Why is the Chinese government so concerned about food security?
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China has the unenviable task of feeding one-fifth of the world’s population with less than 10 per cent of the world’s arable land. In recent years, the country’s leadership has regarded food security as one of the key components of national security. So what has been done to fulfil President Xi Jinping’s order that “the rice bowl of Chinese people should firmly be held in their own hands”?
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Isn't it logical for every government to be concerned about their nation's food security.
for some people: national weapons security first
@@sihksahmir5635 Or you could not worry about defence and get invaded by Russia or China or North Korea...
@JustKeith So the world shouldn't worry about the US and NATO invade their country, but should worry about China and N Korea? 😂😂 Looks like your propaganda very hard to win a hungry stomach ROFL!
Well India make import their food priority while their people starving.
Wonder if there improvement there no news since BJP censored.
Well India make import their food priority while their people starving.
Wonder if there improvement there no news since BJP censored.
with a 1.4 billion huge population and only 12% arable land of it's size, any country would be extremely concerned about it's food security
Especially since their disastrous environmental policy has poisoned much of their land. Sad.
And when they encroach on other countries territories
@@headoverheels88 Are you referring to poisoned land in Ohio?
@@min-jd5lb nice US obsession. However I believe he's referring to the fact that 70% of China's rivers and lakes are unsafe for human use.
@Tony L LOL you are denying everything negative about US and spreading fake information about China, so brainwashed by western propaganda, typical. When China is plating the world's most trees and improving its environment, US is leaking carcinogenic chemicals into its water and bombing Nord Stream to release natural gas that causes immense green house effect. When talking about the topic of the environment, the US is the least credible and the least qualified country in this world.
"What makes the world's largest economy consider food supply a matter of life and death?"
Food is inherently a matter of life and death.
They are starting to realize that money is even less edible than melamine.
@@warlockpaladin2261 how edible is salmonella in US peanut butter?? 😂
After WW2, the Chinese implemented a disastrous Great Leap Forward that exacerbated a famine. The US embargoed China so China couldn't buy food. Tens of millions died. It was a hard lesson learned.
@@neilbohrs5990That why the PRC makes a lot of friends around the world, they bought and leased a lot of lands around the world as well. However, the U S A makes a lot of enemies around the world.
So there are actually governments across the world that really cares about things like food, agriculture etc.
There is an old saying in China: 民以食为天（Min Yi Shi Wei Tian）. It means that food is the paramount necessity of the people.
@@LFYin74 Not for china lol remember the great famine?? lol
@@TheSlayer. China has paid its price for the wrong policies that caused great famines, hence China is extremely concerned about it's food security
Many people in the West may make fun of China because of this (like: how can the 2nd largest economy be in such situation?) But the moment they realize their own government cares mostly about the elite as well as the industrial military complex...
@@LFYin74 without sufficient food, our party will collapse
Every government should be concerned about food security! Just look at those countries who do not.
Have you been to one of America Buffet Restaurants.... You'll be amazed how much food they been given out, taken only to eat portion of it..... Americans knows about this
Who does not?
Example India
Well, in a United Nations poll asking "is food a human right?" every country said yes, except two. These two were the United States and Israel. The rest of the world, you could say, is concerned about food security because they live in reality.
The US feeds a lot of the rest of the world’s lower-power countries and countries with limited food production capacity.
Blessings to those who feel that food security is important.
It's not an easy task feeding over 1 billion people.
Civilization is a week away from anarchy without food.
Is this way why they have been invading the sovereign waters of several other countries for many years, stealing fish stocks away from said countries’ own fishermen (and using their Navy to keep the rightful fisherman at-bay)??
Asking for a friend.
@@pushslice Yes. Tell Taiwan I said hello.
