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Ms. Karin Tränkner, DCZ Expert for the Agricultural Policy Dialogue attended the 14th International Symposium on Organic Food Market and Development and the 13th China International Organic Food Exposition (CIOFE) which were held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, from November 29 to December 1 and contributed by a presentation on  “Organic Food Sector alongside the Value Chain in Germany”. [..]

On October 13 2019 the State Council of the People’s Republic of China released a White Paper on “Food security in China”. This paper summarized Chinese achievements in ensuring food security and outlined future strategies and policies.  According to the paper China has been actively contributing to global food security governance by not only feeding its own population (one fifth of the world population) but even producing more (one quarter of global food production) than domestic population needs. [...]

On the meeting on Dec 1st MARA stated that it is crucial to ensure “food basket” supply during Chinese New Year 2020, especially big cities should shore up its pork supply and develop its poultry, beef and aquatic products during the holiday season. [...]

The 5th Sino-German Agricultural Week (DCAW) was held from 18 to 22 November 2019 at Landmark Hotel, Beijing. The event was sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) and the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and organized by the Sino-German Agricultural Centre (DCZ).