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ensuring the basic supply of important agricultural products such as grain has always been the top priority of agricultural and rural work.

the series of reports on the achievements of china's economic and social development over the past 75 years (hereinafter referred to as the "series of reports") released by the national bureau of statistics on september 10 show that my country's grain production has achieved leapfrog development over the past 75 years. in 2023, grain output reached 1390.8 billion catties, an increase of more than 1 trillion catties over 1949, a 5.1-fold increase.

over the past 75 years, what have been the strides in grain production and agricultural development? what breakthroughs have been made in agricultural technology to ensure the steady increase in grain production year after year, and what are the weak links?

grain production has reached a trillion jin level again after a lapse of 7 years

the national bureau of statistics once published a series of reports on "the achievements of economic and social development since the 18th national congress of the communist party of china". among them, the article "rural reform takes new steps, agricultural development reaches a new level" elaborated on "the ups and downs of china's grain production": at the beginning of the founding of new china, grain production was more than 200 billion jin; it took 14 years from 300 billion jin in 1952 to 400 billion jin in 1966; at the beginning of reform and opening up, rural reform and household contract responsibility system released agricultural productivity and stimulated farmers' enthusiasm. grain production increased from 600 billion jin in 1978 to 800 billion jin in 1984. it took 6 years to reach the two 100 billion jin level; it reached 1 trillion jin three times in 1996, 1998 and 1999; but this level did not stand firm immediately: it was below 1 trillion jin for 7 consecutive years from 2000 to 2006; it did not return to 1 trillion jin until 2007, and it has not declined since then. in 2015, grain output exceeded 1.3 trillion jin, and has since remained stable at more than 1.3 trillion jin for nine consecutive years.