1. Its infrastructure and agricultural base have been substantially upgraded and there is a surplus of animal products and grain.
2. China's grain exports saw surprising high growth last year due to surplus stock at home and rising international prices.
3. The government will continue to purchase surplus grain from farmers at protective prices without any limit.
4. It is an effective way of putting surplus grain to other use.
5. But not all grain can be sold and years of bumper harvests have accumulated huge amounts of stored surplus.