Keeping the Bottom Line of Food and Energy Security and Consolidating the Foundation for Development

Director and Researcher of the Comprehensive Situation Office of the China Academy of Macroeconomics

Food and energy are the most basic means of production and living that support the healthy and orderly operation of the national economy

In the face of the epidemic and extreme weather of the century, food and energy supply and stable prices handed over qualified answers

Both food and energy are important primary commodities, and supplies are vulnerable to shocks from epidemics and extreme weather

Since the outbreak of the epidemic in the 20th century, the production, transportation, supply, and consumption of agricultural and sideline products around the world have encountered a series of thorny problems.

The evolution of the century-old changes is accelerating, and the risks of food and energy security cannot be paralyzed

From the perspective of the supply and demand pattern of the world's important primary products, the distribution is not balanced and has obvious structural characteristics.

In terms of food security, it is necessary to make adequate preparations to deal with extreme weather or emergency shocks on a regular basis

In a word, after the impact of the epidemic in the century, the global industrial chain supply chain related to major primary products is in the process of reshaping, and the international liquidity is still relatively abundant, and it is relatively easy to see a significant increase in the volatility of international food and energy prices.

Comprehensively strengthen supply guarantee capability and implement comprehensive saving strategy

To calmly respond to the changes in the century and the epidemic of the century, and to promote the steady and healthy development of the economy and society, we must focus on the country's major strategic needs and stabilize the fundamentals of agriculture and energy

The first is to implement a comprehensive conservation strategy

In the medium and long term, China's food and energy supply and demand will remain in a tight balance, and ensuring the secure supply of food and energy will be a protracted battle

From the perspective of energy security, the recently released "14th Five-Year Plan for Modern Energy System" pointed out that China has entered a new stage of building a modern energy system, which is reflected in the superposition of "four phases", that is, energy security has entered a critical period.

　　From the perspective of food security, it is necessary to implement the hard measures of "long teeth" cultivated land protection, strictly adhere to the red line of 1.