date:Jun 19, 2014
range of agricultural products. Rising wealth has increased demand for high-protein food such as meat, while the country is also putting a greater focus on food safety afer a series of scares in recent years.
Ding's comments follows aggressive acquisitions by Chinese companies in the food sector. China's largest grain trader COFCO Corp earlier this year agreed to buy majority stakes in Noble Group Ltd's agribusiness and Dutch trader Nidera.
Late last year, Chinese meat producer Shuanghui Inte