriculture, and balance output with capacity, production with ecology, and increased yields with higher incomes. The meeting also called for higher-level integration of good farmland, seeds, machinery, and methods, and for leveraging the role of industry expert teams, science and technology task forces, and agricultural technicians. It stressed stronger technological support services, closer vertical coordination and horizontal collaboration, and concrete progress in large-scale yield improvement to ensure stable and secure supplies of grain and key agricultural products.
The meeting also required close monitoring of meteorological risks such as autumn typhoons, lingering hot weather, and torrential rain and flooding, as well as crop pests including migratory rice planthoppers and southern corn rust. It called for strengthened monitoring and early warning, advance preparedness and response, and enhanced field management to secure a full autumn harvest and a bumper grain output for the year.