Liu Jiang: strengthen the construction of agricultural infrastructure to guarantee the national food security

Introduction: on August 29, Xinhua Finance and economics Urumqi special telegram (reporter Wang Boyu) Liu Jiang, deputy director of the State Planning Commission, stressed at the recent national rural economic planning work conference that we should continue to strengthen the construction of agricultural infrastructure, steadily improve the comprehensive production capacity of agriculture, and establish a modern national food safety assurance system First, there should be safety guarantee in terms of total quantity, and second, there should be safety guarantee in terms of quality In recent years, due to structural adjustment and drought, grain production in some areas has been greatly reduced Even if this year's grain output reaches or slightly exceeds last year's level, the gap between the supply and demand of grain across the country will still reach about 70 billion jin this year At present, the world's normal grain trade volume is about 200 million tons, most of which are concentrated in the United States, Canada and other resource rich countries If there is a serious shortage of food in a country as large as ours, it will drive the prices of agricultural products in the international market up by a large margin After joining WTO, China's agriculture will face more severe situation Liu said the key to improving the level of quantitative security is to strengthen the construction of agricultural infrastructure and constantly improve the comprehensive agricultural production capacity The key points are: (1) protect and make good use of land resources We should strictly control the amount of non-agricultural land occupied, strengthen the protection of basic farmland, accelerate the transformation of medium and low yield farmland, increase the high-yield and stable yield farmland, do a good job in the reclamation of abandoned land of industrial and mining enterprises, reasonably develop the available reserve land resources, and strive to achieve the balance of farmland occupation and compensation (2) Strengthen water conservancy construction In areas with more water resources and frequent floods, we should strengthen the construction and comprehensive treatment of flood control engineering system of big rivers and great lakes, strengthen the treatment of flood, and turn flood into water conservancy; in areas with less water resources, we should consider the development, utilization, conservation and protection of water resources as a whole; we should strengthen the early work of South-to-North Water Diversion, and build Shapotou of the Yellow River and Jiwu of Xinjiang as soon as possible , Yili River Qiapuqihai and other key water source projects; vigorously promote water-saving technology, focus on the large-scale irrigation area with water-saving as the center of irrigation supporting transformation and water-saving and efficient irrigation demonstration project construction; further accelerate the pace of water conservancy construction in the western region, realize the coordination between the East and the west, the South and the north, and lay the foundation for the development of the western region (3) To strengthen the construction of forestry and ecological environment, we should focus on the protection of natural forest resources, the conversion of farmland to forest or grass, the comprehensive management of ecological environment construction in key areas, the management of sandstorm sources in Beijing and Tianjin, water and soil conservation, and the protective forest system in accordance with the overall plan of the national ecological environment construction plan and the objectives and tasks set out in the "Tenth Five Year Plan" ecological construction and environmental protection plan Key ecological construction projects, such as construction, natural grassland restoration and construction projects, will establish a good ecological barrier for the development of agriculture and national economy and reverse the trend of ecological deterioration It is more and more urgent to improve food quality and safety We should attach great importance to the construction of quality standard system and inspection system of agricultural products, strengthen the construction of epidemic areas without regulations, strengthen the prevention and control of major plant and animal pests and diseases, and pay attention to the research on the impact of products produced by new biotechnology on human development.