Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 4 -
Question: "Chinese people's jobs at any time in the end firmly in their own hands" - the story of Xi Jinping priority to food security
Xinhua News Agency reporter Yu Wenjing
"Our generation has more or less memories of not having enough food and being hungry."
"On the food issue, we can't get lucky or toss."
"If rations depend on imports, we will be led by others."
"Even if life gets better day by day, there is no right to waste!"
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On September 2, 2020, farmers in Shanghua Village, Gaoniang Town, Tianzhu County, Guizhou Province were harvesting rice.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Wenbin
The people are the foundation of the country, and the valley is the life of the people.
General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to food security issues.
From time to time, he often uncovered the pots of poor households to understand what the fellow villagers ate; from time to time, he went deep into the fields to observe the growth of the crops and listen to the farmers’ voices; he attached great importance to the problem of food waste, and made several observations Important instructions.
On October 21, 2020, a harvester is harvesting rice in Pizhuang Town, Taierzhuang District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province (photographed by drone).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Xulei
People eat more than the sky
A handful of wheat and a bowl of rice have a special weight in the mind of General Secretary Xi Jinping.
More than 50 years ago, when he jumped into the team in Liangjiahe, Shaanxi, he witnessed the difficulties of the people's livelihood.
Local people often say: "Fatty first month, thin February, half-dead for three or four months." During spring plowing, every family left the only grain for the strong laborers who planted the land, and the mother-in-law took the children out to beg for food.
"I have been a farmer for six or seven years. At that time, I was hungry and asked the people around me, what kind of life do you think is the best? What is the specific goal?" During the National Two Sessions in 2020, I was visiting the economic circles participating in the CPPCC meeting. When serving as a committee member, General Secretary Xi Jinping recalled the hard years of educated youth.
The common people gave him three answers at the time: The first goal is to stop begging for food, and to have a full stomach, even if you eat chafing vegetables; the second goal is to eat pure grains such as sorghum rice and cornmeal; the third goal The goal was unattainable at the time-"Eat fine grains if you want to eat fine grains, and you can often eat meat."
For decades, Xi Jinping has been thinking about the pristine wish of the villagers to "always eat meat".
In Liangjiahe, in order to increase the area of farmland, he led the villagers to build silt dams during the cold winter and the slack season, and every time he took the lead in standing barefoot in the ice to dig ice to clean the foundation of the dam.
When he was the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, he learned that Pingtan’s fishery resources were exhausted and fishermen had difficulty eating, so he immediately summoned civil affairs and other relevant departments to allocate more than 600,000 catties of grain to resolutely not let the people go hungry...
A small corn dumpling, seemingly inconspicuous.
When he jumped in the queue in northern Shaanxi, Xi Jinping saw that the people were eating worse chaff dumplings, so he exchanged his corn dumplings for fellow villagers. This moved the villagers who worked together very much.
Later, when he discovered that the fellow did not eat corn dumplings, but left the "real food" for the strong laborers and children, he was very moved.
Everything is easy, eating is great.
Zhengding County, Hebei Province was once a famous "high-yield poor county", with an annual grain purchase task of more than 70 million catties.
In some places, the farmers had no grain rations and had to go to other counties to buy high-priced grain.
After Xi Jinping took office in Zhengding, he was determined to let the people take a breath-the people are too hungry to eat, and still dare not seek truth from facts?
So he discussed with Lu Yulan, deputy secretary of the county party committee, and wrote to the central leadership comrades.
After reflections and investigations, the state's purchases have been reduced by 28 million catties, which has greatly reduced the burden on farmers.
"We are determined that we would rather not have the title of'national high-yield county', but also let the masses live a good life." Xi Jinping's words were peaceful, but loudly.
Can't commit amnesia to food
On the afternoon of July 22, 2020, in the hinterland of the Songliao Plain, the core demonstration area of the national standard production base of green food raw materials (corn) in Lishu County, Siping City, Jilin Province. The waves are rolling.
This is the core demonstration area of the national standard production base of green food raw materials (corn) in Lishu County, Jilin Province, taken on July 23, 2020 (drone photo).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Chang
During this visit to Jilin, General Secretary Xi Jinping walked into the fertile black soil at the first stop to investigate a top priority-food production.
"The year before last I saw rice in Jiansanjiang, Heilongjiang. This time I will look at corn." Xi Jinping talked about the original intention of the trip at the corn field. "The overall situation of the summer grain harvest this year has been decided, and the key lies in the autumn grain. There are many disasters this year, and I am very concerned. Concerned about the growth of crops here in the Northeast."
Looking at the growth of corn in front of him and listening to the report, Xi Jinping emphasized: “Food is the foundation! We must strengthen the prevention and control of diseases and insect pests, strive for a good harvest of autumn crops, and lay the foundation for a bumper harvest of grain throughout the year and economic and social development.”
This is a corn shot in the core demonstration area of the National Million Mu Green Food Raw Material (corn) Standardization Production Base in Lishu County, Siping City, Jilin Province (photographed on July 23, 2020).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Chang
In 2020, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has brought a lot of challenges to the world food market.
The more we face risks and challenges, the more we must stabilize agriculture, and the more we must ensure the safety of food and important non-staple foods.
With regard to grain production in a special year, General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to focusing on agriculture and grain with special measures.
