Xi Jinping repeatedly stressed that micro-video | firmly hold this red line of grain
Food is the top priority for the people, and grain is based on the land. The fundamental guarantee of national food security lies in arable land.
To strictly prevent the red line of 1.8 billion mu of arable land, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly demanded: "the requirements for the protection of arable land should be very clear, 1.8 billion mu of arable land must be worthy of its name, and farmland is farmland, and it must be good farmland."
He emphasized that the Chengdu Plain has been known as the "Land of Abundance" since ancient times. We must strictly abide by the red line of arable land, protect this grain producing treasure land, and tighten the production of grain to create a higher level of "Tianfu granary" in the new era.
As of now, Sichuan Province has established more than 60000 field chiefs and 173000 grid members at the provincial, municipal, county, township, and village levels, and has basically established a farmland protection responsibility system and a grid supervision mechanism for farmland protection at the five levels of field chiefs and grid members.
On May 11, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected dry alkaline wheat fields in Xianzhuang District, Jiucheng Town, Huanghua City, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. Looking at the vast fields, the general secretary had far-reaching thoughts: "There are 1.5 billion acres of saline-alkali land in the country, of which 0.5 billion acres are suitable for growing grain. If it can be developed and utilized, it will be of great significance for expanding my country's arable land and maintaining national food security."
Cangzhou City is located on the coast of the Bohai Sea, with a high degree of soil salinization and a large area of medium to low yield farmland and saline alkali wasteland. In recent years, by cultivating wheat varieties with strong salt alkali resistance and disease resistance, and improving production and cultivation techniques, saline alkali land has gradually transformed into a "big granary".
He emphasized the need to firmly maintain the red line of 1.8 billion mu of arable land and gradually turn all permanent basic farmland into high standard farmland.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, by promoting the construction of high standard farmland, China has built a large number of high-quality farmland with drought and flood protection, high and stable yields. As of the end of 2022, China has built a total of 1 billion acres of high standard farmland. This year, 45 million acres will be newly built, and 35 million acres will be renovated and upgraded.
