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2020: How to eat well in a full-fledged China

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 2020: How to eat well in a full-fledged China In the new decade, how do Chinese policymakers view food security and international agricultural markets? Interpretation by Wang Chen. Just by the end of 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China has set a new goal to ensure that 80 million mu of high-quality farmland will be added by 2020. Entering the second decade of the 21st century, food security remains one of the most important concerns of Chinese policy makers. The most comprehensive interpretation of this concern comes from China's Food Security, which was released a few months ago by the State Council Information Office, also known as the "white paper on food security" ("white paper"). In the 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, New China has achieved a five-fold increase in grain output, doubled its per capita share, and achieved a basic balance between supply and demand. In 1996, China's first is...