Understanding China’s Food Priorities for 2024

Understanding China’s Food Priorities for 2024

For decades, safeguarding food security has been a critical priority for China’s central government. Beijing has sought to strengthen its focus on food security through increased agricultural production and diversification of imports, and President Xi Jinping’s recent comments signal continued concerns at the top about China’s food security. Following the approval of the New Grain Security Law last … Read more

What Is the Impact of China’s New Rural Initiative?

What Is the Impact of China’s New Rural Initiative?

Advertisement In recent years, the Chinese government has started to worry about the effect of the changing international environment on Chinese food security. The China-U.S. trade war was a wake-up call when Beijing realized its dependence on American soy and corn. The possibility of an international food shortage after the Russian invasion of Ukraine further … Read more