Create a new splendor of grain production

Another good year's harvest! According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the country's total grain output in 2014 was 607.099 million tons, an increase of 5.16 million tons or 0.9 percent over 2013. Of this total, the total grain output was 557.269 million tons, an increase of 4.577 million tons or 0.8 per cent over 2013. The bumper harvest of grain in successive years has not only ensured that the rice bowl is firmly in one's own hands, so that the rice bowl is mainly filled with one's own grain, but also laid the foundation for the stable and healthy development of China's economy under the new normal.

Grain production has increased year after year, and the task has become heavier and heavier year after year, and it has become more and more difficult year after year, especially this year, on the basis of "ten consecutive increases," it is not easy to climb high and protect the plate and reap a bumper grain harvest. Looking back on the grain production process in the past year, the reason why we were able to achieve bumper harvests and increase production again is due to strong scientific and technological support, field management measures in place, and timely and effective disaster prevention and reduction. what is more crucial is that the central authorities put forward the national food security strategy for the new period, and the signal of "attaching importance to agriculture and grabbing grain" is strong and clear. Grasp "grab" to protect area, grasp "management" to increase per unit area, grasp "resistance" to ensure safety, and grasp "prevention" to reduce losses. Various special support policies connect a whole set of comprehensive measures, fully mobilize the various main bodies of grain production, and fully optimize the allocation of all kinds of resources in grain production. Only in this way can we still make historic breakthroughs in grain production under various unfavorable conditions and continuously improve the capacity of grain production in terms of connotation.

At the historical moment of the "11th consecutive increase" of grain, we also need to realize that the more bumper grain harvests in successive years, the more we need to tighten the string of food security. The lessons of history remind us that when there is too much grain, it is easy to underestimate the importance and value of grain; after a continuous harvest of grain, it is most likely to neglect grain production. On the grain issue, we must always keep a clear mind on heightening our vigilance, and if we cannot increase grain production year after year, we will not see the difficulty and pressure of ensuring food security in the future. In the future, the restrictions on arable land and water resources available for agriculture will be tightened day by day, and with the growth of population and the improvement of living standards, food consumption will continue to increase. In addition, the marginal benefits of agricultural policies and capital investment will gradually decrease. All kinds of natural disasters are becoming more and more frequent, and the pressure on prices and costs at home and abroad is increasing. It is necessary to maintain the good momentum of grain development at a high starting point and face multiple challenges.

With grain in hand, there is no panic in the heart. This is not only a summary of the experience of the Chinese nation's historical wisdom for thousands of years, but also an inevitable choice made by comprehensively considering the current situation of grain production. At the new historical starting point, the protection of food security must not be lax or careless, and we must persist in using stronger policy support, more perfect integration and promotion of science and technology, and more vitality in the innovation of the management system. We will firmly build the cornerstone of China's food security and stable development, and constantly write a new brilliant chapter for the realization of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers Chinese Dream."