National Development and Reform Commission: my country’s food security is solidly guaranteed during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period

China News Service, November 6th. The National Development and Reform Commission held a series of press conferences for the "15th Five-Year Plan" on the morning of the 6th to introduce the situation of building a secure foundation. Kou Rong, deputy director of the Department of Economic and Trade, introduced at the meeting that the domestic grain market has always been well supplied and operates smoothly. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, my country's food security is solidly guaranteed. It can be summed up in three words: "stable, thick and sufficient."

"Stable" refers to the stability of the production base. The stable confidence comes from the policies of strengthening agriculture, benefiting farmers and enriching farmers over the years, implementing the implementation of storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology, strictly observing the red line of cultivated land, and implementing a new round of actions to increase the production capacity of 100 billion kilograms of grain. Our country has a vast territory, and different regions can complement each other in terms of abundance and abundance. If some areas encounter drought or floods, other producing areas can cope with it, so the resilience of food production is strong. Our country has had bumper grain harvests year after year and has achieved "basic self-sufficiency in grains and absolute food security." The per capita grain possession exceeds 500 kilograms, which is higher than the world average and the internationally recognized food security line.

"Thick" refers to a strong reserve base. After years of development, my country's grain reserve system has become more complete, the mechanism has become more complete, the structure has been continuously optimized, and the layout has become more reasonable. The grain inventory consumption ratio of the whole society is far higher than the international food security warning line of 17%-18%, and the reserve capacity of finished grain and oil in 36 large and medium-sized cities is more than 15 days. At the same time, the national standard grain warehouses have a intact warehouse capacity of 730 million tons, of which warehouses with low-temperature and quasi-low-temperature storage capacity exceed 250 million tons, which is equivalent to putting grain into a "big refrigerator" to keep it fresh and reduce losses. With food in hand and no panic in mind, abundant food reserves are the "ballast stone" for my country's food security.

"Sufficient" refers to sufficient processing capacity. There are about 24,000 grain processing enterprises of various types in the country. The total annual industrial output value of grain enterprises exceeds 4 trillion yuan. There is sufficient processing capacity for flour, rice, and edible oil. Finished grain and oil can be put on the market at any time, fully meeting daily consumption needs. There are more than 7,000 emergency grain processing enterprises at all levels, with an emergency daily processing capacity of more than 1.8 million tons of grain and oil. They can turn raw grain into rice, flour, and oil on the shelves at any time.

Kou Rong said that ensuring food security is an eternal issue. In the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant parties to always adhere to the national food security strategy of "putting ourselves first, based on the country, ensuring production capacity, moderate imports, and scientific and technological support", improve the ability to coordinate the purchase, storage, and marketing of grain production, strictly implement the requirements for the party and government to share the responsibility for cultivated land protection and food security, and strictly adhere to the red line of cultivated land. We will further focus on grain production, optimize the production structure, strengthen grain purchase, sale and reserve management, strengthen the reserve adjustment function, and promote grain circulation to improve quality and efficiency. We will improve the fertilizer reserve system and ensure the supply and price of fertilizers. Establish stable and controllable overseas supply channels, moderately import high-quality varieties that are in short supply, promote the coordination of trade and production, comprehensively improve the country's food security capabilities, and firmly hold the Chinese people's jobs in their own hands.