China: PRC Emphasizing Grain and Food Security in 2022

On February 22, 2022, the People's Republic of China (PRC) released its annual policy guidelines, "The Number 1 Document," on agriculture and rural development. The 2022 No.1 Document signaled no major policy changes but placed greater importance on maintaining achievements made toward food security. Absent from the document was any discussion of PRC food or agricultural exports or efforts designed at diversifying trading partners, as had been included in 2021. The document repeated a stated PRC official desire to increase domestic soybean and other oilseed supplies in a bid to reduce reliance on the world market.