Firmly Grasp the Initiative of Food Security —— The Party Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core leads the people to do this top priority.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 22nd Title: Firmly grasp the initiative of food security — — The Party Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core leads the people to do this top priority.
Xinhua news agency reporter
On September 23rd, the autumnal equinox, China will usher in the fifth China Farmers Harvest Festival. Looking at the inside and outside of the Great Wall and the north and south of the great river, the rice waves fluctuate with the wind, the corn grows gratifying, and the harvest picture is spread on the fields.
Food is stable and the world is safe. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out during his inspection of grain production in Sichuan this year: "We have confidence and confidence to firmly hold Chinese’s rice bowl in our own hands." Against the background of COVID-19 epidemic, Ukrainian crisis and frequent extreme weather this year, China’s summer grain production has increased, autumn grain has overcome multiple challenges, and the harvest has a foundation and hope.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has regarded food security as the top priority in governing the country, put forward a new concept of food security to ensure the basic self-sufficiency of grain and the absolute safety of rations, firmly grasped the initiative of food security, and led hundreds of millions of people out of a road of food security with China characteristics.
"Always tighten the string of food security"
This year, the grain problem has attracted much attention. International food prices fluctuated at a high level, and agricultural prices rose sharply; Last year’s autumn flood caused one third of winter wheat in China to be sown late, and its growth was complicated. Whether the grain ballast stone can be stabilized is directly related to the basic economic disk.
During the two sessions of the National People’s Congress this year, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that we should not be careless about the issue of food security. We should not think that the problem of eating is dispensable when we enter industrialization, and we should not expect to rely on the international market to solve it. We must take precautions, always tighten the string of food security, and always adhere to the principle of focusing on ourselves, basing ourselves on the domestic market, ensuring production capacity, moderate import and scientific and technological support.
At Longjia Nongle Planting Family Farm in Jiutai District, Changchun City, Jilin Province, farmers operate agricultural machinery to deliver harvested rice to tractors (photo taken on September 20, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Nanshe
More than 1.4 billion people need to eat, which is the biggest national condition in China.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has attended the Central Rural Work Conference three times and delivered an important speech, giving a series of important instructions on the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers, grain production and food security.
At the Central Rural Work Conference held in December 2013, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader explained five major issues around the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and put "ensuring China’s food security" in the first place, emphasizing that "China is a big country with a large population, and solving the problem of eating well has always been the top priority in governing the country".
At the Central Rural Work Conference held in December 2017, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader made important arrangements around the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, emphasizing deepening the structural reform of the agricultural supply side and taking the road of rejuvenating agriculture by quality.
At the Central Rural Work Conference held in December 2020, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader made important arrangements around the work concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers in the new development stage. In firmly grasping the initiative of food security, the General Secretary pointed out: "I have repeatedly stressed that more and less food is a tactical issue and food security is a strategic issue. This year’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic has contributed to the abundant supply of food and important agricultural and sideline products, which fully confirms this point. "
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Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, from 2013 to 2022, 10 consecutive No.1 documents of the Central Committee comprehensively deployed the work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and adopted a series of measures around food production and food security.
In Daping Village, Xunyang Street, Taoyuan County, Changde City, Hunan Province, the staff drove agricultural machinery to level the land (photo taken on February 17, 2022, photo of drone). Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Si Khan photo
Grain production lies in cultivated land, its lifeline lies in water conservancy, its outlet lies in science and technology, and its driving force lies in policy.
In order to do a good job in grain production this year and implement the central government’s decision-making, the central government has issued a total subsidy of 40 billion yuan in three batches to alleviate the impact of rising agricultural prices on increasing grain production; Agricultural science and technology service personnel went to the fields to promote wheat to become weak and strong; Agriculture, rural areas, water conservancy, emergency, meteorology and other departments should strengthen consultation and early warning, and adjust measures to local conditions to combat drought and reduce disasters … …
When we went to Qiu Lai in spring, the output of summer grain increased from last year’s high base, and the harvest of autumn grain was in sight, which effectively tested China’s comprehensive grain production capacity and proved that China has measures and ability to ensure stable grain production and increase production.
In the wheat field of Duanchong Village, Xiaomiao Town, Shushan District, Hefei City, Anhui Province, the harvester loaded the wheat (photo taken on May 25, 2022, photo of drone). Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Mushe
In the past 10 years, all localities and departments have strictly adhered to the red line of 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land, accelerated the construction of fertile land, improved water conservancy infrastructure, promoted the development of modern seed industry and agricultural mechanization, and built a guarantee mechanism to mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers to grow grain and local governments to pay attention to agriculture and catch grain. The relevant departments shall formulate supporting assessment methods for the provisions on the responsibility of the party and government for food security, and promote the main grain producing areas, main selling areas and production and marketing balance areas to jointly shoulder the responsibility of food security. All localities have deepened the structural reform of the supply side of agriculture and steadily taken the road of promoting agriculture with quality and green.
