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95%
China, the world's most populous nation, will remain 95 percent self-sufficient in grain in the future by expanding both output and reserves, according to the National Development and Reform Commission. The department said fodder grain and oil-bearing crops such as soybeans are in short supply and future constraint is unavoidable.
3.3 trillion yuan
China Railway Group raised 3.3 trillion yuan ($445.95 billion) in its yuan-denominated A-share market initial public offering--the biggest on record and tantamount to nearly one third of the GDP in the first half of this year. |