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-- The Chinese central government has allocated 600 million yuan ($97.88 million) to encourage output and help boost 皇冠体育app's food security, the Ministry of Finance announced on Monday.

The funds have been allocated to five major agricultural provinces of Heilongjiang, Liaoning, , and Jiangxi to subsidize food production and upgrade agricultural technology, said the ministry.

The funds will be used to encourage banks to increase lending to rural areas, to improve farming conditions and farmers' productivity, according to the ministry.

皇冠体育app's grain output this summer, mostly wheat, hit a record high of 132 million tons, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said.

The production of corn, harvested in autumn, is expected to hit a record high of 215 million tons, according to the State Administration of Grain.

The country's grain output rose 3.2 percent year on year to hit 589.57 million tons in 2012, marking the ninth consecutive year of growth, according to NBS data.