On December 22, the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress held a press conference. Spokesman Zang Tiewei said that the seventh meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress held on December 25 will continue to deliberate on the draft law on food security. The third draft of the Food Security Law is based on the national food security strategy and establishes a "big food concept".Reform and improve the system of balancing the occupation and compensation of cultivated land, and make cohesive provisions to reserve space for reform.
In October 2023, the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee launched a second review of the draft law on food security security. From October 25 to November 23, 2023, the second reading draft of the draft will be released to the public through the Chinese National Congress website for public comment. Zang Tiewei said that during the public comment period, a total of 494 opinions were received from 310 people on the Chinese National Congress website, and two letters were received, and two more were received after the deadline. In addition, opinions were also received from some grassroots legislative contact points and some local people's congress deputies, experts and scholars. The public mainly put forward opinions and suggestions on improving the relevant expressions of the "big food concept", increasing subsidies for grain production, supporting the development of agricultural machinery industry, improving the comprehensive utilization efficiency of grain, and strengthening the rotation supervision of grain reserves. Some of the opinions have been reflected in the third reading draft of the Food Security Law.
According to the opinions of various parties, the third reading draft of the Food Security Law proposes to make the following major amendments:Based on the National Food Security Strategy,Establish a "big food concept" and improve the food supply systemLet the people eat well, eat well, and eat at ease, and clearly stipulate to meet the people's consumption needs for rich and diverse food varieties, quality, nutrition and health;Reform and improve the system of balance of farmland occupation and compensation, and unify all types of occupation of cultivated land into the balance system of occupation and compensation, and make cohesive provisions in the draft to leave room for reformIt is clearly stipulated that the state shall implement a compensation system for the occupation of cultivated land, strictly control all kinds of occupation of cultivated land, and if it is truly necessary to occupy cultivated land, the responsibility for supplementing cultivated land shall be implemented in accordance with the law.
To ensure grain supply, it is necessary to ensure both quantity and quality. The draft law on food security stipulates that the state shall improve the standard system of grain production, storage, transportation and processing, and requires grain producers and traders to strictly abide by the provisions of relevant laws and regulations, implement relevant standards and technical specifications, ensure food quality and safety, and make it clear that the supervision and management of food quality and safety in grain production, storage, circulation, processing and other links shall be strengthened, a food quality and safety traceability system shall be established, and a food quality and safety risk monitoring system and food quality and safety inspection system shall be improved. Focusing on issues of concern to the people, the third draft of the Food Security Law has been further revised and improvedTo prevent the quality and safety risks of the processing process, it is clearly stipulated that grain processing operators shall implement the relevant national standards, shall not be adulterated with fake or shoddy products, and shall be responsible for the quality and safety of the grain they process, and accept supervision;In view of the problems caused by excessive processing, such as nutrient loss and food waste, and the requirements for improving the supply system, it is stipulated to encourage and guide the optimization of the grain processing structure and increase the supply of high-quality and nutritious food processing productsWith the expansion of the consumption level of urban and rural residents and the functional use of agricultural products, the people's demand for nutritious and healthy grains has increased.
Grain reserves are the material basis for ensuring national food security, and are also an important guarantee for dealing with major natural disasters and other emergencies, playing an important role in ensuring security, regulating supply and demand, and stabilizing the market. Zang Tiewei saidThe draft law on food security will promote an increase in grain production and peasants' incomes by increasing the overall production capacity of grain, improving the grain procurement and storage system, and enhancing the ability to resist risks. First of all, it is necessary to strengthen the construction and renovation of large and medium-sized irrigation areas and the construction of water conservancy infrastructureStrengthen the protection of high-quality cultivated land resources in black soil;Support the popularization and application of advanced and applicable grain production technologies and intercropping and other planting methods to improve grain yieldsPromote the development of agricultural machinery industry. Secondly, promote the popularization and use of advanced technology and equipment, and improve the ability to support science and technologyProvisions on the prevention and control of natural disasters and biological disasters and their technical research and application are added. Third, it stipulates that policy-based procurement and storage of key grain varieties can be implemented in the main grain-producing areas, and it is also specified that the state will improve the policy-based agricultural insurance system, encourage the development of commercial insurance business, ensure the peasants' income from growing grain, and enhance the ability of agricultural production to resist risks.
Author: Farmer**, China Rural Net Reporter Li Xiuping
Original title: The third review of the draft of the Food Security Law is imminent, establish a big food concept, improve supply, and clarify the balance system of cultivated land occupation and compensation**: farmers**client.
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