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Beijing targets farm infrastructure upgrades to over 30 million hectares

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China’s farmland is shaping up as Beijing's next major infrastructure investment target.
On Sunday, the Party Central Committee and the State Council released a plan to upgrade more than 30 million hectares (455 million mu) of "permanent basic farmland" into "high-standard farmland" by 2035.

The pl...