In the past 10 years, China’s grain production capacity has reached a new level of 100 billion Jin, and more and more green and high-quality grain products have been put on the table of the people. In 2021, the grain output was stable at more than 1.3 trillion Jin for the seventh consecutive year, and the per capita grain possession reached 483 kg, which was higher than the internationally recognized food safety line of 400 kg. The enrichment of national granaries has laid a solid foundation for economic and social stability.
"Ensure that 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land is worthy of its name"
In autumn, the land of Songliao, the golden wind is refreshing, the harvest is in sight, and it is filled with the fragrance of black land. In Quanyangou Village, Lishu Town, Lishu County, Jilin Province, the roadside "Tian Chang System" public sign is tall and eye-catching, with clear content: from county-level general Tian Chang to township Tian Chang to village-level Tian Chang, the name, position, contact information, responsibilities and objectives are clear at a glance.
Northeast China is one of the main black soil areas in the world. In July, 2020, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader set foot on the black land in Lishu County, and talked with agricultural experts in detail in a cornfield to gain a deeper understanding of the "pear tree model" for black soil protection.
The general secretary said earnestly, "We must take effective measures to protect the black land ‘ Giant pandas in cultivated land ’ Leave it to future generations. "
People take food as the sky, and food is based on the ground. China’s cultivated land is not rich, accounting for 9% of the world’s cultivated land. To feed nearly 20% of the world’s population, the tension between man and land is the basic national condition.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly pointed out that the root of ensuring national food security lies in cultivated land, which is the lifeblood of food production. Farmers can be non-agricultural, but cultivated land cannot be non-agricultural. If all cultivated land is converted to non-agriculture, there will be no family resources for us to eat.
During the two sessions of the National People’s Congress this year, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader once again stressed that in order to fully compact the responsibility of local party committees and governments at all levels for farmland protection, the central government should sign a "military order" for farmland protection with all localities, strictly assess and pursue responsibility for life, and ensure that 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land is truly deserved.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, all localities have strictly implemented the requirements of the CPC Central Committee, implemented the strictest farmland protection system, and protected farmland like giant pandas.
In August, 2019, the 12th meeting of the 13th the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) voted and passed the decision on amending the Land Management Law. The "permanent basic farmland" replaced the original "basic farmland", which reflected the concept of permanent protection.
In December last year, the Ministry of Natural Resources notified 100 cases of land violation involving criminal punishment, involving 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and more than 160 natural persons, including corporate legal representatives and investors, were convicted and sentenced.
This is the meteorological monitoring equipment in the 10,000 mu rice science and technology demonstration park in Fujin City, Heilongjiang Province (photo taken on September 2, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao photo
Cultivated land protection should not only keep the red line, but also improve the quality.
At the Central Rural Work Conference in 2020, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that the construction of high-standard farmland is an important starting point, and it is necessary to unswervingly grasp it, improve the construction standards and quality, and truly realize drought and flood protection and high and stable yield. This determination must be made, and the money you should take must be taken! It is necessary to take the protection of black land as a major event and make good use of it.
The black soil area in Northeast China is an important grain production base in China, accounting for about a quarter of the country’s grain output, and the grain commodity rate is high. It is an important source of ensuring grain market supply and a ballast stone for ensuring national food security.
In June this year, China’s first national black land protection law was born. From the first trial to the third trial, the legislative practice of "Xiao Kuailing" took only half a year. In addition to legislating for the protection of black land, all localities have also strengthened soil monitoring, set up a "field-length system", adopted protective farming methods, applied more organic fertilizers, and taken various measures to protect large granaries.
At present, China has basically formed a legal system for farmland protection with the land management law and its implementation regulations, land reclamation regulations and basic farmland protection regulations as the core; The civil code and criminal law clearly stipulate the protection of cultivated land; Accelerating the formulation of the food law also emphasizes the protection of cultivated land.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, by promoting the construction of high-standard farmland, China has built a large number of high-quality fertile fields with high and stable yields. By the end of this year, a total of 1 billion mu of high-standard farmland will be built, and the grain production capacity will be more than 1 trillion Jin.
"Hold the seeds of China with your own hands."