The West's exorbitant privilege: they don't need to really care about algriculture because whenever they need it, they can just print money (dollar, euro) to buy up. Sri Lanka people don't have such advantage...
excellent
A week? I love optimists 😂👍
Look to Ancient Rome. The government made sure the entire city, one million people, were fed year round, but they had a limited shipping season on the Mediterranean. Why? Because the Roman government didn't want to have that million people revolt. I can't imagine the Chinese don't have those fears.
The Communist Party of China has more 90 million members now, it's impossible now to destroy it, consider their resiliency to protect the constitution
I am 12 and I have never heard of food import
I think China's food security situation will improve over time. Aside from the measures listed in the video, incl. increased use of GMO crops and improved farming practices, there are other noteworthy aspects:
-As China's population decreases, land appropriation will also decrease and there will be more food per person, increasing by around 8% in 2040 and 17% in 2050 (all else being equal).
-China has reclaimed, and continues to reclaim land along its coastline, especially in Jiangsu. Shanghai alone has reclaimed over 400 Sq. km. (600,000 mou) in the last 30 years. A lot of this has been turned into very productive farmland.
-On the downside, marginal lands will likely become depopulated over time due to low productivity. Those areas only produce enough to feed the local population, and neither add nor detract from the total calculation.
Increased use of GMO will put millions of peoples health at risk.
@@oliviolanza1933 At risk of what? Over eating?
Until the effects of climate change become more severe
@@oliviolanza1933 you mean America? they are the biggest consumer of GMO
@@lofu32 biggest consumer maybe yes, but food produced by the Chinese are somewhat shady, there have been reports of them being notorious users of chemicals to increase yield at the expense of human health.
I thought every responsible government cares about it. No?
Because our long history tells us food security is the most important...
If you control food, you control country.
there appears to be a lot of inaccuracies here ..
…. because once nuclear winter hits, you can’t farm anymore 😅 better be prepared.
China should start a new law regarding food wastage. All leftover food will be charged
The news about China's successful mediation of Saudi Arabia and Iran's successful resumption of diplomatic relations was never mentioned, and the food security issue that every country attaches importance to is discussed here. I don't know how to treat SMCP with respect.
Do not be fooled by the name South China Morning Post. This rag is run by western trolls.
Look at who is behind SMCP.
@@thatchinaboi1 who?
@@webnovelsatu1455 They used to be independent but China is increasingly trying to control it through many methods like bribing employees.
@@HoangTran-wu6se i see. Thank you for the information!
well in the past dozens of dynasties fell because the government failed to secure food in times of crisis
When u have billions of population food is ur one of main concern
Food security is a matter of life and death. Why is that even a question?
It's a question if you know the agriculture section of many third world countries are destroyed by the enticement of upgrading their economic structure under the background of globalization. Even for some countries with high GDP per capita, like Mexico whose agriculture have been completely destroyed by cheap product imported from US, the failure of protecting the farmers lead to severe social problems, one of which is drug cartel.
I don’t think this is a difficult question to answer. A country needs to be able to feed its population.
Likewise in other high population countries. Tummies can't lie.
Every country should be concerned about food security of its people
China can also experiment with the vertical farming if need be.
If you are interested in Asia, international trade, agricultural, rapid urbanization, and national security, this would be an interesting news report. Food is vital to the security of any nation.
Revolution comes after hunger
You mean a government should be more concerned about something else. It is such a dumb question. This show most media are funded by the west. This has been number one concern for China for thousand of years. Somehow SCMP wants to make this something to do with political power. It is much better than looking for colonies or developing countries to take their resources to support the luxury lifestyle of the rich and powerful west. China also improved the literacy rate and eliminate absolute poverty.
why is this a question? i thought the idea of food security is top priority is a common sense.
There will never be a shortage of food. There are 8 billion humans around.
The video failed to mentioned that the Chinese government has hectares and hectares of farm land rented out from the Russian Federation purely for the sake for farming crops. This can only increase as Sino-Russia relationship continues to improve. Not to mention that the CPC owns hectares of farmland in USA, Canada and Australia as well.
