Department of Agriculture survey, the National autumn harvest is a foregone conclusion, the annual grain output is expected to exceed 11,000 billion kilograms, is since 2004, China's grain output increase the eighth consecutive year, a new record high yields and total production. China has adopted the most stringent farmland protection system, year after year for China's food production and food security played an important role.
In recent years, China has implemented a strict control of farmland used for construction and balance of arable land to implement the system, the national trend of rapid reduction of arable land has been effectively curbed. Based on historical land change survey, from 1996 to 2005 the average annual net decrease of 1200 acres of arable land (including ecological restoration), 2007 and 2008, a net decrease of arable land were reduced to 61 acres and 29 acres in 2009 for the first time achieve a net increase of cultivated land.
Ministry of Land and Land Protection Division, said Yao Yan, 1999-2003 food production, an important reason is that decreasing arable land, grain sown area decreasing. Since 2004, the decline in arable land too fast has been further checked, grain sown area has increased year by year. Protection of cultivated land has been included in the current performance of the local economic and social development of a comprehensive evaluation index system and cadre evaluation system.
It is understood that the present balance of arable land in China has fully implemented the system, the implementation of the first replenishment, increasing the intensity of additional land. "Eleventh Five-Year" period, additional land 2152 mu. Meanwhile, the protection of farmland as an important part of increasing land inspectors and law enforcement supervision, the land coverage of satellite images from law enforcement to expand to 172 cities nationwide.
Ministry of Land and Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Center, said Wen-Ju Yun, deputy director, vigorously promote land remediation, accelerate the construction of high standard basic farmland, farmland increased offer higher proportion of high standards, is reinforce the material basis of national food security an important measure. In recent years, the land resources system through the formation of land and other measures to strengthen water conservancy construction, continuously improve the comprehensive production capacity of the land. "Eleventh Five-Year" period, through land remediation, new construction of canals more than 670 million kilometers, the road into the field more than 590 million km, through the regulation of farmland, production increased by 10% than in the past to 20% of the country to increase food production capacity of more than 160 billion pounds.
It is understood that the present Ministry of Land Resources has entered into 10 provinces with land remediation demonstration construction agreement, plans to invest 10 billion yuan, will be another three to five years more than 6,000 acres of land remediation, about 1,000 acres of additional land to increase food production capacity of more than 200 billion kilograms.
Yao Yan said that in China's industrialization, urbanization and rapid development, accelerate the construction of new countryside, the formation of two-way squeeze on farmland protection in front of the grim situation, we must continue to adhere to the most stringent farmland protection system for the "1025" period even longer period of agricultural production and food security protection. (By Autumn)