Summer grain output tops last year's

Summer grain output hit a record high of 136.60 million metric tons in China this year, up 3.6 percent from last year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.

The total planting area for summer grain crops expanded 0.1 percent from the previous year to 27.6 million hectares, the NBS data showed.

China's summer grain crops, mainly wheat and early-season rice, usually account for about 20 percent of its annual grain output. Autumn grain crops, which include corn and middle- and late-season rice, account for 80 percent.