[Explanation] Li Heyue, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a famous water conservancy expert, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency in Changchun recently that the Northeast could add another 20 million mu of arable land to China.
The total area of black land in Northeast China is 1.0875 million square kilometers.
Over the past few decades, after continuous development, the area of arable land here has increased from 383 million mu in the early days to 562 million mu now, and the grain output accounts for 1/4 of the country's total grain output.
China's "Third National Land Survey Bulletin" shows that the area of arable land in the country is 1.918 billion mu, which is 113 million mu less than the area in the second national land survey, while the cultivated land area in Northeast China has increased by 55 million mu during the same period. .
[Concurrent] Li Heyue, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Under the condition that our northeastern region increased by 55 million mu, the whole country decreased by 113 million mu.
Except for the Northeast region, how much has the cultivated land area decreased by 168 million mu?
So the number is very huge.
[Explanation] Li Heyue is currently the deputy chief engineer of the Songliao Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources and the first national specially invited natural resources inspector.
Since being elected as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Li Heyue has carried out a lot of research on the vast black land in Northeast China, and the proposals on black land protection, nature reserve construction, water conservancy construction, ecological governance and other aspects have been implemented.
Li Heyue's investigation found that the Songnen Plain is one of the few areas in China with more reserve arable land resources.
[Concurrent] Li Heyue, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
The Songnen Plain should now say that the potential for new arable land may be the largest in the country. According to the information we have, there are still about 20 million mu of saline-alkali wasteland to be reclaimed in the Songnen Plain.
Only through some of our water conservancy measures can these saline-alkali land be reclaimed.
[Explanation] Li Heyue said that when the amount of available water resources in the Songnen Plain has been basically allocated, the transit water resources of the surrounding rivers in the Northeast can be introduced through the water diversion project.
However, the construction of long-distance water diversion projects requires large engineering investment.
In response to this problem, Li Heyue said that some places, especially municipalities directly under the Central Government and eastern provinces, are developing rapidly, and it is unsustainable to implement the balance of cultivated land occupation and compensation within the region. "Cultivated Land Indicators" can be traded across provinces under the overall planning of the state.
Li Heyue suggested that China should give priority to the newly reclaimed arable land in the Songnen Plain for national coordination of supplementary arable land across provinces.
[Concurrent] Li Heyue, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
These provinces in the northeastern region have newly added arable land, and many southern provinces need land for development and construction, but they have not added arable land. We follow the policy of arable land protection to "take advantage of the best and make up for the best."
If you occupy one mu of high-quality arable land, you have to make up for one mu of high-quality arable land.
If the national policy cannot be implemented, you can purchase additional cultivated land quotas across provinces.
Reporter Lv Shengnan Guo Jia reported from Changchun
Responsible editor: [Lu Yan]