By Zhao Huanxin (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-07-13 09:45

Another 13.3 million hectares that had been abandoned for various reasons can also be reclaimed, he said.

Over the five years since 2000, China added an average of 285,300 hectares of arable land each year through various means, Xu said.

"What is crucial is that construction should, as much as possible, not be on farmland, and if it must, it should use as little land as possible."

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