Despite bumper harvests in recent years, officials and experts warn that China's grain security still faces potential risks as over 35m metric tonnes of grain are wasted each year from poor storage and transportation, Global Times and China Daily report.
The government says it will have 75 million metric tons of grain stocks by June, but state-run warehouses have a capacity of no more than 63 million metric tons.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Soviet Union harvested a bumper grain crop this year of 235-240 million metric tons, up over 10 percent from last year's 210 million metric tons.