Sinograin invests 13.4 billion yuan to improve grain safety management

“To address the shortfall in central grain reserve warehouse capacity and ease the contradictions in grain purchase and storage, with state support Sinograin will arrange this year a total of 22.8 billion jin of various types of central grain reserve warehouse construction, with planned investment of 10 billion yuan; and major repairs and maintenance of existing old warehouses for 130 billion jin, with planned investment of 3.4 billion yuan, involving 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. The aim is to raise the level of grain safety management by stepping up warehouse construction.” a relevant person in charge of Sinograin told reporters on June 30.

A relevant person in charge of Sinograin said that this year Sinograin's warehouse construction effort is unprecedented, with a construction scale several times that of previous years: reserve warehouse construction of 21.1 billion jin, cooperative warehouse construction of 700 million jin, and modern grain logistics projects of 1 billion jin. A total of 185 projects are arranged. Sinograin requires all provinces to follow the special standards for major national projects, open green channels and work together to build the warehouses well.