China has marvelously succeeded in raising its grain output
steadily through the introduction of reform and opening-up drive,
along with the development of agrosciences.
The remark was made by Nourddin Mona, China Representative of
the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations,
who is in Harbin, capital city of northeast China’s Heilongjiang
Province, attending a forum on cold and black soil.
"China is no threat to the world in terms of grain or food
security," said the FAO China representative, "because the country,
despite its vast population, has solved its food problem in an
exemplary way by following a path of reform, opening-up and
unremittingly developing agriculture through science and
technology."
Statistics and a great number of agricultural bases prove China
is capable of producing grain not only enough to feed its
population sufficiently, but also to export to overseas markets,
said Mona.
Because of its miracle of success, China has been cited as an
example of success by UN in advocating the Millennium Development
Plan, the FAO China representative said.
"In addition to grain security, China has also made fast
progress in eradicating poverty on its territory," Mona added, who
promised that he would make a suggestion to the FAO headquarters
calling for more cooperation with China in agriculture, such as
sending experts to help China train agri-technical workers and
farmers with modern technologies.
(Xinhua News Agency August 21, 2005)