@@mudshovel290 In that war scenario, USA would have a dissolution of the States, just like the Soviet Union. Since they've lost their manufacturing base and is totally reliant on China
@@TheTraveler2222 The US can just as easily bring back manufacturing back or move it out of China. It's already happening.
我觉得有脑子的都知道：饭碗端在自己手里才是最靠谱的。这是一个国家的命脉之一
How safe ?
Fresh water security is even more crucial.
Smart, food security is the foundation of a strong country
1:00 - "So what makes the world's second largest economy consider food supplies a matter of life and death?" Yep, they actually asked that question!
Many Western countries don't care so much about their own people being poor and hungry. China may not be rich, but she doesn't have the destitution of the US/UK. I am glad to be here.
Enjoy living under your totalitarian government. Also, access to RUclips is not allowed by your government, so maybe I should inform them
Yes, clearly the US and the UK are poor, underdeveloped countries, filled with hungry masses.
@@pjacobsen1000 Full of, no, but the US/UK have many more homeless people than China. The cost of rent and food are comparatively low here, outside of the first tier cities.
@@Mr.Patrick_Hung That's true. Lower GDP means lower cost.
@@pjacobsen1000 China's gdp is the second Highest in the world.
Because that's what everyone should be worried about . Food is the building blok of any society, not money
Very informative. Chinese born overseas have always kept a keen interest on issues of development in their ancestral country, hoping to one day contribute in their own way.
What bs are you talking about?
That hasn't been my experience. Many Chinese ex-pats have fled China because of political oppression, religious oppression, lack of economy opportunity, and general disagreement with how the Chinese state was run. In fact, I have a friend who lived in China for 10 years (was a white guy from here in the US) who married and even fathered a kid, and was never given any kind of legal status, despite speaking fluent Chinese and integrating into Chinese society. He and his wife (and the baby) now live here and despise how much China has changed since 2012. I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't the only one.
Only Chinese from Malaysia, Singapore and Australia
@@kinkobidoba9010 there are plenty of middle-up chinese all over southeast asia and north america who see the importance of mandarin and reconnecting with china.
@@fungj4126 , although I am not a Chinese but I will say he is right. Love his ancestral country. Unlike those who have betrayed their own ancestral country and carried foreign country flag and protest against their own ancestral country. I am sure those betrayers their ancestors will not RIP to have such disgraceful descendants that betraying their own ancestral country.
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Imagine a Country that is NOT concerned about food security
India - Rank 107 on Global Hunger Index 🙏🙏🙏🙏
SO? what are you saying here..India still has way more arable land than china
@@heisenbergs9415 It's a curious thing, it has more arable land, but there are still many people who sleep hungry.😢
@@isleephungry Reason is yield per acre. The farming is comparatively inefficient compared to the west but as more automation is going on the yield per acre is going up, and also there is a massive difference in percapita between India and the west hence no comparison. But as the country's becoming more wealthy it is bound to be an agricultural powerhouse like the USA(similar arable land). But China is basically a joke compared to both India and USA because of their arable land lesser than Russia and Brazil.
CONSTANT music ANNOYING imo. Thanks for uploading though.
I wish my country were so wise.
Same
One of the greatest things about living in the US is we are one of the only nations in the world that is completely self-sufficient.
@@beastmode8203 self sufficient just liKe north korea...
@@beastmode8203 Russia as well.
@@mrj428 most likely.
'Concerned' is clearly double-speak.
From China’s Famine in 1960 to India’s Bengal Famine in 1940s we both nations know how 🍱 is important for our 1.4 billion people with smaller land.
Bengal Famine was engineered by the colonial master. It is different from China. China one is caused by mother nature.
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Bengal famine was man made though.
@@A1stardan anything humans touch is man-made...
They wasted so much arable land on buiding factories, houses, not to mention the enormous amount of pollution, the excessive farming causing land to lose nutrients. They consumed the largest amount of fertilizer in the world for a reason.
