China: “We attach great importance to global food security” – WORLD

China: “We attach great importance to global food security”Mao Ning, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said they attach great importance to protecting global food security. On November 12, the Hybrid Rice Assistance and Global Food Security Forum was held in Beijing, the capital of China. Today, at a regular press conference in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a written statement at the forum, said the area of ​​cultivated land in the world. accounts for 9 percent of the population. Mao Zedong noted that the Global Development Initiative (GDI), put forward by Xi Jinping, identified 8 important areas of international cooperation, including food security. Mao said China called for more international cooperation to maintain food security within the G20. Mao Zedong said that the recently concluded 25th China-ASEAN Summit adopted a Joint Statement on strengthening cooperation in the field of food security.