The Current Situation and Strategic Planning of Ensuring the Supply Security of Primary Products in China
The report of the 20th National Congress of the CPC emphasizes the importance of strengthening security capabilities in key areas,particularly to ensure the safety of food,energy resources,and critical in-dustrial and supply chains.Primary products such as food,energy,and minerals are fundamental compo-nents of the economy,lying at the forefront of the social production system,providing essential support for the functioning of the economy and the survival and development of humanity.The basic characteristics of primary product supply include a limited total volume,with a coexistence of tight balance in total volume and structural imbalances.They are highly susceptible to international environmental influences,marked by significant scarcity and strategic sensitivity.Beyond objective risks caused by natural disasters,there is a noticeable trend of the politicization,weaponization,and ideologization of global primary product supply,with increasing risks of artificially limited or disrupted supply.The international community faces not only technological nationalism but also resource nationalism.Overall,China's primary product supply is charac-terized by a high concentration of import sources,complex diplomatic relations,strong geographical con-straints with single transport routes,low international payments in RMB,high payment and settlement risks,lack of pricing power,and significant risks in price transmission due to volatility.In the face of these major changes,China needs to accelerate the modernization of its primary product supply security system and capabilities by stabilizing diplomatic relations with key supply countries,ensuring a strategy of import diversification,effectively enhancing China's influence on primary product pricing.It should also continu-ously improve the strategic and commercial reserves of primary products,and actively participate in global governance of primary product security.These measures will comprehensively enhance the security and sta-bility of China's primary product supply.