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Making sure there is enough food is the first step before starting a war.
Before people starve to death. Dude how did you even come up with that idea haha
?? shouldn't all counties be concerned about food security?
It's time to abandon the west.
We should stop feeding them.
Why is China concerned about food security? Because it's the top 3 essentials for life...? For war, you probably just need a few nuclear missile for show but not for food...
China is not a war economy like usa
@@prormrx Then why the need to increase spending on the military.
@@wynn3077 the only problem is the threat from usa and nato nations
@@prormrx Are you really worried about what they do. Not every westerner is out to get you.
@@wynn3077 yeah there some exceptions that don't interfere in another countries matter but usa and uk are just destroyer of the world peace
Lower the music.
gm "food" is not food. so a lower yield in real food is higher than than the u.s. yield of 0% actual corn. busy eaters are not the same as satiated strong people.
Cuz you cant think stright when you hungry.
Where are the permaculture farming villages and coops surrounding every city, for food security and job security?
Chinese people doing hard work to make china rich ,,so people need food to keep them fit and fine ,,, this is comment from India ,,,,
民以食为天，没粮谁都想造反
Because it is their business.Supplying if possible the whole world.They are compose of big population...Experience give them big lesson....❤️🙏🇵🇭
Food is important to people as long as you are human or animal.
If your country has lost hundreds of millions of people due to famine in the past 5000 years, you will also prioritize food security. Food is the life of every Chinese, and even if we land on Mars, the first thing Chinese people consider is farming.
Huge respect to Chinese people
When you have 1.4 billion mouths to feed, it would be a worry if the government isn't concern about food security.
1:33 never thought of it that way
Food and energy can be used as cold war weapons therefore it is important to address these threats. With climate change it is important to build reserves of non-perishable food and having reliable neighbours help as well.
It is what people keep going....
Food security in most countries is in hands of a few MNCs which monopolize the world food market.
War.
some countries focus more on the third gender issue 😂😂😂
China's main problem is that most of the fertile land has become residential and industrial areas. As a result, agricultural land is far from urban areas. The fact that China exports vegetables makes me wonder why China is still worried about food?
You were never near China or even set foot
@@yellowbhee9797 look at the topographical map of China, most of the Chinese are in the green topography, green means where industry and residents are located, green is also where rice farming land is located.
And even factories have been shut down to put up buildings for their real estate investment scams. Samsung left China because its property got condemned because the government wanted the land. China offered to help move to A nearby location, but Samsung just said GOODBYE, and like many other firms, left the country.
@@yellowbhee9797 I agree
Somewhat Costly food made Soviet people unhappy. Lookout.
Care about people, not like capitalism
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He showed on your language ,history and lingvistic history that romania is the oldest country. Now ,before orthodox christianity romania was pagan. One of the apostoles of Iisus Hristos ,named Andrei came 2023 years ago in romania and since then ,romania became orthodox.
church of west ,catholics and Church of east ,orthodoxy ,were toghether for 1000 years but ,the church of west went in herezi and they put head of the church as pope. Orthodoxy did not accept that beacause head of church is Iisus Hristos.
In 2016 they made ecumenical sinod for all other denominations(sects)along with catholics to unite with orthodoxy and have head the pope.
Today orthodoxy is split in two :
one is ecumenistic
One the real and only true faith ,wich is for 2023 years ,wich still has Iisus Hristos as its head..ld.
The world's Biggest population is not China. India has the biggest population in the world.
Preparing for war, ration is utmost important to Ccp China.
china actually lease very large Ukraine farmland for 50 years to grow food..
seriously? why aren't other governments not so concerned about food security?
There was little discussion in this video of China's shortage of water in the places they need it most, and the fact that they need to import so much fertilizer in order to get their land to produce. They are definitely at risk of another famine.
China is the world's largest producer of chemical fertilizer. It also export excess production of chemical fertilizer.
