Less arable land reported in Zhejiang (6/7)

Photo taken on April 14, 2014 shows farmers working in the farmland beside the new residential buildings in Zhuji City, east China's Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang saw less arable land while more land for construction in recent years, according to the latest statistics released on the occasion of the 24th National Land Day of China, which falls on June 25 every year. The per-capita arable land area in the province had shrank to 0.56 mu (0.04 hectares) by the end of 2009, about one-third of that of the whole nation, the statistics showed. (Xinhua/Tan Jin)