(XU NIZHI)

Director General of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Jose Graziano da Silva delivers a speech during the 40th anniversary of cooperation between China and the FAO in Rome, Italy, on December 2.

According to FAO figures, about 114 million people in China have been lifted out of hunger since 1990, accounting for nearly two thirds of the total 173 million worldwide.

The FAO has provided technical support to projects in China and a new five-year China-FAO cooperation plan is being discussed.