China's top legislature on Friday passed the Law on the Protection of Black Soil, aiming to boost the sustainable use of land resources and ensure national food security.
China released an action plan recently on expanding the planting of soybean and oil crops at State-owned farms to ensure national food security and the supply of important agricultural products, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
The No 1 Central Document for 2022 was released on Tuesday, underscoring ensuring food security and preventing a large-scale reoccurrence of poverty as the priorities for this year s work on agriculture and rural affairs.
President Xi Jinping has reiterated the need to stabilize the fundamentals of the agricultural sector and ensure the nation s food security, saying that China should achieve assessable outcomes in growing more soybeans and other oil crops.