An aerial drone photo taken on March 19, 2025 shows drones working at a canola field in Shangbai Village, Deqing County of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Xie Shangguo/Xinhua)

　　BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- A latest report projects systemic breakthroughs in China's new quality productive forces in terms of agriculture over the next decade, with grain yield per unit area expected to increase by 7.8 percent.

　　The China Agricultural Outlook Report (2025-2034), released at the 2025 Agricultural Outlook Conference held at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) in Beijing on Sunday, reviewed China's agricultural market performance in 2024 and forecast production, consumption, trade and price trends for major farm products in the course of the next decade.

　　The report highlighted structural optimization in China's agricultural supply during 2024 -- marked by steady modernization progress and quality development. Notable achievements included enhanced supply of green and high-quality products, with 139,000 new crop germplasm resources collected, 1.07 million livestock genetic materials preserved, and 120,000 aquatic genetic materials documented.

　　Agricultural technology and infrastructure continued to strengthen in 2024, contributing more than 63 percent to productivity growth, the report said. High-quality crop variety coverage exceeded 96 percent, while comprehensive mechanization reached 75.4 percent. Over 5.33 million hectares of high-standard farmland were newly developed or upgraded, bringing total coverage to 66.67 million hectares.