This Outline of the Program for Food and Nutrition Development in China (2014-2020) is a sectoral policy document at the national level. The Policy has been formulated to guarantee effective supply of food, optimize the structure of food, and strengthen improvement of nutrition of residents. China's comprehensive farm produce production capacity has been steadily increased, with basic balance between the food supply and demand, with the general situation of food safety being stable and turning for the better, with marked improvement of the status of nutrition and health of residents, and with remarkable achievements made in food and nutrition development. However, China's food production is still unable to meet the demand for nutrition, with coexistence of under-nutrition and over-nutrition, and with deficiency of knowledge on nutrition and health, which must arouse heightened attention. The Outline identified effective food supply and balanced nutrition as priorities for future work. The Outline set goals for China’s food and nutrition development by 2020 in the areas of food production, food processing, food consumption, nutrient intake and nutritional disease control. The goals include: China’s annual grain output remaining stable at more than 550 million tons; The annual food consumption is 135 kilograms per person; The average daily intake of energy per person is 2,200 kcal to 2,300 kcal; and for anemia to be kept to less than 10 percent of the Chinese population. The program will take action in three key sectors: securing quantity, securing quality and improving nutrition. It proposes three major tasks: building up a stable and effective food supply system, a standardized food quality system that can easily be monitored, and a nutrition improvement system, which can guide people’s consumption. In order to achieve its goals and tasks, the development program asks for increased investments in food and nutrition development, increased support for the production of edible agricultural products, developing food and nutrition guidance targeting different age groups, and carrying out food consumption surveys. The Outline further proposed three key regions and three vulnerable groups as priorities to improve food and nutrition. Three key regions are poor areas, rural areas and areas with a large migrate population. The three vulnerable groups are those who are pregnant, infants, young children and the elderly.
China · 2014-01-28