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Abstract
China’s grain production grew more or less continuously, despite fluctuations, over the period 1949 to 2014 (see Fig. 6.1). If we take 50 million tonnes (1 trillion jin) as a step, then China has taken 10 steps upward over this 65-year period. China’s total grain yield in 1949 was 113 million tonnes, up to 150 million tonnes (one step) by 1952, 200 million tonnes (two steps) by 1958, 250 million tonnes (three steps) by 1971, 300 million tonnes (four steps) by 1978, 350 million tonnes (five steps) by 1982, 400 million tonnes (six steps) by 1989, 450 million tonnes (seven steps) by 1995, 500 million tonnes (eight steps) by 1996, 550 million tonnes (nine steps) by 2011, and 600 million tonnes (10 steps) by 2013.
Fig. 6.1
Changes to grain yields in China, 1949–2014 (million tonnes)
