CCTV news (news broadcast): Today (September 23) is the autumnal equinox, and our country ushered in the fourth harvest festival for Chinese farmers. Yesterday, General Secretary Xi Jinping extended festive congratulations and sincere condolences to farmers and comrades working on the “three rural” fronts across the country. He pointed out that since this year, we have overcome the new crown pneumonia epidemic, floods, natural disasters and other difficulties. A bumper harvest in production, harmony and stability in rural areas, and happiness and well-being of farmers have played an important role in opening up new situations, responding to situations, and stabilizing the overall situation.
At present, autumn grains in my country’s main grain producing areas are gradually maturing. This year, the country has fully implemented the seed industry revitalization action, promoted the construction of high-standard farmland, and further consolidated the foundation of grain production capacity.
It is another bumper harvest season. The latest agricultural situation dispatch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shows that, on the whole, the growth of autumn grain crops in most parts of the country is better than that of the previous year and better than normal, except for individual areas that were affected by the disaster. At present, nearly 16% of the country’s autumn grain has been harvested, and the progress is the same as the previous year. It is estimated that there will be about ten days before the large area of autumn grain is harvested.
The upcoming autumn harvest picture shows two highlights: one is the continuous increase in the quality rate of varieties, and the other is the steady increase in arable land production capacity.
The key to ensuring national food security lies in seeds and cultivated land. In May of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out during an inspection in Henan that the seeds must be firmly held in his own hands to ensure food security. It is necessary to persist in self-reliance and self-reliance in agricultural science and technology, start from cultivating good seeds, strengthen technical research on high-quality seeds, and rely on Chinese seeds to ensure China’s food security.
Deeply implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions. This year, the country will launch the largest and most extensive survey of agricultural germplasm resources, and it will take three years to find out the status of agricultural germplasm resources. Just these days, the construction of the new national germplasm bank has entered the final stage. After it is completed and put into operation, the national germplasm resource reserve capacity will increase from 400,000 copies to 1.5 million copies.
In July of this year, the Central Committee for Comprehensive and Deepening Reform deliberated and approved the Seed Industry Revitalization Action Plan. The state fully implemented the Seed Industry Revitalization Action, and promoted the revitalization of the national seed industry by consolidating the germplasm resource base and other measures to ensure that seed sources are independent and controllable.
The ethnic seed industry is revitalizing, and the protection and construction of cultivated land is also speeding up.
In order to protect and make good use of the black land, the “giant panda in the arable land,” this year, the state implemented a black land protection project. In Jilin Pear Tree, 80% of the corn land now uses black land conservation farming to increase fertility. Soil power has increased production. During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, my country will complete the task of protecting and using 100 million mu of black land. The quality of black soil arable land will be significantly improved, and the organic matter content of the soil will increase by more than 10% on average.
In order to truly achieve high and stable yields during droughts and floods, the state will continue to implement high-standard farmland construction projects this year. During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, 1.075 billion mu of concentrated contiguous high-standard farmland will be built. In Yantai, Shandong, despite the spring drought and summer drought on some plots this year, the grain output in the high-standard farmland has not been affected.
Not only have to eat well, but also eat well. During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, the state will further promote high-quality grain projects, relying on demonstration cities and counties, characteristic parks and other carriers to cultivate a number of industrial bases and industrial clusters, and build a grain industry cluster development pattern.
Consolidate the foundation of grain production capacity and firmly hold the initiative in food security. In the first year of the “14th Five-Year Plan”, the central government will implement the same responsibility for food security. Good news in the three seasons of summer grain, early rice and autumn grain is expected to be achieved for 18 consecutive years. Good year harvest.