While China boosts domestic food production, food imports will remain a critical part of Chinese consumers' diets, writes Jikun Huang (Peking University)
In the long run, UN experts see China's population shrinking by 109 million by 2050, more than three times the decline of their previous forecast in 2019.
The growth rate of China s total population has slowed significantly and is expected to enter a negative growth during the current 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25).