Grain production is fundamentally based on arable land, and building high standard farmland is an important lever. The clear requirement put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping is to strictly abide by the red line of arable land and promote the construction of high standard farmland with high quality. How effective has the construction of high standard farmland in China been over the past year? Where is the high-quality promotion of 'high'? At the end of the year, reporters conducted in-depth research on the front line, exploring the harvest code of "hiding grain in the ground". Consolidating the foundation of stable production with high standard farmland in the Central Plains, the chill gradually intensifies. The construction site of high standard farmland in Xiedian Village, Wuchun Town, Huixian City, Xinxiang City, Henan Province is still bustling with activity. The reporter saw that an excavator was clearing debris from the ditch on the ground, and workers were busy laying permeable bricks. This is a 50000 acre high standard farmland construction project involving more than ten townships, all of which are under construction simultaneously, mainly including drilling wells, digging canals, and repairing roads, "said Hu Weitao, the on-site construction manager. Building high standard farmland is an important means to improve the quality of arable land and ensure national food security. Where is the high standard farmland? Industry experts point out that high standard farmland has advantages in terms of farmland quality, output capacity, disaster resistance, and resource utilization efficiency. Grain production capacity can generally be increased by about 10%, providing important support for the country's continuous high yield and increase in grain production, as well as ensuring farmers' income. This year, China has achieved a high-level increase in grain production, reaching 1429.75 billion kilograms. This cannot be achieved without the solid foundation laid by high standard farmland. The No. 1 central document and the government work report in 2025 will make specific arrangements around high-quality promotion of high standard farmland construction, and further enhance the comprehensive agricultural production capacity and disaster prevention and reduction capacity. In Shandong Village, Jixian Town, Jixian County, Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province, with the solid promotion of high standard farmland construction, the farmland that was once fragmented by erosion gullies is now flat and contiguous. The 'fragmented land' has become a 'whole piece of land', and the cultivated land has been protected, with an increase in area. I planted 7000 acres of corn this year, and the income is really good! ”Ning Guochen, a villager from Shandong, said. Each piece of data confirms the unremitting efforts of the country to accelerate the construction of high standard farmland and effectively consolidate the foundation of food security. In 2025, the construction of high standard farmland will continue to accelerate. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, together with relevant departments, supported the construction, transformation and upgrading of more than 75 million mu of high standard farmland in various regions through such channels as ultra long term special treasury bond and central financial subsidies. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, the central government has cumulatively invested over 700 billion yuan. As of 2024, over 1 billion acres of high standard farmland have been built cumulatively. By 2025, Gongzhuling City in Jilin Province will continue to optimize the construction mode of high standard farmland through high-quality construction, inviting local villagers to participate in supervision throughout the entire process from field inspection to design, construction to acceptance. The reporter learned that this year, more than 3000 meters of water channels, over 10 kilometers of gravel roads, and 2400 acres of soil have been improved in Dayushu Village, Nanwaizi Street, Gongzhuling City. Villager Xu Xingwu told reporters that since the start of construction at the beginning of the year, some villagers have participated in the construction of high standard farmland according to their group division of labor, and the direction of the water channel has also been approved by the villagers before starting construction. In 2025, the No. 1 central document of the central government proposed to promote high-quality farmland construction, optimize the construction content, improve the whole process of farmers' participation in project implementation mechanism, and strengthen the whole process supervision of project quality. The reporter observed that since the beginning of this year, more and more places have focused on involving users of high standard farmland, such as large-scale grain growers, in the planning, design, and construction of farmland, in order to maximize the use of construction. The high-quality promotion of high standard farmland construction emphasizes both construction and post construction management and protection. Under the warm winter sun, in the high standard farmland area of Yanfang Town, Yongxiu County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, maintenance personnel hold tools and carefully clean up the silt in the ditches, repair damaged channels, and check whether the culverts are unobstructed. This management and protection team is a specialized backbone channel and high standard farmland ditch management and protection team established by Yanfang Town to solve the problem of "rebuilding light management" of agricultural infrastructure. Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has carried out a solid "look back" and special rectification action on the quality of high standard farmland construction projects in some places, effectively improving the quality of engineering construction. Various regions are actively exploring new models and carefully nurturing the high standard farmland that has been built. Experts say that promoting high-quality construction of high standard farmland means adhering to both quantity and quality, improving the construction, acceptance, and management mechanisms, and truly achieving the goal of building one acre at a time. Build good farmland and fertile soil to safeguard the future prosperity. This year's Central Economic Work Conference emphasized that we will not relax our efforts in promoting grain production. The new journey of the 15th Five Year Plan is about to begin, how can we further promote the construction of high standard farmland? The Implementation Plan for Gradually Building Permanent Basic Farmland into High Standard Farmland, issued by the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council this year, clarifies the path for China to accelerate the construction of modern farmland. According to the deployment, by 2030, China aims to build a total of 1.35 billion mu of high standard farmland, renovate and improve 280 million mu, and add 80 million mu of high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area. In the future, in response to natural disasters such as extreme weather, the construction of high standard farmland will focus more on filling gaps and strive to make high standard farmland a more powerful "safe field" for disaster prevention and reduction. When it comes to the continuous rainy weather during this year's "three autumns", some local farmers still vividly remember it. The importance of high standard farmland construction is becoming increasingly prominent. Wang Long, the chairman of the Dilong Agricultural Machinery Cooperative in Anjiazhuang Town, Feicheng City, Shandong Province, is pleased that the 1040 acres of high standard farmland he has transferred has withstood the test of this rain and flood. The hardened field roads have enabled the tracked harvester to operate 24/7 and complete harvesting ahead of schedule. The constraints of resources and environment are becoming increasingly tight, and the construction of high standard farmland pays more attention to greening and ecologicalization. We are making our first attempt to winter plant Purple Cloud English this year. ”Wu Jun, an agronomist at Guangzhou Zengcheng Forestry Investment Co., Ltd., introduced that before the harvest of late rice this year, the company used drones to fly and plant Purple Cloud English on 500 acres of high standard farmland. This is equivalent to adding food to the land, and the spring plowing next year can also reduce the use of fertilizers. Building a secure foundation for the national granary with more modern farmland will undoubtedly make Chinese people's rice bowls more stable and secure. (New Society)