On February 23, when he made a request for an orderly resumption of work and production, he made arrangements to seize the spring agricultural production without losing the opportunity.
Adhering to the principle of focusing on me, taking a foothold in the country, ensuring production capacity, moderate imports, and scientific and technological support, all localities thoroughly implemented General Secretary Jinping’s important instructions on grain production, and grasped early implementation of various measures. The big country granary ushered in a historic "ten Qilianfeng".
Can the food issue be worry-free?
"On the whole, the foundation of my country's food security is still unstable, and the food security situation is still severe. It is impossible to say that food has passed the customs at any time." General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the key to ensuring food security is to ensure food production capacity and ensure that it can be used when needed. Produced and supplied.
He further pointed out, "Now when we talk about food security, it is actually food security."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of my country, our country has established a big agricultural view and a big food view, and has focused on the road of quality agriculture.
Some details of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s domestic inspection can be seen:
On February 23, 2021, a self-propelled sprinkler is watering wheat in a high-standard farmland in Jun County, Hebi City, Henan Province.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yanan
In May 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Zhangshi Town, Weishi County, Henan Province to watch the wheat ears grouting and asked about farmland construction.
Seeing all the wheat growing well, he said: "We are all grown crops, and the wheat is growing so well. I am as gratified as you are. In the words of my fellow villagers, this year's buns can be eaten."
On June 6, 2015, a combine harvester was operating in a wheat field in Wanggang Village, Zhangshi Town, Weishi County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Bo
In April 2016, in Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province, General Secretary Xi Jinping walked into the wheat field along the ridge to observe the growth of wheat, and learned about the key to high-yield demonstration field planting management from major grain growers and agricultural technicians.
In September 2018, in the Beidahuang Precision Agriculture Agricultural Machinery Center of the Seven Star Farm of the Sanjiang Administration of Heilongjiang Agricultural Reclamation Administration, General Secretary Xi Jinping held a bowl of rice in both hands and said meaningfully: "Chinese food! Chinese rice bowl!"
This is the rice field of Qixing Farm of Heilongjiang Agricultural Reclamation Construction Sanjiang Administration Bureau (taken on September 26, 2018, UAV photo).
Issued by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Gu Jingkun)
In July 2020, in Lishu County, Jilin Province, General Secretary Xi Jinping ardently demanded that effective measures be taken to effectively protect and use the black land, the "giant panda in arable land," so that it will always benefit the people.
Agricultural machinery for spring plowing is neatly arranged in the courtyard of the Qiumei Agricultural Machinery Farmers Cooperative in Longjiang County, Heilongjiang Province (photographed on April 9, 2020).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Jianwei
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"You can't get amnesia when it comes to eating, and if you can't heal, you can forget the pain."
For decades, Xi Jinping has been thinking and practicing.
He pointed out that food production basically lies in arable land, water conservancy is the lifeline, science and technology is the way out, and policy is the driving force. These key points must be implemented one by one, grasped in place, and strive to achieve new breakthroughs in food production on a high basis.
This is a modern rice production base established by Beidahuang Group in Xiaogang Village, Anhui Province (taken on September 27, 2018, UAV photo).
Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Duanshe
One porridge and one meal are hard to come by
"When we were young, we all accepted strict tutoring in this area, not to mention leftovers, even a grain of rice was not wasted by parents." This is what General Secretary Xi Jinping said, and he has done this for decades.
When working in Zhengding, Comrade Xi Jinping queued up for dinner like everyone else in the office canteen. Sometimes there was no food when he arrived late, like two steamed buns and one piece of braised tofu.
When he goes to the countryside to eat, he must be in the township canteen, and the food stamps and meal expenses must be paid in the same amount.
The official reception is a light meal based on quark furnace biscuits and pork head meat, or simply a plate of dumplings that combines meals.
While working in Fuzhou, Comrade Xi Jinping was equally frugal and pragmatic.
When Fuzhou held the first Arts and Crafts Festival, merchants from all over the world flocked to it.
He came up with a good way to get the best of both worlds-to receive guests with local Fuzhou snacks.
The guests ate happily and also took this opportunity to promote local snacks.
Later, the reception offices in Fuzhou and even the province often used Fuzhou snacks such as Taiping Yan, fish balls, potsides, and taro paste to entertain guests.
Saving on the dining table respects hard work and reflects virtue.
On June 5, 2021, in the wheat field of the second branch of the farm in Huangfan District, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, an agricultural machine manually operated a harvester to harvest wheat.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li An
General Secretary Xi Jinping said that Chinese culture has a lot of content about saving food, which should be instilled in children from an early age to promote the good fashion of diligence and thrift.
It is necessary to strengthen the work of saving food, starting from the dining table, from the university canteens and various unit canteens, the catering industry, from the kindergartens, nurseries, and schools of all levels and types, starting from each family, so that food saving is in the whole society. It's becoming a common practice.
The sun’s rays can be reflected in a drop of water, and rich flavors can be tasted in a bowl of rice——
Because I was sweating like rain after carrying a hoe, I knew it was hard work;
Because I was hungry, I am determined to let everyone live a good life.
Chinese food and Chinese rice bowls have a special weight in the mind of General Secretary Xi Jinping.
People have seen the pictures of bumper agricultural harvests and increased farmers’ incomes, reflecting the new atmosphere brought about by the high-quality development of agriculture, and strengthening the foundation of food security.