Rising demand in industrial and food industries has led to increasing imports of corn, wheat, soybeans

China's hunger for protein food has pushed the country to import more foreign grain, ensuring supplies for its booming animal feed processing industry to produce enough meat, eggs and milk to satisfy its growing population.

Led by the Chinese government's self-sufficiency policy for grain security, China's grain imports, including corn, wheat and soybeans, were limited before China loosened its restraints on foreign grain in 2001.