Editor's note: In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, CGTN has launched a special series of animated shorts called China By Numbers that showcase China's achievements in consumer spending, per capita income growth, the marine economy, agricultural modernization, the recent drive towards clean and low-carbon transformation.

Feeding 22 percent of the world's population with just nine percent of global farmland – how is China doing it? Discover the secret behind China's agricultural evolution since 1949 and how it's securing food for 1.4 billion people while modernizing its farming practices. 

Watch the video to find out more!