Seeds are the "chips" of agriculture. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "The fundamental way to solve the problem of eating lies in science and technology. The progress of agricultural science and technology in China is obvious to all, but there are also shortcomings, the biggest of which is seeds. The safety of seed sources is related to national security. We must make up our mind to develop China’s seed industry, and realize the self-reliance and self-reliance of seed industry science and technology, and the self-control of seed sources. "
Agricultural modernization is based on seeds. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has emphasized that it is necessary to strengthen technical research on improved varieties and rely on China seeds to ensure food security in China.
In April this year, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Hainan, and the first stop came to the "brain" of Nanfan Scientific and Research Breeding Base — — Sanya yazhouwan seed laboratory. The general secretary said: "Only by grasping the seeds of China with your own hands can you stabilize China’s rice bowl and achieve food security."
As early as four years ago, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader came to Nanfan Scientific and Research Breeding Base, China, walked into the "Super Excellent Thousand" super rice exhibition field along the ridge, and listened to agricultural science and technology personnel talking about rice. The general secretary was very happy to hear that the varieties of super hybrid rice cultivated by Chinese researchers have repeatedly set the world’s highest rice yield, and pointed out that "we must make up our minds to develop China’s seed industry, pay close attention to cultivating excellent varieties with independent intellectual property rights, and ensure national food security from the source".
At the Central Economic Work Conference in 2020, "solving the problem of seeds and cultivated land" was listed as one of the eight key tasks to be done in the first year of the 14 th Five-Year Plan. The meeting proposed to strengthen the protection and utilization of germplasm resources and strengthen the construction of seed bank. It is necessary to respect science and strict supervision, and promote the industrial application of biological breeding in an orderly manner. It is necessary to carry out the technical research on the "stuck neck" of provenance and determined to fight a seed industry turnaround.
In July, 2021, the 20th meeting of the Central Committee for Deep Reform deliberated and adopted the Action Plan for Seed Industry Revitalization, which raised the safety of seed sources to a strategic level related to national security. In March 2022, the newly revised Seed Law was officially implemented.
A seed can change a world, and a technology can create a miracle.
In Xialou Village, Yaodian Town, dengzhou city City, Henan Province, agricultural technicians measured the yield of wheat in the wheat field (photo taken on May 24, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Haoran photo
A series of major arrangements by the Supreme Leader General Secretary have pointed out the direction for the development of seed industry. Collection and protection of germplasm resources, breakthrough variety breeding, research and development of cutting-edge breeding technology & HELIP; … All links have been successful for a long time, and the development of modern seed industry in China has achieved remarkable results, pushing more improved varieties to Woye.
Today, China has formed a "national team" of seed production bases with Hainan, Gansu and Sichuan as the core and 96 seed production counties and 120 regional bases as the backbone, and the seed supply support capacity of national bases has increased to 75%. New breakthroughs have been made in the breeding of water-saving wheat and high-quality rice varieties, and the coverage rate of improved varieties of crops has reached more than 96%, ensuring that China is the main grain in China.
While science and technology empower the development of seed industry, it also continues to exert its strength in agricultural machinery and agronomy, agricultural technology promotion and other aspects, and constantly promotes the implementation of the strategy of storing grain on the ground and storing grain in technology.
In the alpine ecological dry paddy field in Xujiazhuang Natural Village, Jinling Village, Pingmen Township, Chun ‘an County, Zhejiang Province, volunteers from party member are watering the paddy fields seriously affected by drought (photo taken on August 21, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yushe
The newly built drainage ditches are open and unobstructed, and the fields are also equipped with small weather stations and soil moisture meters; Farmers can know whether crops are short of water or fertilizer by turning on their mobile phones and patrolling the fields on the clouds; By scanning the QR code, people in the city can find out where the food they eat grows in Miaoqian Village … … In Miaoqian Village, Wugou Town, Suixi County, Huaibei City, Anhui Province, a national seed production county, 10,000 mu of fertile land is gestating new harvest.
In the past 10 years, the contribution rate of agricultural science and technology progress in China has increased by 7 percentage points, exceeding 61%; The comprehensive mechanization rates of cultivation and harvest of wheat, corn and rice are over 97%, 90% and 85% respectively & hellip; … The rapid development of agricultural science and technology has effectively ensured that the grain output has been stable at more than 1.3 trillion Jin year after year.
"Let grain farmers earn money and get benefits"
"What a surprise! The general secretary will give me a reply from an ordinary farmer! " On June 27th this year, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader wrote back to Xu Yuxiang, a large grain grower in Taihe County, Anhui Province, which surprised and moved the local grain grower.
