Food is the first necessity of the people. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, has always regarded solving the problem of feeding more than 1.4 billion people as the top priority of governance. has implemented the national food security strategy, and constantly improved the comprehensive food production capacity of our country. The food security of more than 1.4 billion people has effectively guaranteed. General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: "Develop a holistic view food, develop facility agriculture, and build a diversified food supply system." The important exposition of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the holistic view of food provides fundamental follow for us to deeply grasp the law of the development of modern agriculture and to firmly hold the rice bowl of the Chinese people in our own hands. We must understand and accurately grasp the important exposition of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the holistic view of food, and establish and practice the holistic view of food

The big-food perspective is an innovation and development of the traditional concept of food security.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's big-food perspective has a long history. As early as when he was working in Fujian, he pointed out: "Nowadays, food is synonymous with food. The concept of big food has replaced the old concept of taking grain as the key link." In 2023, during his inspection tour in Guangdong, General Secretary Xi Jinping recalled: "When I was working in Fujian, I have worked in mountainous areas and also in coastal areas. At that time, I put forward the big-food perspective. Meat, eggs, poultry, milk, fish, fruits, fungi, tea... These are all food."
Since the new era, with the in-depth development of economic globalization and the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, ensuring national food security is facing a new situation. General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward at the Central Economic Work Conference in 2013 "We must implement the national food security strategy that focuses on us, bases on domestic, ensures capacity, imports moderately, and relies on science and technology." At the Central Rural Work Conference in 2017, he emphasized "We should establish a big agriculture perspective, a big food perspective, and develop food resources from cultivated land, grassland, forest, and ocean, from plants, animals, and microorganisms." He also gave a profound explanation of the big-food perspective during the 2022 National Two Sessions and pointed out at the Central Rural Work Conference in 2022 "To solve the problem of food, we can't just stare at the limited arable land. We need to broaden our horizons and establish a big-food perspective." and so on. In recent years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly required the establishment and practice of the big-food perspective during his inspection tours. The important exposition of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the big-food perspective has been enriched with the development of practice.
The starting point is to meet the needs of people for a better life. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "We should establish a big-food perspective, start from better meeting the needs of the people for a better life, and grasp the trend of changes in the food structure of the people." With the development of China's economy and society, the people's demand for nutrition is becoming more and more diversified, comprehensive, and balanced. Only by always adhering to the people-centered development idea, paying close attention to and