A front-page article in the People's Daily (June 18) highlighted the need to 'Ensure food security is placed in a prominent position so that grains are basically self-sufficient and food rations are absolutely safe'. It said that according to the "National Grain Production Development Plan (2006-2020)" issued by the former Ministry of Agriculture in 2006, by 2020, China's total domestic food demand will reach about 1,130 billion catties. Zhong Yu, a food expert from the Institute of Agricultural Economic Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said that based on the total food consumption in 2019 and the 2006 plan, the "14th Five-Year" grain production capacity is positioned at more than 650 million tons or 1.3 trillion catties. The above is in line with the national conditions of China's grain consumption and matches the economic and social development. It called for holding firm the area of cultivable land.