[policy interpretation] Grain output remains stable at more than one trillion jin.

Interpreter: Ye Zhenqin, Director of the planting Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture

Reporter: China has had a bumper grain harvest for six consecutive years, and this year's Central Committee document No. 1 calls for earnestly preventing the tendency to ignore and relax the work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers. It is proposed that "efforts should be made to ensure that grain production does not decline, farmers' income does not stagnate, and the good momentum of rural development does not reverse." So what measures will we take this year to ensure that food production does not decline?

Ye Zhenqin: the No. 1 document of the CPC Central Committee has put forward clear requirements for grain output, which is both pressure and responsibility to us. As the department in charge of grain production, we should stabilize the area, increase the per unit yield, increase the total grain output for the whole year, and do everything possible to keep the grain output stable at more than 1 trillion jin.

The No. 1 document of the CPC Central Committee clearly proposes to "increase state investment in agriculture and rural areas" and "adhere to direct subsidies to grain farmers." On February 4, in order to support spring ploughing production, the central government allocated 86.7 billion yuan for direct subsidies to grain farmers, of which 15.1 billion yuan was directly subsidized for grain. In addition, the first document mentioned the need to "expand the scope of potato subsidies, start subsidies for improved varieties of highland barley, and implement pilot subsidies for improved varieties of peanuts." these three varieties of subsidies are of great significance. Potato is very suitable for development in arid areas of northwest China; subsidies for improved varieties of highland barley reflect the state's concern for ethnic minority areas; peanut is a high-yield and high-oil crop, which is of great significance to stabilize and improve the self-sufficiency rate of edible vegetable oil in our country. At present, the Ministry of Agriculture is conducting research in conjunction with relevant departments, and it is expected that specific subsidy policies will be introduced soon.

In grain production for the whole year, we will continue to promote high grain, cotton and oil production activities on a large scale. The establishment of high yield has been implemented for two years, and practice has proved that it is an effective way to integrate various practical technologies and demonstrate to drive a large area of balanced production. Last year's high-yield demonstration film emerged a number of typical high-yield models of 10,000 mu, of which the yield of 10,000 mu of demonstration film in Tengzhou City, Shandong Province reached 687.2 kg per mu, setting a record for per 10,000 mu of wheat in China. The establishment of high yield led to a large area of yield increase, with an average yield of 653.6 kg per mu in 2050 demonstration slices with high grain yield, an increase of 70.1kg over the same period last year.

Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture will continue to vigorously promote the creation of high yield this year. In terms of scale, it has expanded from 2600 million mu of demonstration films last year to 7500 demonstration films this year, basically covering all agricultural counties in the country. In terms of scope, it has been expanded from 8 crops in three categories of grain, oil and cotton to 10 crops in four categories of grain, oil, cotton and sugar, supporting some advantageous producing areas to expand the area of demonstration areas and promoting the implementation of high-yield construction in townships and counties.

Reporter: the No. 1 document of the Central Committee proposed for the first time to "promote the standardized production of vegetable basket products". How do you understand this "standardized production"? What measures do we have at present?

Ye Zhenqin: China is a large producer of horticultural products, and the area output of vegetables, fruits, tea and flowers ranks first in the world. However, the development of various regions is uneven, and some regions and some varieties have prominent problems, such as low yield per unit area, poor quality, weak brand, weak competitiveness, asymmetric production and marketing information, and so on. The "standardized production" put forward in the No. 1 document of the Central Committee is very timely. To solve these problems of horticultural products at present, the core is to change the mode of production and improve industrial quality, and the key is to promote standardized production and improve product quality.

Since last year, the Ministry of Agriculture has launched the establishment of a horticultural crop standard park, that is, integrating technology, intensive projects, and concentrating efforts to build a number of production bases for large-scale cultivation, standardized production, commercialization treatment, brand sales and industrial management in advantageous producing areas, and demonstrate to improve the overall quality and efficiency of horticultural products. This is a major change in the production thinking of horticultural products in China and a major measure to promote the development of horticultural industry.

This year, the Ministry of Agriculture has initially arranged for the establishment of 1600 standard gardens, with more than 1000 mu of standard gardens for fruits, tea and open-field vegetables and more than 200 mu of facilities for vegetables.

Reporter: "tamping the foundation of agricultural and rural development" has been set as the theme of the Central Committee's No. 1 document this year. What new measures do we have on the basis of tamping grain production?

Ye Zhenqin: although China has had a bumper grain harvest for six consecutive years, the foundation of grain production is still very weak. The six consecutive increases in grain production are the concentrated release of existing production capacity. In order to maintain a good momentum of stable development, there must be new improvements in grain production capacity.

The Central Committee's No. 1 document includes "tamping the foundation" in the title, which shows that we attach importance to this issue, which is one of our current key tasks. This year, we will comprehensively launch and implement the National Plan for increasing Grain production capacity by 100 billion jin, with emphasis on large-scale construction of high-standard farmland. We will build a number of high and stable grain fields in 800 major grain-producing counties (farms). This is a farmland construction project with the largest investment, the longest construction time and the widest coverage over the years. This year, the state will also increase support for the subsidy program for the promotion of soil organic matter, which is also a rare major project dedicated to the construction of cultivated land quality over the years.

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According to the statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, the country's total grain output in 2009 was 1.0616 trillion jin, an increase of 4.2 billion jin or 0.4% over the previous year. The total grain output has been stable at more than 1 trillion jin for three years in a row, increasing for six consecutive years. Of this total, the national output of summer grain was 246.7 billion jin, an increase of 5.2 billion jin or 2.2% over the previous year. The national output of early rice was 66.5 billion jin, an increase of 3.3 billion jin or 5.3% over the previous year. The national output of autumn grain was 748.4 billion jin, a decrease of 4.3 billion jin or 0.6% over the previous year.

Oil production continues to recover, rapeseed production is expected to increase by about 5%, the highest level in history, and the self-sufficiency rate of edible vegetable oil remains stable.

The horticulture industry has developed steadily, the export situation has obviously improved, and the market production and sales are booming. According to preliminary statistics, the area of fruit in China this year is about 160 million mu, basically the same as last year, with an output of 120 million tons, an increase of 9 percent over the same period last year.