China News Service, February 22. Tang Renjian, director of the Central Agricultural Affairs Office and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, stated on the 22nd that my country’s grain harvest has been bumper every year and the society’s stocks are currently very abundant.
China's food security is completely guaranteed, and it has the ability to secure its own jobs.
Data map: Farmers are harvesting grain.
Photo by Wan Xiaolian
The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the 22nd to introduce the situation of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization and accelerating agricultural and rural modernization, and answer reporters’ questions.
At the meeting, a reporter asked: Food prices generally rose last year, and many countries in the world have tightened their "grain bags". The society is very concerned about food security. What is the current food security situation in my country?
What measures are there to ensure food security this year?
Tang Renjian said that in recent years, my country's grain harvest has been bumper every year. Last year, it reached 1,339 billion catties, a record high, an increase of more than 10 billion catties over the previous year.
The inventory of the whole society is currently very abundant.
China's food security is completely guaranteed, and it has the ability to secure its own jobs.
In response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic last year, grain and important agricultural and sideline products were produced, supplied, and sold well, and withstood a big test.
Tang Renjian pointed out that it should also be noted that my country's food supply and demand is not wide and it has always been in a tightly balanced state.
In the future, with the growth of population, especially the upgrading of consumption, the demand for food will increase rigidly.
At the same time, coupled with the uncertainty and instability of the external situation, it has also increased significantly.
"On the issue of food security, we must not take it lightly for a moment, and we must also make the safety factor as high as possible, produce as much grain as possible, and store more grain. We will respond with the certainty of stable domestic production and supply. The uncertainty of the external environment makes it possible to truly have food in hand and not panic in the heart." Tang Renjian said.
Tang Renjian said that to ensure food security, the focus is to do a good job in "two Tibet", "having grain in the ground and storing grain in technology, this is the material basis for ensuring national food security. Cultivated land is the lifeblood of food production, if the skin does not exist. Grain will be attached. In the next step, we will take hard measures to “grow teeth”, implement the most stringent farmland protection system, resolutely curb the “non-agriculturalization” of farmland and prevent the “non-grainization” of farmland, and firmly hold 1.8 billion mu The red line of arable land, while ensuring that 1.55 billion mu of permanent basic farmland is mainly planted with annual crops such as food, melons and vegetables.
In addition, it is necessary to ensure that the planned 1.075 billion mu of high-standard farmland will be built, and efforts must be made to grow food.
Tang Renjian said that high-standard farmland is a key way to improve soil fertility and increase yield. Specifically, it is to improve the standards and quality of construction to ensure that it can produce 1,000 jin in one season and 1 ton of grain in two seasons. This is a high standard.
At the same time, we should protect and make good use of the giant pandas in the cultivated land of black land, especially the large granary in the northeast.
Tang Renjian believes that the fundamental way to increase grain production in the next step is to rely on science and technology for yields and benefits, insist on self-reliance and self-reliance in agricultural science and technology, determined to fight for the seed industry, and use modern agricultural technology and material equipment to strengthen food security support.
Tang Renjian proposed that it is necessary to establish a mechanism guarantee of "two supplements", "complemented by benefits and supplemented by justice."
"Supplement with benefits" is to allow farmers to make more money from growing grain, and to be able to make more profits. We must adhere to and improve agricultural price and subsidy policies in terms of policy measures.
"Supplement with justice" is to consolidate the obligations and responsibilities of local party committees and governments on food security. Therefore, this Central Rural Work Conference and Document No. 1 both specify that the next step is to implement the same responsibility of the party and government for food security. It is the governor's responsibility system.
Through these efforts, we will ensure that the sown area and output of grain in various provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) can remain stable and continue to increase if conditions permit.
Tang Renjian said that in order to ensure supply, we must not only guarantee quantity, but also consider guaranteeing diversity and quality in the next step, because guaranteeing diversity and quality at the same time not only meets the needs of market consumption, but also increases farmers' income and improves agricultural efficiency.
Therefore, the article on the structural reform of the agricultural supply side must continue to be deep, detailed, and solid, and further adjust and optimize the agricultural production structure, including the regional layout and product structure, and promote the cultivation of varieties, quality improvement, brand building and Standardized production allows more varieties of agricultural products, better quality, smoother sales and better benefits, and better meets the diverse consumer needs of urban and rural residents.