Pay close attention to the cultivation of new driving force for agricultural growth and attach equal importance to both quantity and quality

Chinanews.com, Nov. 15-Li Wei, director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, pointed out today that in the face of the new conditions of food and food security, we should step up efforts to cultivate a new driving force for agricultural growth, attach equal importance to quantity and quality, give consideration to both present and long-term, and comprehensively enhance the ability to guarantee food and food security.

Under the guidance of the Development Research Center of the State Council and jointly sponsored by the Rural Economic Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council and the China Economic Annual Society, the "2015 (third) China Food and Food Security Strategy Peak meeting" was held in Beijing from 14 to 15. With the theme of "the transformation of the mode of agricultural development and the continuation of the driving force of growth", the summit focused on how to focus on agricultural modernization to promote the transformation of agricultural development mode and power upgrading.

Li Wei pointed out at the summit that at present, China's per capita grain share has reached 450 kg, which is slightly higher than the world average, in order to establish a huge grain collection, storage, processing and distribution system, and the grain availability of urban and rural residents has been significantly enhanced. The improvement of China's food and food security has laid a solid foundation for China to deal with various risks and challenges of reform and development and to maintain smooth economic and social operation. It has also made outstanding contributions to alleviating poverty and hunger around the world.

Li Wei said: we should be soberly aware that the foundation for sustainable food and food security is not solid, and some aspects are still very fragile, whether it is the external market environment or the internal allocation of factors. have posed new and very serious challenges to food and food security in modern China.

Li Wei pointed out several outstanding problems facing China in the field of food and food security:

First, grain output increases year after year, and the cost of resources and environment is too high. At present, the increase of grain production in China basically depends on the old road of factor input, water resources have been overexploited, many lands have exceeded the capacity of the environment, and chemical fertilizers and pesticides have been overused. The environmental and economic costs are becoming more and more prominent. If grain production continues to overdraw resources and environment in this way, the basis for the survival and development of agriculture will continue to be destroyed. The sustainable growth of grain production in the future is bound to face greater risks.

Second, the domestic grain market is increasingly affected by the international market. In recent years, the state has continuously raised the minimum purchase price of rice and wheat and the temporary purchase and storage price of corn, which has effectively promoted the increase of grain production and farmers' income, but with the change of internal conditions, the grain price support policy industry is facing new challenges. At present, the most prominent problem in the temporary market is the changing trend of domestic grain prices, which seriously deviates from the international market, and the question of grain prices upside down at home and abroad has become increasingly prominent. The inventory squeeze is serious and the financial burden is heavy. How to improve the price formation mechanism of agricultural products, improve the grain collection and storage system, and co-ordinate the international and domestic markets and two kinds of resources is a major issue for the adjustment of China's agricultural policy.

Third, there are still many hidden dangers of food quality and safety. The situation of food quality and safety is highly hidden, and the information of producers, operators and consumer regulators is asymmetric, so it is difficult for the government to implement effective supervision. The existing regulatory capacity is seriously inadequate, and the quality and safety of imported food is not reassuring. Affected by the weak global recovery, depressed consumer market, rising production costs and other factors, some food companies reduce their investment in quality management in order to maintain profits, and global food safety problems occur frequently.

Li Wei pointed out: in the face of the new conditions of food and food security, we should step up efforts to cultivate a new driving force for agricultural growth, attach equal importance to quantity and quality, give consideration to both present and long-term, and comprehensively enhance the ability to guarantee food and food security. Measures can be taken in the following areas:

First, insist on ensuring production capacity. China must adhere to the bottom line of self-sufficiency in grain capital and absolute safety of food rations, and maintain adequate food security and production capacity. To ensure grain production capacity is not to pursue the growth of food production at all costs and at the expense of the environment of resources, and to ensure that the production capacity must be efficient and sustainable healthy production capacity, and only healthy production capacity can truly ensure food and food security. It is necessary to implement the strategy of storing grain in the land and technology, improve agricultural productivity, land productivity and the efficiency of resource utilization, and take the road of agricultural modernization with high output efficiency, product safety, resource conservation, and environment-friendly.

Second, to adhere to moderate imports, China, as a large developing country with a large population, land and water shortage, is difficult to maintain the growing demand for food only limited to local arable land, and it is a general trend to actively make use of the international market and international sources of capital. To adhere to moderate import, we must first establish a diversified and stable international trade system of agricultural products. To enhance the stability of strategic trade relations, gradually release important trading exporters and grain production capacity, insist on moderate imports, and speed up the pace of agriculture going out, we must prevent and resolve the risks that may be brought about by the simple import of agricultural products.

Third, we should give priority to quality. China should ensure food and food safety not only in terms of quantity, but also in terms of quality. Not only to achieve the quality and safety of domestic products, but also to promote and ensure the quality and safety of imported products. We must start from the source of the industrial chain, grasp the quality of agricultural products, promote the standardization and standardization of agricultural production on the basis of cultivating new economic entities and developing large-scale management, on the one hand, purify the environment of producing areas and cut off the chain of pollutants entering farmland, on the other hand, we should actively carry out agricultural brands, shape and cultivate recommended marketing and social publicity, and promote the quality of agricultural products through brand effect.