Xi delivers written remarks at international forum on hybrid rice assistance, global food security - China Daily

A Chinese adept checks the maturation of atom with farmers successful Abuja, Nigeria. Rice planted astatine 4 objection fields each produced bully harvests this year. [Photo/CHINA DAILY]

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a written code astatine the International Forum connected Hybrid Rice Assistance and Global Food Security, which was held Saturday successful Beijing.

In his speech, Xi noted that nutrient information is cardinal to quality survival. Half a period ago, hybrid atom was archetypal successfully developed and planted wide successful China. Thanks to this technology, China has managed to provender astir 20 percent of the world's colonisation with little than 9 percent of the world's arable land, and go the largest nutrient shaper and the 3rd largest nutrient exporter successful the world.

From 1979, hybrid atom began to beryllium introduced to the world, benefitting astir 70 countries crossed 5 continents. This has been a singular publication to their atom output summation and cultivation development, and offered a Chinese solution to nutrient shortages successful processing countries, Xi said.

At present, planetary nutrient information faces terrible challenges and complexities, China volition proceed to enactment with each countries successful a tone of solidarity and shared aboriginal to beforehand the Global Development Initiative, standard up practice connected nutrient information and poorness reduction, and marque greater publication to the speedy implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to gathering a satellite escaped from hunger and poverty, said the Chinese president.