CHINA will continue to develop liquid biological fuel to ensure food security, Chen Deming, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission, said yesterday.

China will discontinue to use maize but turn to non-food crops, such as sweet sorghum, to produce liquid bio-fuel, including ethanol and bio-diesel, Chen said. Most of these non-food crops grow in salina and barren hills and land, which are not suitable for growing grain crops, he said.