Farmers harvest wheat in a field in Fanzhuang Village, Shangtun Town, Shangqiu City, central China's Henan Province, June 4, 2026. /VCG
China has seen another bumper summer grain harvest in 2026, with the total output topping 150 million tonnes for the first time, official data showed Friday.
The country's summer grain output totaled 150.75 million tonnes this year, up 0.7%, or 1 million tonnes, year on year, according to a survey by the National Bureau of Statistics.
China's summer grain sown area remained basically stable at 26.53 million hectares, slightly down 0.2% from last year. Of this total, more than 23 million hectares of wheat were sown, down 0.3% year on year.
The output per hectare reached 5,681.6 kilograms, an increase of 0.8% from last year, according to the bureau.
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