The 8th Belt and Road Eco-Agriculture and Food Safety Forum was held in Beijing.

Original title: The 8th Belt and Road Eco-Agriculture and Food Safety Forum was held in Beijing
(Hu Xuan) June 29, the 8th "Belt and Road" Eco-Agriculture and Food Safety Forum was held in Beijing, which is following the "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum in May, "Belt and Road" eco-agriculture and food safety construction of another major initiative.
It is learned that this forum is an important event of the National Food Safety Promotion Week, the theme is "Food Safety, International Co-management", under the guidance of the Office of the Food Safety Committee of the State Council, Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the China Public Diplomacy Association, the Ministry of The "Belt and Road" International Think Tank Cooperation Alliance jointly organized.
Zhang Baowen, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the
National People's Congress, said at the 8th Belt and Road Forum on Eco-Agriculture and Food Safety in Beijing that food safety is a global problem and can only be guaranteed if standards and quality are unified on a global scale. China has become one of the world's major food importers and exporters, and the internationalization of food supply chains has driven governments to ensure food safety through international cooperation. We should make full use of the measures of interconnection, interoperability and trade facilitation in the "Belt and Road" cooperation platform, grasp the upward trend of agricultural product consumption in the international market, promote the standardization process, promote international cooperation in ecological agriculture and food safety, jointly establish a safe, healthy and sustainable development operating system, and better serve the people of the countries along the Belt and Road.
" In recent years, China has made great progress in cooperation with countries along the route in the fields of food safety and agriculture, and the Ministry of Commerce has actively promoted agricultural trade in countries along the route, encouraged agricultural and food enterprises to go out and bring in, and carried out agricultural cooperation with enterprises in countries along the route. Qian Keming, vice minister of commerce, revealed that China's agricultural trade with countries along the route exceeded US$43 billion in 2016, accounting for 23.6% of China's total foreign trade in agricultural products. China has also stepped up efforts to help developing countries along the route, and implemented livelihood assistance projects such as agricultural poverty reduction. It has played an active role in saving people's lives, alleviating food shortages and gradually raising the level of agricultural production, promoting the development of food safety in China and the sharing of agricultural product safety among countries along the Belt and Road.
Yuanping, deputy director of the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said that at present, China's international trade in food from export-oriented to import-oriented transformation. Strengthening international cooperation will play an increasingly important role in ensuring food safety. In recent years, the General Administration of Quality Inspection has established and improved the supervision system for import and export food safety, established classification management, risk early warning and rapid response mechanism, strengthened international cooperation and exchanges on food safety, and effectively guaranteed the food safety of China's imported and exported agricultural products, while actively carrying out practical cooperation with the "Belt and Road" countries in such areas as risk warning, emergency disposal and product traceability.
Xianze, deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration, pointed out that according to incomplete statistics, there are nearly half a million food production enterprises in China, 8 million food distribution enterprises, and more than 2.4 million catering service enterprises. China's food safety supervision is facing challenges not available in other countries, such as large volume, complex food consumption and insufficient resources for water resources and cultivated land. Therefore, it is necessary to continue to explore the food safety production path suitable for China's national conditions on the basis of learning from advanced countries. The source of food safety is in agricultural products, the foundation is in agriculture, agricultural development and food safety are inextricable. The General Administration of Food and Drug Administration, through strengthening the supervision and construction of edible agricultural products, vigorously carrying out special measures such as governance, accelerate the formation of regulatory enforcement mechanisms, and gradually firmly establish the supervision and chain between the quality of agricultural products and food safety, especially in the past year to focus on the illegal use of agricultural and veterinary drugs and food additives, to ensure the safety of the people's tongues.
years, china's agricultural product quality and safety level has maintained a steady and positive development trend. The pass rate of the country's major agricultural products, such as vegetables, livestock and aquatic products, has been stable at more than 96%, and the pass rate in the first half of this year reached 97.6%. Ma Patriotic, chief animalist of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that while affirming the achievements, we are also soberly aware that the problems of quality and safety of agricultural products still exist. Such as pesticide residues in the planting industry exceed the standard, illegal addition of the aquaculture industry, heavy metal pollution of origin and other issues in individual products, regions and links are more prominent. The quality and safety of agricultural products is the key link to promote structural reform on the agricultural supply side, adhere to the green development as the guide, improve the quality and efficiency as the center, vigorously promote standardized production, green production, brand creation and supervision in accordance with the law, to ensure the safety of the people's tongue.
forum, the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries signed a memorandum of cooperation with the State Administration of Quality Supervision and Inspection. In the process of international cooperation along the Way, the two sides will strengthen practical cooperation and jointly promote the in-depth development of international and regional economic trade and people's friendship.