China checks land for biofuel on food worries http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSPEK15413320071213?sp=true
Thu Dec 13, 2007
By Niu Shuping
BEIJING, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Beijing has launched an investigation into how much land it can afford to use for biofuel crops amid worries over food supply fuelled by surges in international grains prices.
China, already the world's third largest ethanol producer, has already stopped building new biofuel plants, which would use food crops such as corn or wheat, in the past year. http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSPEK15413320071213?sp=true