date:Dec 26, 2013
China will stick with policies to maintain food self-sufficiency and protect farmland from urban encroachment, dampening speculation that new reforms would give the market a bigger say in food supply and rural development.
A meeting of the ruling Communist Party attended by President Xi Jinping said China would continue to ensure that at least 1.8 billion mu (120 million hectares) of rural land would be reserved for agricultural use, a policy known as the red line, China Central Television (CCT