ZHENGZHOU — China's major food-producing province of Henan saw its grain output rose 1.9 percent year-on-year to reach 68.26 million tons this year, according to the Henan Survey Organization with the National Bureau of Statistics.

Major grain products, including wheat, corn and rice, have all achieved an increase in yield.

Henan has sustained bumper harvest for four consecutive years, with the annual grain output surpassing 65 million tons in each of the four year.

This year's record output has been achieved with an increase in the province's grain cultivation area by 4,253 hectares from the previous year and higher per-unit yield, generating an average output of 6,356 kg per hectare, up 118.5 kg from that in 2019.