A four-month national campaign to improve the quality of agriculture products has yielded encouraging results, but challenges remain, a senior official said Tuesday.

Speaking at a press conference organized by the State Council Information Office, Agriculture Vice-Minister Gao Hongbin said: "We have successfully completed our mission to improve quality and safety."

The government launched a campaign in August to crack down on substandard consumer products and improve food safety in the wake of a number of complaints from the domestic and foreign markets.

"But maintaining the quality and safety of agricultural products will be an arduous task," Gao said.

He said uneven regional development and the poor management of agricultural production remain the biggest problems in ensuring product quality.

"Managing 220 million farming families is a lot more difficult than managing say 500 large farms," Gao said.

"As a result, trying to improve the quality of China's agri-products will be a major challenge, and not something that can be achieved with a single campaign."

The government plans to strengthen product inspection procedures and promote the standardization of agricultural practices in order to

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