Chen Deming: At present, grain production needs to be basically balanced with a slight surplus situation

People's Daily Beijing March 7 (the People's Front report group) 16:30 P.M., the ninth session of the National People's Congress held a press conference.　　The Minister of Commerce, Chen Deming, was present and asked the journalist about promoting consumption and foreign trade.　　Bloomberg News Reporter: Will China's government departments reduce inflation by controlling the prices of rice and oilseeds and by reducing import tariffs on food? Chen Deming said that China's problems with grain and rice and oil, of course, now have a certain inflationary pressure, we need to be in accordance with the rules of market economy and government regulation means to put these pressures to the minimum. Of course, in general, China's current grain production needs to be in a slightly more balanced surplus situation.　　China feeds about 22% of the world's population with 6% of fresh water and 9% of its arable land, with some imports and exports of food, but mainly a variety of ballots to enrich our markets. Chen said that in the food trade, China's accession to the WTO made clear rules, China's food trade in the state-run trade, we now mainly engaged in food imports of two companies, the state's tax on it is open, not because of the relationship between state-owned trade and a disguised price reduction, But these commitments have been confirmed by countries at the time of accession to the WTO.