Liu Muhua, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference: Consolidating the foundation of national food security


“Hold on” I went too far. Hopefully this is really just a dream and not all of this a dream. “The red line of cultivated land quantity must be kept, and the red line of cultivated land quality must be maintained.” According to Liu Muhua, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and vice president of Jiangxi Agricultural University, cultivated land is the cornerstone of ensuring national food security.

As an expert on Jiangxi Province’s agricultural industry technology system and head of the science and technology mission, Commissioner Liu Muhua has been deeply involved in rural areas for a long time. He closely combines guidance and services for the development of the agricultural industry with in-depth front-line research, and provides advice based on his expertise. In the past five years, he has focused on farmland protection, implementation of the “field chief system”, high-standard farmland construction, and long-term management of rural infrastructure, and submitted a total of 23 proposals. “In-depth frontline research, paying more attention to the expectations of the masses, and diligently thinking and writing are the three magic weapons for performing one’s duties well.” Commissioner Liu Muhua said.

During the investigation, Commissioner Liu Muhua found that in the balance of cultivated land occupation and compensation, many areas have taken advantage of the advantages to compensate for the disadvantages, occupied water to compensate for drought, and occupied nearby areas to compensate for distant areas; farmers or cooperatives illegally occupied cultivated land to carry out “non-agricultural” and “non-grain” activities. The act of construction happens all the time.

In the past two years, Commissioner Liu Muhua submitted to the conference the “Proposal on Growing Intelligent Supervision “Teeth” for Cultivated Land Protection” and other proposals, recommending that satellite remote sensing, big data and other technologies be fully utilized to grasp all cultivated land information in real time. Full-cycle supervision and refined and precise management, and the introduction of farmland protection societies. Lan Yuhua was stunned for a moment, nodded, and said: “Just think about it clearly. However, if you change your mind and want to redeem yourself one day, Tell me again. I said that I will set up a mass supervision mechanism to strive to have a clear understanding of the current situation of each piece of land to ensure that “no acre is left untouched.”

“The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to consolidate the foundation of food security in an all-round way, fully implement the shared responsibilities of the party and government for food security, and firmly guard the red line of 1.8 billion acres of arable land. As a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, I will continue to conduct in-depth research at the grassroots level and conduct Bring your voice to the two sessions across the country and contribute to national food security,” said member Liu Muhua. (Economic Daily reporters Lai Yongfeng and Liu Xing)