* Investment in agricultural science and technology accounted for just 0.36
per cent of agricultural GDP in China in 1996, one-sixth of that in
developed countries. It is also lower than the 0.65 per cent recorded in
the 1980's. On average, State financial investment fell by 0.8 per cent a
year during the 1985-95 period. The government should increase the
investment by eight per cent annually to achieve the ambitious goal of
making China self-sufficient in food by 2030, when the population is
expected to reach 1.6 billion.