Consolidate the foundation of food security in all directions and push the production capacity to a new level

　　Ensuring national food security is the primary task of building an agricultural power. Last year, China’s grain production achieved another bumper harvest, which provided important support for stabilizing the economic market. However, the demand for food is still growing rigidly, and the pressure to secure the rice bowl is increasing.

　　This year, the No.1 document of the Central Committee proposed to do a good job in grain production, ensure that the national grain output remains above 1.3 trillion Jin, stabilize the area, focus on yield per unit area, and strive to increase production. The reporter was informed that in the next step, the relevant departments will step up the implementation of a new round of 100 billion Jin of grain production capacity improvement, intensify the cultivation of soybean oil, consolidate the foundation of food security in all directions, and strive to push grain production capacity to a new level as soon as possible.

　　Push production capacity to a new level.

　　A year’s plan starts with spring. At present, the national spring ploughing preparation is being carried out from south to north one after another, laying the foundation for winning the annual grain harvest.

　　Ensuring the stable and safe supply of grain and important agricultural products is the top priority in building an agricultural power. China’s grain output has been stable at more than 1.3 trillion Jin for eight consecutive years. Especially last year, it overcame multiple unfavorable factors such as epidemic situation, sharp fluctuations in international food prices and high agricultural prices, and won a bumper harvest, which provided important support for stabilizing expectations, prices and confidence.

　　Document No.1 of the Central Committee continues to give top priority to ensuring the stable production and supply of grain and important agricultural products, and demands to ensure that the national grain output remains above 1.3 trillion Jin, stabilize the area, focus on yield per unit area, strive to increase production, and implement a new round of 100 billion Jin grain production capacity improvement action.

　　"It is necessary to concentrate the necessary resources and means, and strive to push the grain production capacity to a new level at an early date. A step of 100 billion Jin means more than 1.4 trillion Jin. " Tang Renjian, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said.

　　Increasing the capacity of soybean and corn is the key. "In recent years, affected by the epidemic situation, international geopolitics and other factors, the global industrial chain and supply chain have been hit, and the stable and safe supply of important agricultural products such as grain, cotton, oil and sugar in China is facing certain challenges, especially the external dependence of edible oil. In this context, it is very urgent to improve the domestic production capacity of these products. " Han Yijun, a professor at the School of Economics and Management of China Agricultural University, said.

　　Document No.1 of the Central Committee made it clear that the project of improving corn yield per unit area should be implemented. Tang Renjian said that it will intensify efforts to plant soybean oil, solidly promote soybean and corn strip compound planting, support grain-bean rotation in Northeast China, Huang, Huai and Hai regions, steadily develop and utilize saline-alkali land to plant soybeans, and increase production by increasing oil.

　　Consolidate the foundation of food security in all directions

　　To ensure food security, measures should focus on strengthening the material basis of storing food in the ground and storing food in technology.

　　Cultivated land is the lifeblood of grain production. Document No.1 of the Central Committee emphasizes strengthening the protection and use control of cultivated land, completing the annual task of new construction, renovation and upgrading of high-standard farmland, focusing on filling shortcomings such as soil improvement and farmland irrigation and drainage facilities, and formulating an implementation plan for gradually building all permanent basic farmland into high-standard farmland.

　　The construction of high-standard farmland with high and stable yield is a key measure to consolidate and improve grain production capacity and ensure national food security. By the end of 2022, 1 billion mu of high-standard farmland will be built nationwide, accounting for more than half of China’s 1.918 billion mu of cultivated land.

　　"The No.1 Document of the Central Committee has emphasized the construction of high-standard farmland for 12 consecutive years. This year, new requirements and new tasks have been put forward for the construction of high-standard farmland. For the first time, ‘ Formulate an implementation plan to gradually build all permanent basic farmland into high-standard farmland ’ Write it. " Jun Guo, an associate researcher at the Rural Economic Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said.

　　Jun Guo said that to continuously promote the construction of high-standard farmland, it is necessary not only to build and manage it well, but also to promote high-efficiency water-saving irrigation as a whole, improve the long-term management and protection mechanism, and strengthen the protection of black land and the comprehensive management of sloping farmland.

　　At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the support of agricultural science and technology and equipment. The No.1 Document of the Central Committee emphasized that the key core technologies of agriculture should be tackled, the seed industry should be revitalized, and the R&D and promotion of advanced agricultural machinery should be accelerated. "Accelerate the self-reliance and self-improvement of agricultural science and technology, focus on increasing the yield per unit area, and come up with comprehensive solutions for the integration and assembly of fertile fields, improved varieties, good methods, good opportunities and good systems one by one, and demand output and capacity from science and technology." Tang Renjian said.

　　According to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the contribution rate of China’s agricultural science and technology progress reached 62.4% in 2022. The overall level of agricultural science and technology innovation in China has entered the first phalanx in the world. Breakthroughs have been made in core provenance and new variety cultivation, chassis technology, hilly agricultural machinery and other fields. Some original scientific and technological achievements lead the world.

　　"Scientific and technological innovation is the fundamental driving force for promoting agricultural and rural modernization." Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Institute of Rural Development, China Academy of Social Sciences, said that we should make breakthroughs in policy mechanisms, actively attract innovative elements such as gathering international outstanding agricultural scientific and technological talents, teams and resources, and coordinate the domestic and foreign markets and global scientific and technological resources, so as to realize the leap from an agricultural power to an agricultural power.

　　Improve the mechanism to ensure the mobilization of two enthusiasm.

　　To improve grain production capacity, it is necessary to "strengthen policies", improve the mechanism guarantee for farmers to earn money from growing grain and local governments to take responsibility for grain, and mobilize and enhance farmers’ enthusiasm for growing grain and catching grain in main producing areas.

　　In 2022, China’s grain production won a bumper harvest against the trend, which is inseparable from a series of extraordinary and super-strong grain production support policies. Among them, the central government continued to raise the minimum purchase price of rice and wheat, and distributed a total of 40 billion yuan of one-time subsidies to actual grain farmers for three times, double that of 2021; Increase the reward for large grain-producing counties and expand the scale of rotation funds; 7 billion yuan was allocated to support summer grain to promote strong and stable production, and 10 billion yuan was allocated to support autumn grain to resist high temperature and drought, which effectively mobilized farmers’ enthusiasm for production.

　　Document No.1 of the Central Committee clearly stated that the minimum purchase price of wheat should be continuously raised, the minimum purchase price of rice should be reasonably determined, rice subsidies should be stabilized, and the response mechanism of ensuring supply and stabilizing prices of agricultural materials should be improved. We will improve the interest compensation mechanism in major producing areas and increase the scale of incentive funds in major grain-producing counties. Gradually expand the scope of full cost insurance and planting income insurance for rice, wheat and corn.

　　"With price, subsidy and insurance ‘ Trinity ’ Support policy system to ensure the production cost of grain farmers, so that farmers do not suffer losses in growing grain; With the gradual improvement of the interest compensation mechanism, the main producing areas will be economically affordable. " Cao Hui, a researcher at the Rural Economic Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said.

　　In addition, Tang Renjian said that this year, the grain production targets and tasks agreed by the State Council will continue to be assigned to all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), and the planting area will be compacted by varieties. Strictly assess the responsibility system for farmland protection and food security of provincial party committees and governments, and promote the implementation of policies and work with the implementation of responsibilities.