People's Daily, Beijing, March 6 (Reporter Zhong Ziwei) "On the whole, the overall balance and the structural shortage are the current supply and demand of grain and major agricultural products in our country." On March 6, Zhang Taolin, vice minister of agriculture, Said during the discussion.

    Zhang Taolin said: With the excellent situation in which output of grain increases nine in a row, it is easy to blindly relax and reduce input. "After analysis, the actual increase of nine in a row can be divided into the resumption of growth from 2003 to 2008 and the rapid retarded growth since 2008, which shows that the grain production in our country is still unstable and the output falls easily and will easily rise up."

    Zhang Taolin introduced in 2012 China's soybean imports 58.38 million tons, the dependence on foreign trade as high as 80%. Since the rice, wheat and corn cereals were imported and imported from 2011, they have exceeded 13 million tons in 2012.

    Zhang Taolin introduced that at present China's grain storage accounts for more than twice the national average, and China's food security is guaranteed.

    In the meantime, Zhang Taolin expressed his confidence in the grain production in our country. He introduced that in comparison with the advanced countries in developed countries, the yields of rice, wheat and maize in China were 71%, 60% and 67% respectively. Compared with the domestic advanced level, the yield of national high-standard demonstration fields in 2012 reached 601.2 Kg, higher than the national average of 257 kilograms. "This shows that the space for food growth is still relatively large and there is still potential for food production."