Rice is a cereal crop of the genus Oryza, mainly distributed in southern my country, Southeast Asia, and other countries. In addition to being edible, it can also be used as industrial raw materials for wine making and sugar making, and rice husk and rice straw can be used as livestock feed. Rice is the second largest food crop in my country. In recent years, in order to stabilize the food red line, the country has established a minimum purchase price system to ensure the efficiency of rice planting.

What is rice? Rice is a cereal crop, and its representative species is rice. Nearly half of the world's population depends on rice as a staple food. In addition to being edible, rice can also be used as industrial raw materials for wine making and sugar making. Rice husk and rice straw can be used as livestock feed.

Is rice a native crop in China? Rice is native to China and India. The ancestors of the Yangtze River Basin in China planted rice 7,000 years ago. So rice is a native crop in China.

Is rice a southern or northern crop? Rice can be grown in both the north and the south. The southern region has more moisture, which is conducive to the growth of rice. The northern region of North China has single-crop rice. The first-crop rice must be sown before the Qingming Festival and transplanted in late April and early May. plant.

What is rice? Rice is a temperature-zone crop. Rice is found in other areas except the cold zone. It is mainly distributed in the south of my country, Southeast Asia and other countries, with latitudes mostly below 30 degrees.

Is rice a chlorine-resistant crop? Rice is not a chlorine-resistant crop. Rice is a chlorine-tolerant crop.

Rice is mainly distributed in China. Rice is originally produced in China and has gradually spread to other parts of the world. According to different methods, rice can be divided into indica rice and japonica rice, early rice and mid-late rice, glutinous rice and non-glutinous rice. Rice is a short-day crop that likes temperature and humidity. The country's rice regions can be divided into 6 rice growing regions and 16 sub-regions.

1. South China Rice Growing Area: Located south of Nanling, the southernmost part of China, including the southern parts of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan, as well as Taiwan Province, Hainan Province, and all the South China Sea Islands. Including 194 counties (cities) (not including Taiwan Province for the time being), the rice area accounts for 17.6% of the country's total.

2. Central China Rice Growing Area: Starting from the coast of the East China Sea in the east, to the western edge of the Chengdu Plain in the west, bordering the Nanling Mountains in the south, the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River in the north, including Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Hunan All or most of the eight provinces (cities) of Hubei, Hubei and Sichuan, as well as southern Shaanxi Province and Xinyang area in Henan Province, are the largest rice growing areas in China, accounting for 67% of the country's rice area.

3. Southwest rice cultivation area: located in Yunnan, Guizhou and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with 391 counties (cities). Rice area accounts for 8% of the country's total.

4. North China rice growing area: located north of the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River, south of the Great Wall, and east of the Guanzhong Plain, including parts of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, and Anhui Region, 457 counties (cities). Rice area accounts for only 3% of the country.

5. Northeast single-crop rice: located north of the Liaodong Peninsula and the Great Wall, east of the Greater Khingan Mountains, and northeastern Inner Mongolia, with 184 counties (banners, cities). Rice area accounts for only 3% of the country's total.

6. Northwest Dry Area: Located to the west of the Greater Hinggan Mountains, to the north of the Great Wall, Qilian Mountains and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Yinchuan Plain, the Hetao Plain, and the edges of the north and south basins of the Tianshan Mountains are the main rice areas. Rice area accounts for only 0.5% of the country's total.

Rice yield and economic benefits 1. Rice is the second largest food crop in my country, accounting for 35.6% of the grain planting area. In the 2018/19 market year (October 2018 to September 2019), my country's rice production was 199 million tons, consumption was 203 million tons, imports were 3.26 million tons, exports were 3.26 million tons, and the import ratio to consumption was 1.60%. Exports accounted for 1.64% of production.

Downstream consumption mainly includes four major uses: food, industrial processing, feed, and seed use. The consumption of food, industrial processing, feed and loss, and seed use are 1.59, 0.19, 0.15, and 01 million tons respectively. Consumption accounted for 81.96%, making it the largest ration variety in my country.

2. Under the absolute red line of food security policy, my country’s rice production as a whole shows a relatively stable trend. From 2008 to 2018, my country's rice sown area increased from 29.35 million hectares to 30.19 million hectares, an increase of 2.86%; rice output increased from 184 million tons to 199 million tons, an increase of 8.15%. The overall trend is relatively stable.

In order to ensure farmers’ enthusiasm for planting rice, my country implements a minimum purchase price system for rice. Since the opening of the grain circulation market in 2004, the state has implemented a minimum purchase price protection system for rice in order to stabilize domestic rice production, and the purchase price has shown a trend of increasing year after year.

In 2017, due to the large impact of inventory, the minimum purchase price was lowered. Rice inventory also peaked in 2018, reaching 176 million tons. In 2019, it fell 0.32% year-on-year to 175 million tons.

In 2020, affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the country paid more attention to food security. The minimum purchase price of rice ended its three-year decline and increased by 1 cent. At the same time, the State Council executive meeting announced that farmers are encouraged to resume planting double-cropping rice, which means that the planting of early rice, which has been declining rapidly for three consecutive years, is once again encouraged.

In terms of imports, my country's annual rice imports remain at about 4 million tons, accounting for about 2% of total domestic rice consumption. The overall impact on my country's rice market is not significant. In 2019, my country's rice import volume was 3.26 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 9.60%.