The central government has allocated 21.4 billion yuan in subsidies for improved crop varieties in 2014.

Recently, the central government allocated 700 million yuan for subsidies for improved varieties of crops in 2014, which is mainly used for subsidies for improved varieties of peanuts in 12 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), including Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Chongqing, Sichuan, Gansu, and Heilongjiang reclamation areas, and to support pilot subsidies for improved varieties of sugarcane in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region. Guide and encourage farmers to use fine varieties of crops in agricultural production and improve the output and quality of agricultural products. Up to now, the central government has allocated 21.445 billion yuan in subsidies for improved varieties of crops in 2014, realizing the national coverage of crops such as rice, wheat, corn and cotton this year, with full coverage of soybeans and highland barley in the main producing areas, and rape in the main producing areas of winter rape in the Yangtze River valley. Subsidies for improved varieties of peanuts are implemented in 12 provinces (autonomous regions), and subsidies for improved varieties of potatoes are implemented in 14 major producing provinces (autonomous regions and cities).

In recent years, the annual subsidy for improved varieties of crops allocated by the central government has been stable at more than 20 billion yuan, effectively popularizing the laws on improved varieties of crops, and effectively promoting a steady increase in grain production and a sustained increase in farmers' income. it has become a major policy to support agriculture to enhance the comprehensive production capacity of grain.