China's food demand expanding, production needs to be strengthened, official says

BEIJING, Feb 24 (Reuters) - China's food demand is still expanding and efforts to boost food production need to be strengthened, Han Wenxiu, an official from China's Central Rural Work Leading Group told a news conference on Monday.

"More than 1.4 billion of us want to eat, and we want to eat better and better," he said, adding that people now ate meat, eggs and milk in greater volumes than before.