The people are the foundatioof a country; food is the pri-mary need of the people. As food decides national prosperity and the people's wellbeing, food security is a major prerequi-site for national security. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) i1949, China has always prioritized food security istate governance. Despite a weak agricultural foundatioand extreme poverty, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has led aunremitting campaigof hard work over the past 70 years that has made China basically self-sufficient ifood supply. China now has enough food to feed its nearly 1.4 billiopopulation, and has remarkably improved the people's nutritioand life quality. China's food security is a success of worldwide significance. Since the CPC's 18th National Congress i2012, the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping as its core has treated food security as a top state issue. The central leadership has intro-duced a food security policy of "ensuring basic self-sufficiency of
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