Cultivated land is the lifeblood of food production and the foundation of the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee has attached great importance to the protection of cultivated land. General Secretary Xi Jinping has made important instructions on the red line of cultivated land many times, emphasizing that "the requirements for cultivated land protection must be very clear, 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land must live up to its name, and farmland is farmland. And it must be fertile land”; “Strictly adhere to the red line of cultivated land, and promote the implementation of the strategy of storing grain in the land and technology”; “Adhering to the red line of 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land, everyone has issued a military order, which must be done, and there is no room for bargaining. ".

Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection in Sichuan, "We must strictly abide by the red line of arable land, protect this treasure land of grain production, and pay close attention to grain production."

These important expositions send a strong signal that the red line of cultivated land must not be crossed, reflect General Secretary Xi Jinping's profound insight into the conditions of the world, the country, and agriculture, and provide important guidelines for ensuring national food security.

　　People do not eat if they are not grains, and they do not produce crops if they are not land.

Through hard work, my country has raised nearly one-fifth of the world's population with 9% of the world's arable land and 6% of the world's freshwater resources.

At the same time, we must also see that the basic national conditions of our country, with more people and less land, determine that we must protect the cultivated land that is important to the food of more than one billion people, and there must be no mistakes.

In the face of the uncertain impact of the epidemic, regional conflicts, extreme weather and other factors on global food production, we must always tighten the string of food security, deeply implement the strategy of storing grain in the ground and technology, and use domestic The stability of stable production and supply to cope with the uncertainty of the external environment.

　　Strictly abide by the red line of 1.8 billion mu of arable land.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has implemented the strictest arable land protection system, firmly maintaining the red line of 1.8 billion mu of arable land, providing a solid foundation for the grain output to exceed 1.3 trillion kilograms for seven consecutive years.

However, in recent years, the area of ​​arable land in some areas has decreased. In some places, the fertile land does not grow grain, but instead grows cash crops or develops aquaculture. In some places, arable land is illegally occupied for non-agricultural construction, which brings hidden concerns to the protection of national food security.

The data from the third national land survey shows that by the end of 2019, the country’s arable land was 1.918 billion mu, which was close to the red line of 1.8 billion mu. Compared with the data of the second national land survey, the arable land decreased by 113 million mu in 10 years, and the average annual reduction was 1.8 billion mu. Expand the trend.

The red line of 1.8 billion mu of arable land is the bottom line for ensuring my country's food security.

Farmland is farmland. In order to implement the strictest cultivated land protection system, we must resolutely curb the “non-agricultural transformation” of cultivated land and the “non-grain transformation” of basic farmland.

　　Improve the quality of cultivated land.

Strictly observe the red line of cultivated land, which is not only quantitative but also qualitative.

To ensure food security, the key is to ensure food production capacity. High-standard farmland contributes about 10% to 20% to the increase in grain production in my country.

At present, high-yield arable land in my country only accounts for 31.24% of the total arable land, more than 2/3 of the middle and low grades, 40% of the degraded arable land, 114 million mu of saline-alkali arable land, and more than 14% of the arable land is seriously acidified .

Farmland must be fertile land. It is necessary to build a national food security industry belt, strengthen farmland water conservancy construction, implement black soil protection projects, classify and transform saline-alkali land, and strive to build 1 billion mu of high-standard farmland.

　　The party and government should take the same responsibility to be truly effective.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that everyone has the responsibility to ensure food security, and the party and government should take the same responsibility.

For local party committees and governments at all levels, three control lines should be delineated and implemented in the order of arable land and permanent basic farmland, ecological protection red lines, and urban development boundaries, so that the amount of arable land and permanent basic farmland protection goals and tasks should be brought into full use. The location is decomposed and issued step by step, and the central and local governments sign the responsibility letter for the target of cultivated land protection.

It is necessary to classify and clarify the use of cultivated land, strictly implement the priority of cultivated land use, implement and improve the policy of balancing the occupation and compensation of cultivated land, strictly investigate and punish the illegal occupation of cultivated land for non-agricultural construction, strictly control the conversion of cultivated land to other agricultural land, and consolidate and improve the level of safe utilization of contaminated cultivated land. , and carry out the pilot project of special rectification of rural occupation of arable land and building houses in a stable and orderly manner.

　　Cultivated land protection, merit in the contemporary, benefit in the future.

It is necessary to protect arable land just like protecting giant pandas, strictly abide by the red line of arable land, and steadily improve the comprehensive grain production capacity, so that every inch of arable land can become fertile soil for a bumper harvest, so that China's rice bowl will be more stable and secure.

　　Author: Qiushi.com commentator