Chinese state media reported that President Xi Jinping inspected the Dezhou area of Shandong, reviewing progress on agricultural and rural modernization and stressing food production and rural development while touring farmland.

China treats stably securing food for 1.4 billion people as a core national task, with holding the 'arable-land red line' and raising farm productivity at the center of policy.

Modernization spans mechanization, smart farming, rural infrastructure and narrowing the urban-rural gap. China is concentrating policy on strengthening self-sufficiency while lifting rural incomes and living standards.

Food security is a global concern, not China's alone. Supply and demand for major crops and international grain prices affect prices and tables in many countries, including Korea and Taiwan.

We convey China's agricultural policy neutrally from a policy and development lens. Food and the countryside are universal themes of interest to the Chinese community.