China News Agency, Beijing, September 5 (Reporter Chen Su) Zhang Wufeng, director of China's State Bureau of Grain and Material Reserves, stated on the 5th that China will accelerate the construction of a higher-level, higher-quality, more efficient, and more sustainable national grain. The security guarantee system effectively holds the initiative in food security and firmly holds the jobs of 1.4 billion Chinese people in their own hands.
From the 2nd to the 7th, the China International Service Trade Fair (referred to as the "Service Trade Fair") was held in Beijing, during which Zhang Wufeng attended the 2021 Modern Food Supply Chain Development and Investment International Forum and delivered a speech.
Zhang Wufeng said that China regards the protection of national food security as the country’s biggest and top priority. It uses 9% of the world’s arable land and 6% of freshwater resources to feed nearly 20% of the population. Sustainable development of the poverty reduction goal has achieved a major historical change from inadequate food to adequate food and clothing, from under-eating to full-fledged food and pursuing good food.
"As the global epidemic fluctuates and the world economy is in a difficult recovery situation, food security has attracted much attention, and the stability of the supply chain is of paramount importance." Zhang Wufeng said that China will base itself on the new development stage, coordinate development and security, and accelerate in the new pattern. To build a higher-level, higher-quality, more efficient, and more sustainable national food security system, we will adhere to a domestic basis, build a solid foundation for the resilience of the food supply chain, vigorously implement the national food security strategy, and fully implement the " "To the ground, store food in technology", to ensure that the grain is basically self-sufficient, the ration is absolutely safe, and the initiative of food security is effectively held, and the rice bowl of 1.4 billion Chinese people is firmly in their own hands.
Zhang Wufeng said that China will grasp the key link in the resilience of the food supply chain, deepen the supply of high-quality food, promote technological innovation, product innovation, equipment innovation and model innovation, and accelerate the promotion of the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and other new-generation information technologies and the food industry. The in-depth integration of the food industry and the full innovation of the safeguarding role of food security.
Accelerate the legislative process of food security guarantees, build a digital food supervision system, do a good job in grain circulation law enforcement actions, achieve zero tolerance, increase deterrence, and resolutely guard and manage the granary of large countries.
Zhang Wufeng said that China will also deepen international cooperation in the resilience of the food supply chain, carry out various forms of exchanges and cooperation, promote the facilitation of food trade, strengthen the coordination of upstream and downstream supply chains, and support international organizations such as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program. To strengthen information sharing, experience exchange, technical cooperation and policy coordination, and promote the healthy, stable and sustainable development of the international food supply chain.
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