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: In 2023, China's grain output will be 1,390.82 billion jins, an increase of 17.76 billion jins over the previous year, setting a new record high and stabilizing at more than 1.3 trillion jins for nine consecutive years.
Question 1: my country imports a large amount of grain. How to reduce the import of soybean meal for feed?
Chen Bangxun, Director of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
: China will import 160 million tons of grain in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 11.7%.
The annual import volume of (soybeans) was 99.41 million tons, an increase of 11.4% over the previous year, accounting for more than 60% of all grain imports.
In recent years, with the increase in livestock and poultry raising, the consumption of soybean meal for feed has continued to increase, becoming one of the important factors driving soybean imports.
(The next step will be) to develop and utilize other sources of protein feed, increase the supply of high-quality forage, and continue to promote grain saving and consumption reduction in livestock and poultry breeding.
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2: What is the food security situation in China?
Chen Bangxun, Director of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
: (China) per capita grain occupancy exceeds 490 kilograms, which is higher than the international food security standard line of 400 kilograms per capita.
my country's grain inventory-to-consumption ratio is much higher than the 17%-18% safety level proposed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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3: How to consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation in 2024?
Deng Xiaogang, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs:
(2024) In terms of employment, we will carry out in-depth efforts to prevent people from returning to poverty through employment, strengthen labor cooperation between the east and the west, and make good use of employment assistance workshops, public welfare positions, work-for-relief and other channels to ensure that people who have been lifted out of poverty are employed. The employment scale has stabilized at more than 30 million people.
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4: The Spring Festival is coming, what is the current supply situation of “vegetable basket” products across the country?
Lei Liugong, Director of the Market and Information Technology Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs:
The total supply of "vegetable basket" products during the Spring Festival is guaranteed.
According to monitoring and dispatching, the country's meat, egg and milk production capacity will be sufficient in the first quarter of 2024. The area of vegetable fields increased steadily in January, and the foundation for ensuring the supply of "vegetable basket" products is very solid.
△On the morning of January 23, 2024, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the agricultural and rural economic operations in 2023 and answer reporters’ questions.
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5: What are the next steps for the industrialization of genetically modified genes?
Pan Wenbo, Director of the Planting Industry Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Affairs (the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs) recently approved some genetically modified corn and soybean varieties and issued genetically modified corn and soybean seed production and operation licenses to 26 companies.
(The next step will be) to advance relevant work in a prudent and orderly manner under the premise of strict supervision and strict risk control.
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6: With the current price of live pigs at a low level, how will the supply of live pig products be ensured?
Lei Liugong, Director of the Department of Market and Information Technology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs:
(The next step will be to) optimize pig production capacity control measures, implement local responsibilities for stable pig production and supply, stabilize long-term support policies for land, environmental protection, finance, etc., and urge timely adoption of subsidies , credit, interest discounts and other policy measures to keep pig production capacity in a reasonable area.
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7: How to promote nutritious and healthy food consumption among urban and rural residents?
Lei Liugong, Director of the Department of Market and Information Technology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
: Unbalanced and inadequate nutrition is common among urban and rural residents in China, which can be summarized as one "more" and one "less".
One "too much" means eating too much edible vegetable oils. At present, the per capita cooking oil consumption in my country exceeds the scientific dietary recommendations by more than 40%.
One "less" is the insufficient intake of healthy foods such as milk and dairy products, soybeans and soy products. At present, my country's per capita annual milk consumption is only one-third of the world average and one-half of the Asian average.
(Reporters Qian Jingtong and Yue)