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CPC makes every effort to ensure food security and promotes rural revitalization: expert
By Lin Xiaoyi
Published: Nov 07, 2022 08:33 PM
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"Food security is among China's most fundamental interests. Over the past decade, China has steadily increased its grain production capacity, ensured national food security, and promoted rural revitalization by consolidating the foundation of agriculture, rural areas, and work related to farmers," Li Guoxiang, a research fellow at the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.
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At present, over 95 percent of China's grain variety cultivation areas have been independently selected and bred. The Party and the country have also vigorously promoted the mechanization of the whole grain production process with the overall mechanization rates of wheat, corn, and rice cultivation exceeding 97 percent, 90 percent, and 85 percent respectively.
At the same time, over the last decade, the Party and the country have improved policies to support grain production, appropriately raising the minimum purchase prices for rice and wheat, and stabilizing production subsidies for corn and soybeans, Li noted. "These policies and measures ensure that farmers do not suffer financial liabilities from farming activities while their income steadily increases," he said.
According to China's National Development and Reform Commission, in the last two years, the central government has issued 60 billion yuan ($8.3 billion) in one-time subsidies to farmers to mitigate the impact of rising prices of agricultural supplies. At the same time, related government departments have vigorously developed socialized agricultural services to help small-scale farmers advance in grain production.
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CPC makes every effort to ensure food security and promotes rural revitalization: expert
By Lin Xiaoyi
Published: Nov 07, 2022 08:33 PM
snip
"Food security is among China's most fundamental interests. Over the past decade, China has steadily increased its grain production capacity, ensured national food security, and promoted rural revitalization by consolidating the foundation of agriculture, rural areas, and work related to farmers," Li Guoxiang, a research fellow at the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.
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At present, over 95 percent of China's grain variety cultivation areas have been independently selected and bred. The Party and the country have also vigorously promoted the mechanization of the whole grain production process with the overall mechanization rates of wheat, corn, and rice cultivation exceeding 97 percent, 90 percent, and 85 percent respectively.
At the same time, over the last decade, the Party and the country have improved policies to support grain production, appropriately raising the minimum purchase prices for rice and wheat, and stabilizing production subsidies for corn and soybeans, Li noted. "These policies and measures ensure that farmers do not suffer financial liabilities from farming activities while their income steadily increases," he said.
According to China's National Development and Reform Commission, in the last two years, the central government has issued 60 billion yuan ($8.3 billion) in one-time subsidies to farmers to mitigate the impact of rising prices of agricultural supplies. At the same time, related government departments have vigorously developed socialized agricultural services to help small-scale farmers advance in grain production.
more...
zhttps://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202211/1278921.shtml