Building agricultural resilience to extreme weathers

Despite being the world's second-largest economy, China is still a developing country and thus vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, with its agricultural sector being especially vulnerable to extreme weather events.

In recent years, the rate of rising temperatures has been faster in China than the global average, with climate conditions becoming more complex due to the rising frequency of extreme weather events such as unusually high precipitation rates, increasing typhoons, extreme heat and cold waves. In particular, there has been an increase in regional and periodic floods and droughts across the country, seriously affecting agricultural production. This has made it even more important to take measures to minimize the effects of extreme weather events on agriculture.

The central government attaches great importance to adaptation to climate change and has taken a series of measures to safeguard the agricultural sector.