People's Daily Online, Beijing, March 3 1 Sunday: "There are many favorable factors for wheat planting in China this year, and the sown area, unit yield and output are expected to achieve a' qi increase' and a bumper harvest is in sight." Wang Xiaohui, chief analyst of the National Grain and Oil Information Center, said when introducing the wheat market at the press conference.

Wang Xiaohui introduced that China's annual wheat output is between 65.438+0.25 billion tons and 65.438+0.35 billion tons. In 2020, the total domestic wheat output will be 65.438+0.34 billion tons, an increase of 655,000 tons year-on-year, which is at a historical high level. In recent 20 years, China's annual wheat import fluctuated greatly, from 43,000 tons (in 2008) to 8.38 million tons (in 2020), with an average import of 2.65 million tons. In 2020, the import volume will reach the largest since China joined the WTO.

Current situation of wheat development in China

Wheat is the main food crop in China after rice. Over the years, its planting area accounts for 22-30% of the total cultivated land and 20-27% of the total grain crops, which are distributed all over the country.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture of China, since 20 16, the sown area of wheat in China has been decreasing rapidly. In 2020, the sown area of wheat in China will be 23,380 thousand hectares, a year-on-year decrease of 1.5%.

Refer to the above? People's Daily Online-The wheat planting area and output are expected to increase simultaneously this year.