Xu Yuxiang (right), his son Jian Xu (left) and his grandson Xu Xudong are looking at the emergence of new soybean varieties in the demonstration field of high-yield research of Laixiang Modern Agricultural Planting Cooperative in Taihe County, Anhui Province (photo taken on June 28, 2022). Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Mushe
Eleven years ago, when the Supreme Leader visited Zhanghuai Village, the old town of Taihe County, he learned about wheat planting from Xu Lixiang and the villagers. This summer, Xu Yuxiang wrote to the Supreme Leader General Secretary, expressing his determination to continue to do a good job in agricultural R&D and promotion, and to drive more farmers to diversify and grow good grain.
In his reply, the General Secretary said that in recent years, the CPC Central Committee has issued a series of policies and measures to support grain production, that is, to keep Chinese’s rice bowl firmly in his own hands, that is, to make grain farmers earn money, get benefits and live a better life.
A letter shows the supreme leader’s deep concern for hundreds of millions of farmers and his great attention to food security.
To ensure the food security of more than 1.4 billion people, we must answer the question of who will farm the land.
The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out at the Central Rural Work Conference in 2013: "When I went to the countryside for investigation, I saw mostly old people and children in many villages, not many young people, and very few young men." "The problem of lack of successors in agriculture is serious, which is really not worrying!"
At this meeting, the general secretary stressed that "to develop grain production steadily, we must make farmers grow grain profitably and make the main producing areas have the enthusiasm to catch grain." In this regard, it is necessary to give play to the role of the market mechanism and strengthen government support and protection. ""How to achieve the simultaneous development of increasing farmers’ income and increasing grain production? This is a key issue to consider. "
At the Central Rural Work Conference in 2020, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that at present, one of the major weaknesses of grain production is the high production cost. The solution is to innovate the mode of operation, cultivate family farms and farmers’ cooperatives, develop moderate-scale operation, improve the professional socialized service system, and hand over to social service organizations what one household can’t do and it is not cost-effective.
To implement the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has issued a series of policies to strengthen agriculture and benefit farmers, steadily raised the minimum purchase price level of rice and wheat, improved policies such as rice subsidies and subsidies for corn and soybean producers, and promoted the full cost insurance and planting income insurance for the three staple foods to achieve full coverage of major grain-producing counties in major producing provinces, so that farmers can gain more from growing grain.
China has stepped up efforts to support farmers’ education and training, and built a coordinated development pattern of higher agricultural education, higher vocational education and high-quality farmers’ cultivation. With the cultivation plan as the starting point, 1 million farmers have been trained every year, and the overall quality of farmers has been significantly improved.
Combine harvesters harvest wheat in the wheat fields of Daquan tatar Ethnic Township, Qitai County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang (photo taken on July 7, 2022, photo of drone). Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaocheng photo
In recent years, all localities have innovated their business methods, cultivated family farms and farmers’ cooperatives, developed moderate-scale operations, accelerated the establishment of socialized service systems, introduced advanced and applicable varieties of technical equipment and organizational forms into small farmers, cultivated more than 950,000 agricultural socialized service organizations, and served more than 78 million small farmers.
In order to give farmers "reassurance", the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward that the second round of land contract should be extended for another 30 years after its expiration.
In 2014, the No.1 Document of the Central Committee clarified the policy of "separation of the three powers" of rural land ownership, contracting rights and management rights, and proposed to stabilize the contract relationship of rural land and keep it unchanged for a long time; In December 2018, the seventh session of the 13th the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) voted to pass the newly revised rural land contract law, and the "separation of three powers" of rural land entered the law. This major institutional innovation has laid a solid foundation for promoting the orderly circulation of land management rights, promoting various forms of scale operation of grain and the development of agricultural modernization.
To ensure the food security of more than 1.4 billion people, it is necessary not only to mobilize farmers’ enthusiasm for growing grain, but also to make food conservation a common practice in the whole society.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has always attached great importance to saving food, made many important instructions around the problem of wasting food, repeatedly stressed the need to stop food waste, promote the construction of an economical society, and set an example to advocate the new trend of "practicing economy and opposing waste" in the whole society.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, various localities and departments have continuously intensified efforts to practise economy and achieved positive results. In October 2021, the Central Office and the State Council issued the "Action Plan for Grain Saving", which made it clear that by 2025, the measures for grain saving and loss reduction in all links of the grain industry chain will be more hardened and detailed, and more obvious results will be achieved in promoting grain saving and loss reduction.
Everything is leisurely, and eating is great.
In autumn, the fields of hope are filled with the breath of harvest. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, hundreds of millions of people in China have worked hard and made unremitting efforts, and will certainly be able to firmly hold on to grain production and food security, and firmly hold Chinese’s rice bowl in their own hands! (Reporter Yu Wenjing, Wang Libin, Gao Jing, Hu Wei)