Food security high on govt agenda

In the Government Work Report he delivered on Friday, Premier Li Keqiang once again highlighted the importance of seeds and cultivable land in safeguarding China's food security. That China attaches great importance to food security is evident in the fact that it has been highlighted in the No 1 Central Document for the last 18 years.

To better safeguard food security, the emphasis should be on four major issues.

First, the government should take measures to meet people's demand for better quality and more varied types of food. It needs to conduct research on what kinds of food will be more in demand.