China's Food Security and Its Global Implications

Abstract

China's food security is a cornerstone of China's socioeconomic stability and a key issue for the world food market. Over the past twenty years, China has seen its food production generally rising commensurately with population growth. There has been need for only minimal supplements from the world grain market, despite recurrent natural disasters and two episodes of precipitate output fall. Underlying China's strong grain security is the government's full support for agricultural production, tight control on land use and some strategic use of the world market. In future, China's continued food security will largely depend on the government's capacity to address short- and long-term climate and environmental challenges.