CCTV news:In the first half of this year, the complex situation of the century-old changes and the epidemic of the century has brought new challenges to the Chinese economy. The complexity, severity and uncertainty of the economic development environment have increased, the downward pressure on the economy has further increased, and major economic indicators have fluctuated. .
In the face of new challenges, my country has launched a series of major policies in a timely manner, and China’s economy has stabilized and rebounded. From today (July 17th), “Chao Wen Tianxia” will launch a series of “Words Explain Half-Year Economy” for 5 consecutive days, and deeply observe the current Chinese economy through five keywords.
The first keyword I want to talk about today is “stability”, and I will talk about a few latest data that are stable, food, prices… Then, how did China’s economy achieve “stability” under such severe challenges in the first half of this year Woolen cloth? Let’s take a look at the word “steady” first. The left side of the word “steady” is the word “He”. “He” is related to food. With food, the heart will be stable. The original meaning of the word “steady” is: stability, stability.
As the saying goes, when you have food in your hands, don’t panic. This year, it is the bottom line of food security that has stabilized that has stabilized the broader market of China’s economic development. However, the bumper harvest of summer grains this year was not so easy. It was the autumn flood just when the wheat was just sown, which really made people sweat.
Planting 15 days late, what does it mean? With this question in mind, the reporter interviewed Cheng Guoqiang, an expert who has been studying food issues for a long time.
Cheng Guoqiang, a professor at the School of Agriculture and Rural Development of Renmin University of China: Planting 15 days late will actually bring about the worst situation for our wheat seedlings in ten years, which will lead to serious challenges to our entire summer grain harvest this year.
Such late-planting wheat accounts for 110 million mu nationwide, accounting for one-third of the total wheat sown area. However, half a year later, the wheat fields showed such a bumper harvest. Cheng Guoqiang told reporters that the battle to defend the summer grain harvest depends on these three tactics.
We kept the area and implemented subsidies for the farmland “wheat planting after the beginning of winter”. The area of winter wheat reached 336 million mu, an increase from the previous year, laying the foundation for a bumper harvest.
With the area, it is up to the enthusiasm of the farmers to grow the land well. my country has allocated a one-time subsidy of 30 billion yuan to large grain farmers, which has stabilized the enthusiasm of farmers to grow grain.
The complete reversal of the unfavorable situation is inseparable from the contribution of science and technology. Launched the “Strengthening Seedlings with Science and Technology” action, and installed Beidou navigation on 130,000 combine harvesters to ensure that the summer harvested grains were returned to the warehouse.
Cheng Guoqiang, a professor at the School of Agriculture and Rural Development of Renmin University of China: Summer grains account for 40% of the annual rations, so capturing a bumper harvest of summer grains from disasters this year is of great significance to ensuring food supply throughout the year, stabilizing expectations, and boosting confidence.
In Cheng Guoqiang’s observation, winning the battle to defend the summer grain harvest is only the first step, and how to stabilize grain prices is a matter of great concern to everyone.
On July 12, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange wheat futures closed at $298 a ton, down 37% from this year’s high, and reached $475 a ton on March 7, doubling year-on-year, just like wheat. And international corn prices. In the same period, China’s grain prices have maintained a stable trend, which is inseparable from the many price stabilization measures introduced by my country in the first half of the year, such as raising grain purchase prices and cracking down on driving up grain prices.
Cheng Guoqiang, a professor at the School of Agriculture and Rural Development of Renmin University of China: Under such a complex situation, the fact that we can ensure the stability of food prices and markets is actually laying a fundamental foundation for the stability of our entire macroeconomic and social development. , which has injected many positive factors into the stability of global food prices.
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