Province aims to keep farm incomes growing

CHANGCHUN - The government of Jilin province in Northeast China, one of the country's top grain producers, is aiming to help its farmers increase their incomes by 12 percent after a 20 percent growth last year.

Farmers' per capita net income is expected to reach 8,288 yuan ($1,315) this year, the 12th consecutive annual increase, a top provincial official said on Friday.

Wang Shouchen, deputy governor of Jilin province, said on the sidelines of the annual session of the Jilin people's congress that farmers should be rewarded for agricultural improvements and the local government will spare no efforts to increase their income and boost agricultural production.