Grain Crop Production as Guaranty of Food Safety of China

Occupation: Leading Researcher, Centre for Russia, China and world
Affiliation: Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: 32, Nakhimovsky prospect, Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation

Journal name

Problemy Dalnego Vostoka

Edition

Issue 6

Pages

70-87

Abstract

The given article analyses the present state of grain farming of the PRC and its contribution to the food security of the country. The food security is the basis for supplying of 1.4 bln. population of the country with food, maintaining social stability, achieving sustainable economical growth and provision of national security.

PRC achieved remarkable results in the field of food safety. For the 70 years passed from the formation of the PRC thanks to the efforts of the government and the agricultural laborers China made a prominent historical step from the period of malnutrition to the period of fullness.

The article analyses major points in the food safety policy of China for the last 10 years. Starting from the XVIIIth CPC congress Chinese government paid more attention to the food safety problem. At the XIXth CPC congress a new concept of the food safety was formulated. It stated the quality and safety of food and greater variety of food assortment as major criteria. The XXth CPC set new goals for the solution of the food safety problem.

From the beginning of the year 2020 to the autumn of 2022 due to the series of events the topic of food safety became more sensitive not only in China but around the world as well.

But despite of the stated difficulties China significantly surpassed international standards of food safety in 2021.

The most important and priority link in the chain of food safety is the grain self-sufficiency. The given article covers the situation on 3 major grain crops grown in China: rice, wheat and corn and investigates the reasons led to the grain consumption structure changes of the last 20 years.

Keywords

PRC, UN FAO, food security, grain self-sufficiency, corn production, corn import, consumption structure

Received

06.10.2022

Publication date

20.12.2022

Number of characters

45770

Cite

GOST	Alexandrova M. Grain Crop Production as Guaranty of Food Safety of China // Problemy Dalnego Vostoka – 2022. – Issue 6 C. 70-87 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://pdv.jes.su/S013128120023241-6-1 (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013128120023241-6
MLA	Alexandrova, Maria "Grain Crop Production as Guaranty of Food Safety of China." Problemy Dalnego Vostoka 6 (2022):70-87. DOI: 10.31857/S013128120023241-6
APA	Alexandrova M. (2022). Grain Crop Production as Guaranty of Food Safety of China. Problemy Dalnego Vostoka (6), pp.70-87 DOI: 10.31857/S013128120023241-6

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