Opening granaries in an all-round way to solve the problem of selling grain the overall collection and storage capacity of Northeast China can be satisfied.

Recently, due to the oversupply and the increase of inventory, the market price of corn has fallen more, and it is difficult to sell in some places. How is the progress of corn harvesting and storage at present? What adjustments will be made to the grain policy? Will grain production be affected in the coming year? At the press briefing on current grain-related policies held by the National Development and Reform Commission on the 19th, responsible persons of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Grain Administration and other relevant departments answered this.

The overall collection and storage capacity of Northeast China can meet the needs.

According to statistics from the State Grain Administration, new corn products from Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces were listed one after another in mid-September 2015, and the purchase price of corn showed a seasonal correction. In late October, the average purchase price per 100 jin of corn in Hebei, Shandong and Henan fell to 84 yuan, 89 yuan and 75 yuan respectively, down 27 percent, 22.6 percent and 34.2 percent from the same period last year. After the state started the purchase of temporary storage corn in Northeast China on November 1, the price of corn in the customs stopped falling and rebounded, showing a restorative rise. On November 17, the average purchase prices of corn in Hebei, Shandong and Henan were 91 yuan, 94 yuan and 88 yuan respectively, up 8.3%, 5.6% and 17.3% from late October.

Zhou Guanhua, director of the Department of Regulation and Control of the State Grain Administration, said that at present, grain supply and demand at home and abroad are generally loose, international grain prices are low, and the gap between domestic and foreign grain prices is still large. Affected by the relationship between supply and demand and macroeconomic situation, the corn market has continued to weaken since the beginning of this year. The state has launched policies such as temporary collection and storage in a timely manner to guide market expectations to be stable. At present, the domestic grain market and prices tend to be stable.

It is understood that this year, the state will temporarily store corn in the northeast region to list the purchase price (national standard third-class quality standards) to 1 yuan / jin. The national temporary collection and storage period of corn is from November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016, which is earlier than the start time of the acquisition last year.

Sun Zhi, deputy director of the Department of Economic Construction of the Ministry of Finance, said that the Ministry of Finance actively supports the acquisition of autumn grain. This year, the central government has allocated about 15 billion yuan to support the construction of grain storage facilities and the maintenance and renovation of "dangerous old warehouses." We will clarify the policy of financial subsidies for the construction of inter-provincial warehouses and simple warehousing facilities, step up efforts to release warehouses and press warehouses, and effectively alleviate the pressure on warehouses in the northeast region. We will timely and fully allocate subsidies for the central reserve grain and oil, the minimum purchase price and the interest cost of temporary grain and oil reserves, and support the China Grain Reserve Corporation and other companies to comprehensively roll out the acquisition network so as to achieve all the receipts due.

Suo Xuejun, deputy director of the purchase and sales Planning Department of the China National Reserve Grain Corporation, said that as the main body of the state-commissioned temporary corn collection and storage policy, China Reserve Grain started the temporary collection and storage of 2015 corn in Northeast China from November 1. "as of November 15, a total of 6.11 million tons of temporary storage corn has been acquired, and the current collection and storage capacity is about 80 million tons, which can generally meet the needs of the country's temporary storage corn acquisition this year."

The planting area of non-dominant producing areas in 2020 is 50 million mu less than that at present.

In view of the current situation of corn supply exceeding demand and a substantial increase in inventory, Pan Wenbo, deputy director of the planting Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture has actively promoted agricultural restructuring, and the idea in the future is to consolidate and upgrade advantageous producing areas and appropriately reduce non-dominant producing areas.

"We have recently formulated guidelines for the structural adjustment of corn in the 'sickle bend' area, which is distributed from northeast to north-west-northwest sickle bend in the topographic map of China, so it is called the sickle bend area." Pan Wenbo said that the "sickle bend" area is a non-dominant producing area of corn, which is not only a typical dry farming area, but also an ecologically fragile area, but also an ecotone between agriculture and animal husbandry, with a strong demand for high-quality feed. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture will speed up the construction of a modern agricultural industrial system of overall planning of grain economy and feeding, combination of agriculture and animal husbandry, integration of planting and breeding, and industrial integration in the "sickle bend" area. It is planned that by 2020, the corn planting area in this area will be stable at about 100 million mu, which is more than 50 million mu less than at present.

"as for the northeast Sautéed Sweet Corn with Salted Egg Yolk belt, it is the core corn producing area that must be stabilized. The state will continue to increase investment in major grain producing areas and strengthen production capacity construction. " Pan Wenbo said.

It is understood that in 2015, the central government allocated 37.2 billion yuan for grain (oil) producing counties, an increase of 2.1 billion yuan over the previous year, of which 11.45 billion yuan was allocated for three provinces and one district in Northeast China, accounting for 30.8 percent of the total reward funds. Stable support for risk funds in major grain producing areas. Grain risk funds in 13 major grain producing areas, including three provinces and one region in Northeast China, are fully borne by the central finance. Recently, all central financial subsidies for the 2016 grain risk fund have been allocated to local governments in advance, of which 6.22 billion yuan has been allocated to the three provinces and one region in Northeast China.

It is understood that the state continues to support the implementation of the minimum purchase price policy for wheat and rice in order to stabilize grain production and increase farmers' income.