According to data recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2023, China's total grain output will be 1,390.8 billion catties, an increase of 177 over the previous year600 million catties, an increase of 13%, the annual grain output hit a record high. At the same time, the national grain output has also been stable at 1 for nine consecutive yearsMore than 3 trillion catties. The country's grain output has increased steadily, and a bumper harvest has been achieved. It can be said that the heavy "harvest answer sheet" is not easy to come by.
Food security is the "great thing of the country". * The general secretary stressed: "We must firmly grasp the initiative in food security, and we must pay close attention to grain production every year. "Since the beginning of this year, China's grain production has undergone multiple tests, and the achievements have not been easy to come by. We overcame the impact of disasters such as the rare "bad rain" in the Huanghuai River, severe floods in North and Northeast China, and local drought in Northwest China, and achieved another bumper harvest in grain production throughout the year, providing strong support for promoting the sustained economic recovery, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, and focusing on promoting high-quality development. The increase in grain production and the bumper harvest have firmly stabilized the ballast stone of food security and demonstrated the steady power of the "basic plate".
The fundamental way out for stabilizing and increasing grain production lies in science and technology. A new technology has been implemented, a large agricultural machinery is galloping, and the fields are surging with scientific and technological kinetic energy, highlighting the hard support of the "golden flat burden" of agricultural modernization. For example, we should do a good job in building high-standard farmland, improve farmland water conservancy, and upgrade from low-yield farmland that "looks up to the sky to harvest" to high-standard farmland that can be watered by drought and drained by waterlogging, and there is a new "abundant" scene of "one thousand catties in one season and tons of grain in two seasons";By raising the level of modern seed industry, agricultural machinery, and other technical equipment, we will be able to store grain on the ground and in technology. At present, the contribution rate of China's agricultural science and technology progress has reached 624%, the coverage rate of improved crop varieties exceeds 96%, and the comprehensive mechanization rate of crop cultivation and harvesting in the country exceeds 73%. The increase in grain production and harvest is a vivid embodiment of the continuous improvement of comprehensive agricultural production capacity, behind which is the steady progress of China's agricultural modernization and the escort of agricultural science and technology.
The increase in grain production is inseparable from the escort of agricultural science and technology, but at the same time, it is also inseparable from two enthusiasms: the enthusiasm of local governments to grasp grain and the enthusiasm of farmers to grow grain. **Attaching great importance to grain production, all regions and departments strictly implement the same responsibility of the party and government for food security, and continue to increase support for grain production. **Continue to implement the assessment of the food security responsibility system, the state will continue to increase the minimum purchase price of wheat and rice, increase the scale of incentive funds for large grain-producing counties, and issue 10 billion yuan of funds to farmers who actually grow grain during the critical period of field management in spring. The strong synergy of emphasizing agriculture and grasping grain has effectively stabilized the grain area throughout the year.
Ensuring food security is an eternal task, and there is no room for slackness. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that "the foundation of food security should be consolidated in all aspects". For a large country like ours with a population of more than 1.4 billion, ensuring national food security is an eternal task, and this string must not be loosened at any time. We must always keep the responsibility of food security in mind, shoulder it, and fall on the field, plant every field, and guard every grain, so that the granary of a big country will have a more solid foundation and the vast number of farmers will have a better life.
The hard-won bumper harvest is the result of the combined effect of various factors such as good policies, strong science and technology, and people's efforts. The heavy "harvest answer sheet" makes us more confident in holding our jobs, and also gives us more confidence in coping with various risks and challenges.
*: Suzhou News Network.
Editor: Tu Ying.
Reviewer: Yuan Tao.
Editor-in-charge: Wu Haiyan.