The record high grain production highlights the weight of China's rice bowl
2024-10-31
For a populous country like China, increasing grain production has always been a major issue related to the national economy and people's livelihood. This year's grain production is expected to reach a new level of 1.4 trillion kilograms. This breakthrough is not simply a numerical increase, but also highlights the weight of China's rice bowl and enhances China's food security confidence. Grain production is an important indicator for measuring a country's level of agricultural development and its ability to provide stable and secure food supply. China's grain production exceeded 1.3 trillion catties for the first time in 2015 and has remained above 1.3 trillion catties for nine consecutive years. Relevant departments predict that it is expected to reach a new level of 1.4 trillion catties this year. This breakthrough is not just about numerical growth, but also highlights the weight of China's rice bowl and enhances China's confidence in food security. This breakthrough means that China's grain production capacity has reached a new height. Grain production capacity refers to the production capacity that a country possesses during a certain period of time, determined by its resources, environment, economy, technological level, agricultural policies, etc. The improvement of production capacity is a continuous process of accumulation and construction. Every expansion of grain production space, agricultural technological innovation, and institutional innovation will bring significant breakthroughs in grain production. In the face of the long-term bottleneck in increasing grain production, the State Council executive meeting in March this year discussed and passed the "New Round of Action Plan for Enhancing Grain Production Capacity by 100 Billion catties (2024-2030)", which aims to improve grain production capacity from multiple aspects such as farmland protection, scientific and technological innovation, industrial structure adjustment, and policy support. This is an important reason for the breakthrough in grain production. This breakthrough means that China's food security level has been further improved. Grain production directly affects the balance of supply and demand in the grain market. The higher the yield, the stronger the national food supply capacity and the higher the level of security; On the contrary, the lower the yield, the insufficient food supply, and the greater the security pressure. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China 75 years ago, China's grain production has increased from over 200 billion catties in the early days to over 1.4 trillion catties this year, achieving a historic transformation from "not enough to eat" to "enough to eat", and transitioning to "eating well", "eating nutritious", and "eating healthy". The level of food quantity security, quality security, and nutritional security has further improved, providing strong support for economic recovery and social stability. This breakthrough means that China's ability to respond to major risks and challenges in the food industry will be further improved. The current domestic and international situation is complex and constantly changing, with major risks and challenges such as extreme weather and geopolitical conflicts. Fluctuations in grain production can lead to fluctuations in grain market prices. Reserve grain has the regulatory function of "buying expensive grain when abundant, and buying cheap grain when deficient". With high grain production and low prices, the state will stabilize grain prices by increasing the reserve scale; Due to low grain production and high prices, the government will stabilize prices by releasing reserve grain. With the increase in grain production and sufficient reserves, China is able to cope with various risks and challenges more calmly, achieving the goal of "standing firm in the face of wind and rain". This breakthrough means that China's bargaining power in international food trade has been further enhanced, making a greater contribution to world food security. At present, China's self-sufficiency rate of rice and wheat exceeds 100%, but the supply and demand of corn are still in a tight balance, and the dependence on soybeans is high, with an annual grain import volume of over 100 million tons. This helps to regulate market supply and demand, ensure stable domestic food supply, but also to some extent weakens China's bargaining power in international food trade. The increase in grain production can further reduce dependence on imported grain, enhance bargaining power, and effectively avoid market risks. It is also conducive to increasing grain exports, balancing international food supply and demand, and stabilizing international grain prices. Since 2022, India has restricted rice exports, triggering a global rice crisis. While reducing rice imports, China actively increases rice exports, which plays an important role in stabilizing the global rice market. For a populous country like China, increasing grain production has always been a major issue related to the national economy and people's livelihood. In recent years, although China has made significant breakthroughs in grain production, the situation of tight grain balance has not changed. Grain has a wide range of uses, including being edible, used as feed, and also as industrial raw materials. With the growth of population, upgrading of consumption, and expansion of food use, China's rigid demand for food continues to increase. However, increasing food production is increasingly difficult due to factors such as limited arable land resources, rising production costs, and intensified environmental constraints. The most effective way to solve this problem is to implement a new round of action to increase grain production capacity by billions of kilograms, continuously expand the space for increasing grain production, continuously improve grain output, and continue to create modern agricultural miracles on the land of China. (New Society)
Edit：Yao jue Responsible editor：Xie Tunan
Source：Economic Daily
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