National Development and Reform Commission: China's per capita grain availability exceeds the world average.

On November 6, the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference in its "Forging Ahead on the 15th Five-Year Plan" series, briefing on efforts to build a solid security foundation. Kou Rong, deputy director of the Economic and Trade Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that in recent years, uncertainties and unforeseen factors have intertwined globally, the international grain market has fluctuated considerably, and China has been closely watching, continuously monitoring, and actively responding. Overall, the domestic grain market has always been adequately supplied and has operated steadily, and China's food security during the 15th Five-Year Plan period is solidly guaranteed, which can be summed up in three words: "stable, thick, and sufficient." "Stable" refers to a stable production foundation. This stability comes from years of policies to strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers, and enrich rural residents, the implementation of storing grain in the land and in technology, the strict protection of the farmland red line, and a new round of action to boost grain production capacity by 100 billion jin. At the same time, China has a vast territory, and different regions can offset each other's good and poor harvests; when one area suffers drought or flooding, other producing areas can make up for it, so grain production is highly resilient. China has had consecutive years of bumper harvests, achieving "basic self-sufficiency in grains and absolute security in staple foods," with per capita grain availability exceeding 500 kilograms, higher than the world average and the internationally recognized food security line. "Thick" refers to a thick reserve base. After years of development, China's grain reserve system has become more complete, its mechanisms more sound, its structure continuously optimized, and its layout more rational. The nationwide grain stock-to-consumption ratio is far above the international food security warning line of 17%18%, and the finished grain and oil reserve capacity in the urban areas of 36 large and medium-sized cities is more than 15 days. At the same time, the country has 730 million tons of intact capacity in standard grain warehouses, of which more than 250 million tons has low-temperature or near-low-temperature storage capability, equivalent to putting grain into a "large refrigerator," keeping it fresh with less loss. With grain in hand, there is no worry in mind; abundant grain reserves are the "ballast stone" of China's food security. "Sufficient" refers to sufficient processing capacity. There are about 24,000 grain processing enterprises of various types nationwide, with the annual gross industrial output value of grain enterprises exceeding 4 trillion yuan. Processing capacity for flour, rice, and edible oil is sufficient, and finished grain and oil can be released to the market at any time, fully meeting daily consumption needs. There are more than 7,000 grain emergency processing enterprises at all levels, with a daily emergency processing capacity for grain and oil exceeding 1.8 million tons, able to turn raw grain into rice, flour, and oil on store shelves at any time.