The people are the foundation of a country； food is the pri-mary need of the people. As food decides national prosperity and the people's wellbeing， food security is a major prerequi-site for national security. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China （PRC） in 1949， China has always prioritized food security in state governance. Despite a weak agricultural foundation and extreme poverty， the Communist Party of China （CPC） has led an unremitting campaign of hard work over the past 70 years that has made China basically self-sufficient in food supply. China now has enough food to feed its nearly 1.4 billion population， and has remarkably improved the people's nutrition and life quality. China's food security is a success of worldwide significance.
　　Since the CPC's 18th National Congress in 2012， the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping as its core has treated food security as a top state issue. The central leadership has intro-duced a food security policy of "ensuring basic self-sufficiency of grain and absolute security of staple food". The Chinese government has established a national strategy on food security featuring self-sufficiency based on domestic grain production，guaranteed food production capacity， moderate imports， and technological support. Abiding by the principle of basic food self-sufficiency based on domestic grain production， China practices the strictest farmland protection system and a strategy of sustainable farmland use and innovative application of agri-cultural technology to increase farmland productivity. Through supply-side structural reform and institutional innovation in ag-riculture， China has raised grain productivity， modernized grain circulation， improved food-supply structure， and achieved steady development in the grain industry. Step by step， China has established a food security guarantee system at a very high level characterized by quality， efficiency and sustainability.China's food security has a stronger guarantee， along a steadier and wider path with Chinese aracteristics.

　　China has recently enjoyed a run of good harvests. There are adequate grain supplies and reserves， and a stable grain market， which are indicators ofincreasing food security. Look-ing to the future， China has the conditions， capabilities and confidence to enhance food security relying on its own efforts.A national system of food security guarantee policies is in place. China's food strategy in the new era consists of ensuring security of food through food self-sufficiency， pooling domes-tic resources to ensure key links in food security， and securing food supply as a foundation for national development and so-cial stability. There is plenty of space for supply-side structural reform in China's agriculture industry； there is plenty of room for progress in China's agro-technology， in terms of increasing per unit area yield， reducing food waste， and developing non-grain foods. Adequate grain reserves help ensure market supply and a basically stable market； a modernized grain storage and logistics system helps prevent regional or provisional food supply crises； market mechanisms in full play help improve the structure of grain varieties.
　　In the medium to long term， China's grain production and demand will remain closely aligned， which means China must not slacken its efforts to ensure food security. Per capita grain consumption and demand will drop slightly with social and economic development； the consumption of grain as feed for livestock and grain used for industrial purposes will continue to rise； total grain consumption will increase and pursue high-er quality. In terms of grain production， agricultural costs are still rising， and resource and environmental carrying capacity （RECC） is broaching its limit. Agricultural infrastructure is comparatively weak， and capacity for disaster prevention andrelief must be improved. China will find itself under considera-ble pressure to maintain steady grain production while ensuring green development and sustainable resource use. In terms of grain circulation， grain production will continue to be concen-trated in core production areas. Transregional grain fiows will increase， and there is still the risk of dramatic fiuctuations in the grain market.
　　In global terms， international institutions for food and agriculture have achieved outcomes in improving global food security governance. All countries have an increasing will to facilitate orderly circulation in the international food market and overall stability. Progress has been made in grain produc-tion in low-income food-deficit countries， which will mitigate the negative impact of international market fiuctuations upon
　　domestic markets， and create a sound environment for China's and for global food security.
　　At the same time， today's world is still facing severe food security challenges. There are still over 800 million people suffering from hunger， while international food trade is being disrupted by protectionism and unilateralism， and showing in-creasing instability. These challenges mean that the world has a long way to go in reaching its sustainable development goals.
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Preamble
Ⅰ．China's Achievements in Ensuring Food Security
Ⅱ．Food Security in Cluna
Ⅲ．Opening Up and Intemational Cooperation
Ⅳ．Prospects and Policies
Conclusion