China: Woman tractor driver depicted in a 1964 poster

Agriculture is a vital industry in China, employing over 300 million farmers. China ranks first in worldwide farm output, primarily producing rice, wheat, potatoes, tomato, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed and soybeans.

Although accounting for only 10 percent of arable land worldwide, it produces food for 20 percent of the world's population.

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