Farming sector vulnerable: vice-premier

Vice-Premier Wen Jiabao has warned that China's agricultural market remains vulnerable, despite the fact imports of foreign farm products did not cause great damage last year, according to a report in the People's Daily. Mr Wen reminded cadres at a national agriculture conference last month that the farming sector would have been in trouble had output by foreign producers not been lower than normal, it said. 'We must not be complacent,' Mr Wen was quoted as saying. '[We will face] greater pressure and challenges in the future.'