USDA/FAS GAIN Report Number: CH6049

Biofuels, an alternative future for China's agriculture
Kevin Latner, Caleb O'Kray, Junyang Jiang

Report Highlights

Ethanol production in 2005 was approximately 920,000 metric tons (MT), with a production capacity of 1,020,000. Biodiesel production totaled between 100,000 and 200,000 MT. China’s current biofuel development policies are to increase ethanol production to nearly 4 million MT by 2010 and meet 15 percent of China’s transportation energy needs by 2020. The ability of China to meet these objectives depends on competing uses of inputs, including corn, wheat, rice, sugar, cassava, sweet sorghum and oilseeds, and outputs, including sweetener, and alcohol.

Full report: http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200608/146208740.pdf