China to strengthen BRI cotton cooperation By ZHAO YIMENG | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-04-19 08:59 Share CLOSE A loader moves seed cotton at a cotton ginning mill in Bachu county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, this month. CAI ZENGLE/FOR CHINA DAILY
China will strengthen cooperation in the cotton industry with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) to reduce reliance on imported cotton from the United States and Australia, a senior academic with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences said recently.
Li Fuguang, head of the academy s Institute of Cotton Research, said Central Asia s great potential in cotton production will help meet import demand of 2 million metric tons based on China s clothing textile needs and cotton production.
China to strengthen BRI cotton cooperation
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