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"China's grain stock capacity has surged to 100 times that of 1949. In 2013, the country had about 19,000 grain storage companies with total capacity of over 300 million tons. We have built a national grain storage network based on four logistics hubs in Liaoning, Guangdong, Shanghai and Zhejiang, with granaries all around the country."

REN ZHENGXIAO, director of the State Administration of Grain, speaking on China's pursuit of self-sufficiency on food security.