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because china cares about its citizens equally
Better than the west honestly
China demonstrated their 'care' so well during the pandemic didn't they?
@@tranilator They did, despite the western media spreading lies about them.
@@nayan.punekar Is that why people were shouting out of their apartments for food.
@@nayan.punekar sure buddy
sure do import alot
What about gutter oil/spit oil that Chinese eatries use for cooking? It's highly health hazardrous.
Their soils are depleted.
Hand over the arable land to large corporations.
Big water and food shortages are coming world wide. This will destabilize and even topple governments in countries that are food insecure and weaken economies.
Why is it that so few nations produce fertilizer? If Russian and China can manufacture it, surely other nations should be able to do so. I know it takes time for industries to get going, but why would the world lets so few countries control their nutriitional future?
All Chinese statistics are doubtful. What is a fact, is that grain and fertilizer exports from Russia ans the Ukraine will be much reduced and there will be shortages.
Here in the Uk we are to! Our super markets are rationing tomatoes and eggs 🤷♂️
Actually China can be self-sufficient in food supply, especially when it comes to mechanized equipment available nowadays, the reason why China imports so much 1 China supply the world with many food products such as biscuits and cookies crackers just the small examples 2 to alleviate the pressure on it's own natural resources.
China is not even close to being self-sufficient. It would take years to get that geared up. And they can't control the drought. Have you seen a recent pic of China's rivers?
@@noahway13 Both China and India have a population of 1.4 billion. By comparing the main grain production of China and India, you can see how absurd it is to hype up China's food security. According to the data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in 2020, China's total grain production was approximately 669 million tons, India's total grain production was approximately 303 million tons. China's per capita consumption of meat, vegetables, and fruits is also significantly higher than that of India.
The Chinese government's emphasis on food security is more of a precautionary measure.
@@cchen6522 China is either fighting drought or floods. But that is not enough. They pick a fight with their neighbors and half the free world.
@@noahway13do you know how to read or have reading comprehension syndrome 😂
@@noahway13 I guess you have no idea what the capability of Chinese food production, China have survived earlier without trading with the West for decades, before they start modernized the farm equipment and with their ability to do construction work nowadays they can flatten down the mountain in the Southwest and the Midwest and use that land for farming if need be, they can divert the water the Himalaya and used throughout the land, if not so much complaining from the another country down the line.
Energy too.
Little boy military
Because if food security isn't secure, then people think about things like protesting. Let the Romans have their bread. ;)
why other government not concerned about food security?
China needs to be more like America. We have impoverished people here but you don’t see us worrying about food shortages and safety because we don’t care about them. That’s the problem with socialism, you force yourself to have to care for others because it’s indoctrinated. Here in America, we talk about helping others in need but it’s not part of our doctrines whatsoever. That way no one can be held accountable. Work smarter, not harder!
US needs to be more like China. We have imporverished people here but you don't see us worrying about electricity shortage and other infrastructure problems because we don't care about them. Thats the problem with capitalism, you force yourself to have to care for others because its indoctrinated. Here in China, we talk about helping others in need but it's not part of our doctrines whatsoever. That way no one can be held accountable. Work smarter, not harder!
China is the world largest producer of food, but also the most food imported.
China's consumption is the highest in the world.
Food inflation in the UK has gone up 20% to 45% over the last 2 years. I don't eat out anymore.
interestingly, back in 2020, the former prime minister declared that 600 million person in China had an income 150 usd per month, which I believe were farmers.
Considering what their past president did with pest controlling species. Of course they'd be concerned.
China should strengthen rice exporting countries for food safety.Indonesia india.Cambodia Thai.srilanka .pak.bangl Burma.Vietnam.china .rice production countries
lol, you know nothing about China, most people except those from southern provinces eat noodles or bun which are made from flour, that is why most of the wheat harvested in Australia is shipped to China.
isnt rice flour a thing
If all country stop exports foods to china and china will crumble soon 😂😂😂
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