Recently, Chairman Liu’s proposal at the Two Sessions ’Assuring China’s food safety from an overall viewpoint’ received reply from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

The minimum purchasing price of food and grain is an important means for the State to regulate market price, and the ’mind relief’ for farmers. An appropriate increase in food price helps protect and mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers to grow grains.

Meanwhile, Chairman Liu hopes that the Chinese government should make effort to maintain a stabilized food price at a reasonable level, and give overall consideration – promoting agricultural development and farmers’ income, preventing inflation and affordability of urban and rural residents, as well as considering the impact of the international market.

Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission officially replied and thanked Mr. Liu for his proposal. Giving consideration of the valuable suggestions in the proposal, the NDRC will make careful study with objective and scientific reasoning in accordance with the spirit of 2013 Document No. 1 from the Central Government, and incorporate them into the measures concerning China’s food safety.