The strong government support and investment will help maintain the trend, the report said.

"The top priority in the future is to guarantee full self-sufficiency in wheat and rice," Vice-Minister of Agriculture Chen Xiaohua said at the conference.

Chen emphasized that agricultural technology innovation and mechanization will further increase farm output in China.

Questions:

1. What is the name of the report issued Sunday by the Agricultural Information Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences?

2. How many tons of the three main crops will be needed to feed the nation by 2023?

3. What was the nation's grain output in 2013?

Answers:

1. China Agricultural Outlook 2017-23.

2. 596 million tons.

3. It exceeded 602 million tons.

About the broadcaster:

Anne Ruisi is an editor at China Daily online with more than 30 years of experience as a newspaper editor and reporter. She has worked at newspapers in the U.S., including The Birmingham News in Alabama and City Newspaper of Rochester, N.Y.

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