Set the tone for food system transformation

Reporter Zhou Yan

On September 17th, the 2022 (first) China Food and Nutrition Innovation and Development Forum, guided by the National Food and Nutrition Advisory Committee, hosted by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and co-hosted by the Institute of Food and Nutrition Development of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Sustainable Future Frontier Technology Promotion Center, was held

At the meeting, the "2022 China Food and Nutrition Development Report" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") was released, which is guided by the concept of big food, by combing and summarizing the trend of food and nutrition changes since the reform and opening up, judging the problems and challenges in the field of food and nutrition in the development process, and putting forward a series of major policy suggestions, aiming to provide reference

Firmly implement the requirements of the big food concept

In the past 40 years of reform and opening up, China's grain output has remained above 1.

"However, it should also be noted that the increasing pressure on food production and supply, the tightening of resource and environmental constraints, the insufficient matching of food supply and nutritional demand, and the need to accelerate the establishment of a sustainable food system are the main problems

How to crack the above challenges? Chen Mengshan believes that first of all, we must firmly implement the requirements of the concept of big food, conform to the trend of the people's food structure, and ensure the effective supply of meat, vegetables, fruits, aquatic products and other foods while ensuring temporary supply

Wei Hongyang, deputy director of the Department of Quality and Safety Supervision of Agricultural Products of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, added that the all-round and multi-channel development of food resources must take the road of high-quality development, whether it is to make good use of cultivated land resources, or from cultivated land resources to the entire land resources, the premise of "protecting the ecological environment" cannot be changed, and the green development path cannot be biased

"In recent years, the state has also issued a series of food and nutrition-related plans and policies to promote the innovative development

Food and nutrition development has entered a new phase

With the realization of China's all-round well-off, the people's attention to food, nutrition and health is increasing, and the concept of big food has pointed out the direction for better ensuring food security, improving the level of diversification of food supply in the

First, the quantity is sufficient

Second, the energy is enough

Third, the structure is not yet reasonable

With the continuous improvement of the income of urban and rural residents, the people's consumption demand for food is becoming more and more diversified, and the attention to nutrition and health is becoming more and more urgent, but due to the impact of factors such as agricultural development has not yet fully realized modernization, insufficient investment, weak scientific research strength, and insufficient food education, there are still some food and nutrition problems

Ding Gangqiang, director of the Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, added that the irrational diet structure will lead to changes in

"Embarking on a new journey, China's food and nutrition development has entered a new stage, we must take the big food concept as the guide, in accordance with the overall idea of "changing the direction, adjusting the structure, tree concept, strong support", to ensure food security, promote rural revitalization and build a healthy China to make new contributions

Accelerate the transition of the food system to nutritional health

Ying Hao, director of the Key Laboratory of Nutrition Metabolism and Food Safety of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Wang Sheng, vice president of the COFCO Institute of Nutrition and Health, said that the report not only has a high degree of scientificity, but also puts forward some forward-looking solutions for the current problems and challenges, provides important guidance for food processing and nutrition in China, and also provides direction for people's health and happy life, which has good practical significance

The report focuses on promoting the implementation of the big food concept, and what are the major policy recommendations for the transformation to nutrition and health? Mei Xurong interpreted

Accelerate the development of nutrition-oriented agriculture Take sustainable development as the goal, nutrition-oriented as the concept, and resource endowment as the starting point, accelerate the transformation of the food system, promote the construction of nutrition-oriented production system, processing system and consumption system, and develop nutrition-oriented agriculture
.

Create a third ration By increasing the development of whole grain foods, optimizing the regional layout of grains, promoting the quality and efficiency of the grain industry, guiding the increase of whole grains and grains consumption, creating a third ration, enhancing the diversity of staple foods, and ensuring national food security
.

Implement the white meat growth plan Formulate policies to promote the development of poultry meat and aquatic products, strengthen the creation of new varieties of poultry and aquatic products and the key core technological innovation of breeding, and promote the development
of the industry to scale, standardization and intelligence.
Multiple measures are taken simultaneously to promote white meat consumption and a healthy low-carbon diet
.

Actively promote the reduction and conservation of the whole food industry chain In the process of moving from farmland to table, we strive to reduce food loss and waste
.

Starting from the doll and the spoon holder, we should pay close attention to healthy diet education and grasp the two key links of
good food education into the campus and into the family.
Strengthen the dominant position of mainstream media and authoritative institutions in food education, and increase the cultivation
of mainstream science popularization teams.

Vigorously strengthen food and nutrition science and technology innovation Carry out a census of food resources to find out the bottom line
as soon as possible.
Coordinate the efforts of all parties, build a food monitoring and evaluation system, and increase the construction of
food nutrition quality and human nutrition demand database.
Strengthen basic research, technological innovation and demonstration application of food resources, accurately explore the unique role of different food resources, and give full play to their nutritional and health value
.

Chen Junshi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and general counsel of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, concluded: "The food system is ultimately to protect human health, but also to protect the health of the earth, and the transformation of the scientific food system can ensure that the people eat more nutritious, healthier and more environmentally friendly
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Responsible editor: Xiao Zhihan Review: Wang Jinchen