Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has put forward a new concept of food security: "Grains are basically self-sufficient, and rations are absolutely safe."

　　The Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of 2013 proposed that it is necessary to rely on one's own to ensure food rations, concentrate domestic resources to ensure key points, and achieve basic self-sufficiency of grains and absolute safety of food rations.

　　At the Central Rural Work Conference held at the end of the same year, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: Relying on others to solve the food problem is unreliable.

　　This year, on the basis of the summer grain harvest, China's autumn grain harvest is a foregone conclusion.

In spite of the "roller coaster" market in the international grain market and the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China's ration supply is sufficient and prices are stable.

　　The party and government are responsible: ration security must be added an "absolute"

　　The people are the foundation of the country, and the valley is the life of the people.

As what the Chinese call "staple food" and "fine grain", ration security is the key to food security.

Ensuring the absolute security of food rations has mastered the initiative in food security for more than 1.4 billion people.

　　Ration is the people's "rice bag".

　　"We must firmly grasp the initiative in food security, and we must pay close attention to food production every year." At the Central Rural Work Conference held at the end of last year, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that local party committees and governments at all levels must shoulder the political responsibility for food security. The party and government are responsible for the same responsibility. The governor of the "rice bag" should be responsible, and the secretary should also be responsible.

From December 28 to 29, 2020, the Central Rural Work Conference was held in Beijing.

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended the meeting and delivered an important speech.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xueren

　　The Party Central Committee clearly requires that the "rice bag" should be shared by the party and government.

　　In July this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee to analyze and study the current economic situation and plan economic work in the second half of the year.

The meeting emphasized "doing a good job in autumn grain production and ensuring the safety of rations."

　　At present, more than half of the autumn grain has been harvested, and more than 10% of the winter wheat has been sown. The rainfall has not changed the fundamentals of the autumn grain harvest.

　　Storing grain in the land: cultivated land is mainly used for growing grain

　　Emphasis on "rations" has made the focus of farmland protection more prominent.

　　In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. The meeting emphasized that all kinds of illegal and illegal occupation of cultivated land or changes in the use of cultivated land should be strictly investigated, to curb the "non-agriculturalization" of cultivated land and strictly control the "non-graining". In the protection of arable land, there are orders, prohibitions, and dereliction of duty, and they must be held accountable seriously.

　　Grasping grain rations, especially to prevent the "non-graining" of cultivated land.

Let the absurd behavior of "planting trees in good fields and growing grain in the mountains" is invisible.

　　Cultivated land is mainly used for food production. It is necessary to ensure that the sown area of ​​wheat and rice will only increase and not decrease, and it is necessary to say "No!" to the conversion of cultivated land to forest land and grassland.

　　"We must strictly guard against the red line of 1.8 billion acres of arable land, take hard measures to grow teeth, and implement the most stringent arable land protection system." "We must build high-standard farmland to truly achieve drought and flood protection, high and stable yields." General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly requested.

Rice field (drone photo) taken in Jiangzhuang Village, Gucheng Street, Luanzhou City, Hebei Province on October 18, 2020.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mou Yu

　　The "non-grainization" of arable land is largely due to the "not making money" of growing crops.

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the Central Rural Work Conference held at the end of 2013: “For the stable development of grain production, we must make farmers profitable in growing grain and let the main producing areas have the enthusiasm for grain production.”

　　Improve the grain production support policy, implement the reward policy, and improve the benefit compensation mechanism, so as not to let the grain growers suffer.

　　Hiding food in technology: not being "pinched" and "necked"

　　"If rations depend on imports, we will be led by others." General Secretary Xi Jinping warned.

　　If you don’t get “pinched” or “stuck your neck”, you have to store food and skills.

　　Seeds are the "chips" of agriculture, and the central government regards solving the seed problem as one of the key tasks in 2021.

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that to ensure food security, the seeds must be firmly held in their own hands.

We must persist in self-reliance and self-reliance in agricultural science and technology, start with cultivating good seeds, strengthen technical research on improved seeds, and rely on Chinese seeds to ensure China's food security.

　　In July this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized when presiding over the 20th meeting of the Central Deep Reform Commission, “to raise the safety of provenance to a strategic height related to national security, concentrate on solving problems, make up for shortcomings, strengthen advantages, and control risks. ".

　　At present, in China's grain sown area, domestic independent breeding brands account for more than 95%, especially the self-selection rate of wheat and rice is 100%.

　　However, the gap between China and developed countries is not small.

　　Although rations are absolutely self-sufficient, China’s net imports of cereals account for about 2% of national consumption, mainly wheat with strong gluten and weak gluten and Thai rice, to meet the demand for consumption upgrades.

　　China’s grain crops have been harvested year after year, and supply and demand have been basically balanced. However, structural problems have become increasingly prominent. To a certain extent, there is a phenomenon that production, import, and inventory are "increasing at the same time".

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that China's agricultural and rural development has entered a new historical stage. The main contradiction in agriculture has changed from insufficient total amount to structural contradiction. The main aspect of the contradiction lies on the supply side.

　　At present, the situation of "strong gluten but not strong but weak gluten but not weak" wheat in our country is changing.

　　No worries about good food.

In 2021, the purchase of summer grains did not start the purchase of the market, and all of them were market-oriented purchases. This is the first time in recent years.

　　Producer: Zhao Cheng

　　Planning: Zhang Xudong

　　Lead writer: Wang Libin

　　Coordinator: Zhu Dongju, Wang Xuan, Qi Zhongxi

　　Vision | Editor: Yang Wenrong, Wang Qiuyun

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