As a result of historical, natural and economical factors there still are about 560 million starving people, which accounts for about two- thirds of the total number of starving people in the world. As Mr. Han Changfu, minister of agriculture of PRC.
In his speech to Asian countries Mr. Han Changfu called to provide for food security jointly and put forward a four-point proposal: first, to increase investments in agriculture, to increase comprehensive grain production capacity, to increase the dynamics of the development of agriculture; second, prepare technical abilities of farmers and improve their skills; third, reduce post-harvest losses and improve grain use coefficient; and, forth, to strengthen international cooperation and encourage food security in the region, oppose
protectionism and to establish a just, rational, sustainable trade order in the field of agriculture.