Beijing, August 22: Food security is a fundamental issue linked to human existence and development, and it is a shared concern for all economies in the Asia-Pacific region. To enhance food security cooperation in the region, China has proposed three initiatives to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies.
During a high-level government-business dialogue on food security held on August 20 in Talyan, Liaoning Province, Liu Huanshin, Director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, presented the details of these initiatives.
Liu stated that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China will focus on increasing production and productivity, improving the production environment, and raising incomes. The country aims to continuously enhance its overall grain production capacity, effectively ensure stable prices and supply of grain, promote the modernization of grain storage and logistics, lead industrial transformation and upgrading through technological innovation, improve the governance system for food security, and continuously strengthen the national capacity for food security assurance.
(Source: China Media Group, Beijing)
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