China News Service, February 27: Question: [Spring of Progress] Xi Jinping’s Question of the Two Sessions丨“Is the ‘mant bun’ gone?”

“Is the ‘mant bun’ gone?”

After General Secretary Xi Jinping’s question, the audience laughed and answered: “No!”

This happened on March 8, 2019, when General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the Henan delegation’s deliberation at the Second Session of the 13th National People’s Congress.

General Secretary Xi Jinping said, "Henan people love to eat steamed buns. In the past, there was a 'mant bun shop' in Zhengzhou. It was also an unstable factor that could not be bought. Now there is no need to establish a special agency."

The "mant bun shop" reflects not only the relationship between the government and the market, but also the food security issue that General Secretary Xi Jinping is concerned about here.

Everything is the most important thing. China's biggest national condition is to have more than one billion people.

China's arable land accounts for 9% of the world's world's freshwater resources account for 6%, but it is an indisputable fact. There was even a voice in the international community that "who will support China" appeared. Ensuring the supply of primary products is a major strategic issue. The Chinese people’s job must be firmly held in their own hands at all times, and the job is mainly filled with Chinese grain.

General Secretary Xi Jinping once warned not to get amnesia about eating—“Food security must be alarmed and we must not say that the food has passed easily.”

The people are the foundation of the country, and the valley is the life of the people. "Ensure food security is an eternal topic and you cannot relax at any time." General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the importance of food security.

In March 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized when visiting members of the agricultural, social welfare and social security who attended the Fifth Session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and attending the joint group meeting that we should not be careless about the issue of food security, and we should not think that eating is optional, and we should not rely on the international market to solve it. He pointed out: "A big country like us must rely on itself."

The small job is connected to the hearts of the people, and the hearts of the people are the greatest politics.

General Secretary Xi Jinping’s emphasis on grain production has been consistent. Over the years, during local inspections and investigations, he has gone deep into the fields many times to investigate grain conditions and ask about grain matters.

In March last year, General Secretary Xi Jinping talked with Dai Hong, a large grain grower in Changde, Hunan, and said: "Grain farmers cannot suffer losses. Only if they have money to make money can they have the enthusiasm to grow grain."

Not only can grain growers suffer losses economically, nor can they let grain grow counties suffer financially. The Central Rural Work Conference held in December last year proposed to "start and implement inter-provincial horizontal interest compensation in grain production and sales areas under the central coordination."

"The people will not eat unless the grain is grain, and the grain is not born." Cultivated land is the lifeblood of grain production.

General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward clear requirements for the protection of arable land, "1.8 billion mu of arable land must be deserved, and farmland is farmland, and it must be fertile land."

To ensure national food security, we must store food in the land and technology.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, "Let farmers master advanced agricultural technology and use the best technology to grow the best food."

The Central Document No. 1 of 2025 recently released also proposed specific measures to address agricultural science and technology issues such as "cultivating leading agricultural science and technology enterprises", "accelerating the research and development and application of domestic advanced and applicable agricultural machinery and equipment", "supporting the development of smart agriculture, expanding technical application scenarios such as artificial intelligence, data, and low altitude", and "supporting science and technology courtyards to take root in rural areas to help farmers and benefit farmers" and other specific measures.

Food security is "the biggest thing for the country." As General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "More food to be more and less is a tactical issue, and food security to be a strategic issue." Having food in your hands and not panic in your heart is the truth at all times.

｜Producer: Chen Lujun

｜Producer: Zhang Mingxin

｜General planning: Yu Lan

｜Planning: Wu Qingcai

｜Coordinator: Ma Xueling Kan Feng

｜Written by: Li Jingtong

｜Proofreading: Sun Jingbo

｜Visual: Zhang Jianyuan

｜Produced by "Xi Yandao" Studio in China News Network