China breaks its previous world record in cotton production

China's cotton production has been increased to almost eight times of its previous world record, which was over 100 kg per mu (1 hectare equals to 15 mu).

"The output, 838.31 kg per mu has surpassed the former world record by over 100 kg per mu," Li Xueyuan, Deputy Director of the Cash Crop Research Institute under the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences told state run Xinhua news agency.

The record was achieved on an experimental field in the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang through the use of new varieties of cotton and quantitative management methods, Li said.

Xinjiang, the largest cotton producer in China, is expected to reach 3.2 million tonnes in cotton output for 2012 on an area of 24.7 million mu, accounting for half of the national yield.