Russian-Ukrainian granary caught in war, CCP worries about food crisis again

Published 2022년 3월 12일

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The article highlights the concerns surrounding China's food supply due to the war in Russia and Ukraine, two major global food exporters. Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the importance of self-reliance in food production and reducing dependence on imports. Despite being the world's largest consumer of grain, China's self-sufficiency rate has dropped from 100% in 2000 to 76% in 2019, and is expected to further decrease to 65% by 2035, especially with gaps in corn and soybean production. The article also discusses China's efforts to increase domestic soybean production and maintain arable land, as well as its reliance on imports, particularly from the United States.

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[The Epoch Times, March 13, 2022] (The Epoch Times Special Department reporter Zhang Wan interviewed and reported) Russia and Ukraine, two world granaries, have fallen into war, causing global food supply security concerns. Recently, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized that " It is up to us to feed China.” Xi Jinping said at the joint group meeting of the CPPCC on March 6 this year that China must support itself by self-reliance. grain". In his latest speech, Xi also said that China must "ensure a controllable self-sufficiency and self-sufficiency rate" in China's food supply. According to data released by the Chinese Customs on January 14 this year, in 2021, China will import a total of 164 million tons of grain with an import value of 74.8 billion US dollars. Compared with 2020, the import volume will increase by 18% and the import value will increase by 49.2%. Russia and Ukraine are important food exporters in the world. The two countries supply nearly 30% of the wheat and ...

Source: Epochtimes