Published: 8:00am, 23 May, 2018 Updated: 10:35pm, 23 May, 2018
Chinese authorities in Inner Mongolia , Jilin and neighboring provinces have called on soyabean farmers to urgently increase planting , as the country takes its first steps towards reducing its heavy reliance on imports . The move comes despite a recent rapprochement in a trade row with the US , with China renewing a deal to buy from American farmers . exports make up two - thirds of US agricultural exports to the Far East . China 's demand for the pork , particularly from pork farmers , has reached levels where the government said it needs to diversify from major suppliers overseas and the US .