Chapter 42 3. Socialism will never let the people go hungry

Just when Brown predicted that China's grain output would decline year by year from 1995 until it lost the ability to feed itself, China's grain output hit record highs, exceeding 500 million tons in 1996. Rare flood disasters, but grain production is still at a high level of more than 490 million tons.This means that we have partially proved Brown's prophecy wrong with the facts, and we will declare the bankruptcy of Brown's prophecy in the future: Chinese people have the ability to solve their own food problems, now and in the future! Of course, we do not deny that on the issue of food, since the Chinese people have too much land, the contradiction between food supply and demand will exist for a long time; we also know that we will encounter many difficulties in solving the problem of food for the Chinese people. We have encountered many obstacles, but we have the Chinese government's great attention to food issues, the hard work and wisdom of farmers, and the continuous progress of science and technology. China's food prospects will be bright!A lot of facts show that China in the future will not only be able to feed 1.6 billion Chinese people, but also enable them to eat better and more nutritiously.

China will not live by eating foreign rice, and China does not need to live by eating foreign rice.In the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, when agricultural production was extremely backward, we solved the problem of feeding more than 500 million people in New China with our own efforts; Ranking first in the world, it basically solves the food problem of the Chinese people; in the future China, we can rely on the highly developed economy and science and technology to further increase food production, so as to ensure the food problem of the Chinese people.In the past, we did not rely on American flour for survival, and in the future, we will not beg or plunder food from any country or region.Because, we can completely rely on self-reliance to solve our own food problems.

The Third Plenary Session of the 15th CPC Central Committee raised the sails for China's grain production, and the reform of the grain circulation system paved the way for China's grain production. China's grain production will enter a new stage of development! Facing the world and the future, we solemnly promise: Chinese people can fully support Chinese people! ——China is still the best in the forest of nations in the world! ——The descendants of Yan and Huang are still the backbone of mankind! According to literature records, on December 26, 1975, Chairman Mao Zedong's last birthday before his death, he met an old acquaintance peasant woman at his home in Zhongnanhai.The peasant woman was still crying to him about not having enough to eat, which was exactly the same as what he had heard in 1960.After more than ten years of unremitting efforts, after a "Cultural Revolution" that shook the world and shocked the world, the situation of farmers remained the same, and Mao Zedong couldn't help crying.It was in this depressed and helpless state of mind that a generation of great men passed away suddenly.

Now, what we can comfort Chairman Mao is that we have not only solved the food problem, but are moving towards a better food. At present, China's per capita food possession is about 400 kilograms, which exceeds the world average level, so as to ensure that the Chinese people can basically eat enough.In other words, except for a very small number of impoverished areas, China has shaken off the shadow of starvation. What is even more gratifying is that the Chinese people now not only eat enough, but also eat better and more nutritiously than before.In cities, it is very common to eat meat at every meal, and even in rural areas, the recipes on the peasants' dining table are much richer.Wowotou is no longer the staple food of farmers, and the "braised pork" that Chairman Mao often talked about before his death is not a rare thing in rural areas. In some places, "braised pork" has lost its allure. The pursuit is food with higher nutrition and better taste.According to statistics in 1997, my country's per capita meat consumption has reached 50 kilograms, which has reached the level of South Korea and is almost the same as that of Japan.In addition, Chinese people also have 17 kg of eggs and 6.6 kg of milk per capita.Combining these indicators, the dietary level of the Chinese has far exceeded the level of developing countries in the world, and has entered the ranks of less developed countries.

With the development of the economy and the continuous improvement of people's income level, Chinese people will eat better and more nutritiously in the years to come.Based on the predictions of experts, by 2030, China's per capita grain consumption will basically stabilize at 450 kilograms, which is also a wealthy level in the world.Per capita food rations for direct consumption will continue to decline to a level close to 125 kg per capita in Japan in 1990.Per capita meat consumption will reach 60 kg per capita, which is 10 times higher than when Chairman Mao died and reached the level of developed countries in the 1980s.Moreover, in the meat, it is not the situation that pork dominates the world, and poultry, beef and mutton will occupy a considerable proportion.In addition, at that time, the Chinese will have 24 kilograms of eggs, 24 kilograms of aquatic products, 36 kilograms of milk and 55 kilograms of fruits per capita.In a word, the Chinese people's dining table will be more colorful and dazzling, and the days of swallowing rice with a few pieces of salted radish are gone forever.

Please rest assured that Chairman Mao, the Chinese people in the future will eat more and eat better! The curtain of the 20th century is about to fall, and the dawn of the new world has come to the window of mankind. China, with its head held high, is striding towards the new century!