As the coronavirus pandemic keeps spreading throughout the world, there have been concerns among the Chinese whether China will run into a food shortage.
#1: At least 17 countries announced restrictions on exports of agricultural products, including wheat and rice. (Caixin)
#2: On April 4, Wang Hong, Director of the Department of Safe Warehousing and Science and Technology, State Food and Material Reserve Bureau, stated at a press conference, “We have built three defense lines. The first one is an ample raw food reserve. The second one is to build 10 to 15 days of ready-to-consume food reserves in large and mid-sized cities and regions that are likely to have price fluctuations. The third one is to set up a number of emergency food processing companies, emergency supply sites, emergency distribution centers, and emergency storage and shipping companies. 88.2 percent of these emergency food processing companies have resumed production. Their daily production capacity can feed the entire population of China, 1.4 billion people, for a day. (China News Agency)
Related posting on Chinascope:
1. Excerpt in Chinese:
尽管全球粮食库存绰绰有余，但新冠疫情拨动着市场忧思。近期，小麦、大米主产国出口价格明显上升。截至4月13日，至少有17个国家接连宣布，实施农产品出口限制。
Source: Caixin, April 14, 2020
http://economy.caixin.com/2020-04-14/101542367.html
2. Excerpt in Chinese:
国家粮食和物资储备局安全仓储与科技司司长王宏4日在新闻发布会上表示，
我们构建了“三道防线”：一是有充足的原粮储备；二是人口集中的大中城市和价格易波动地区建立了能够满足10到15天的成品粮储备；三是布局建设一批应急加工企业、应急供应网点、应急配送中心和应急储运企业。截至目前，全国应急加工企业5388家，其中已经复工4750家，复工率88.2%；复工企业的小麦和稻谷的加工能力每天96.2万吨，折合19.2亿斤，按照每天一人一斤粮计算，仅这些粮食应急加工企业每天的加工能力，就够全国14亿人吃一天多。
Source: China News Agency, April 4, 2020
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2020/04-04/9147730.shtml