China backs global food ties

LANZHOU - China is enhancing agricultural cooperation with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, expecting to make a greater contribution to global agricultural development and economic growth.

"China will offer policy and financial support to food trade and infrastructure construction, aiming at encouraging Chinese grain enterprises to cooperate with BRI countries," said Zhang Wufeng, head of the State Grain and Reserves Administration, at a recent international food cooperation forum in Lanzhou in Northwest China's Gansu province.

During the forum, Gansu reached agreements with Azerbaijan and Belarus to import quality wheat from Belarus and export its potatoes and olive oil to Azerbaijan.