China’s food security governance

Abstract

Food, energy, and financial security are the three key security issues facing the modern global economy amid the turbulence of recent years. The subject of the study is the People’s Republic of China’s (hereinafter referred to as PRC, China) current food security system. China, being the home to almost one-fifth of the world’s population, attaches great importance to the issue as a key element of national security. The purpose of the study is to examine the PRC approach to ensuring food security. The food crisis risks and China’s successes in food security have been considered. The issue of developing national agricultural production is linked to a large number of aspects that are no less important for human life. Climate change, ecology and nature management, modern machinery production for the agricultural sector, chemical fertilisers production, irrigation systems and agricultural products storage and processing facilities construction, animal and plant breeding, and agricultural production geography – virtually all branches of science and economics are linked to the topic under study. Issues of social and economic development in agricultural regions have been studied. China’s food market is of interest to agricultural producers from Russia.