Henan's Grain Storage Capacity Ranks First in China

Henan's Grain Storage Capacity Ranks First in China

河南粮食仓容量全国第一

Henan is a province with high grain yield and strong grain storage capacity. Its capacity of qualified grain granaries has reached 95.10 million tons, ranking first in China, said a source from the Food and Strategic Reserves Administration of Henan Province on November 22.

粮食大省河南，不仅粮食产量高，粮仓“肚量”也很大。11月22日，记者从河南省粮食和物资储备局获悉，全省粮食标准仓房仓容已达9510万吨，位居全国第一。

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As the old saying goes, "Henan reaps a bumper harvest; the whole nation gets enough food." Enjoying the largest wheat growing area in China, Henan contributes a quarter to China's total wheat production. Besides, its total grain output has exceeded 130 billion jin (1 jin equals to 0.5 kg) for four consecutive years, of which over 70 billion jin was contributed by wheat. With 1/16 of China's arable land, Henan produces 1/10 of the country's grain, which has not only fed its 100 million people, but also contributed over 60 billion jin of raw grain and manufactured products to other provinces. That is to say, Henan has not only secured food supply for the local people, but also strongly backed up the food security of the whole country.

中原熟，天下足。河南省小麦种植面积全国第一，产量占全国四分之一，粮食总产量连续四年突破1300亿斤，小麦产量稳定在700亿斤以上；河南用全国1/16的耕地生产了全国1/10的粮食，不仅解决了1亿人口吃饭问题，每年向省外调出原粮及制成品600多亿斤，不仅保障了本省的口粮消费，还有力支撑了国家粮食安全。

"The hard-won food should be cherished, and the grain storage is not only a key to protect farmer's interests and encourage them to grow more, but also an integral part of safeguarding national food security," said Li Gang, head of the Administration's Reserves Management Division.

“一粥一饭当思来之不易。储好粮，既是保护农民利益和种粮积极性的重要环节，更是扛稳国家粮食安全重任的应有之义。”河南省粮食和物资储备局储备管理处处长李刚说。

At the State Grain Storage of Xinglong in Zhengzhou's northwestern area, rows of modern granaries stand orderly where one granary keeper can manage many granaries simultaneously by oneself via mobile phones.

在位于郑州市三环内西北角的郑州兴隆国家粮食储备库，一排排现代化的平房仓依次而立，粮仓保管员通过手机，甚至不用进入仓库，就能一个人管理多个粮仓。

Granaries of the State Grain Storage of Xinglong in Zhengzhou. [Photo: Wang Zheng/Henan Daily]

"Smart storage technologies help us reduce the loss rate to a minimum of 0.5 percent in 4 years, while 18 percent in a year for local farmers," said a source from the State Grain Storage of Xinglong. "In a sense, loss reduction means production increase."

“不仅如此，通过智能仓储我们将粮食损耗率降到最低，4年只有0.5%，而普通农户存储粮食一年的损耗率高达18%。”该库相关负责人说，“从某种意义上说，减少损耗就是增产。”

The State Grain Storage of Xinglong, as Henan's first pilot program for smart granary construction, embodies the province's efforts to enhance grain storage facilities and food security.

兴隆粮库作为河南省仓储智能化建设首家试点单位，只是河南省完善粮食设施建设、筑牢粮食安全“压舱石”的一个缩影。

In terms of the grain storage security, Henan has invested 8,729 million yuan over the past 5 years to develop high-standard granaries, green storage facilities and emergency response capacity. So far, the storage capacity of the newly-established granaries has reached 1.227 million tons while that of the renovated granaries 2.414 million tons.

为确保粮食储存安全，近5年来，河南省共投入资金87.29亿元，主要用于推进高标准粮仓、绿色仓储设施、应急能力建设，新建成标准仓房仓容1227万吨，维修改造仓房仓容2414万吨。

With the improvement of grain storage facilities, by the end of 2020, Henan has seen its storage capacity of air-conditioned grain storage technique reaching 2.04 million tons while that of low temperature & quasi-low temperature grain storage techniques 3.69 million tons. Besides, Henan has built 1 smart management platform at the provincial level and 368 smart grain depots, thus basically realizing the connectivity between the provincial smart management platform and different grain depots. By vigorously advancing remote supervision and online monitoring, Henan has ensured the quantity, quality and security of reserved grains and effectively strengthened its emergency response capacity.

随着粮食基础设施不断完善提升，截至去年底，河南省气调储粮仓容达204万吨、低温准低温储粮仓容达369万吨。与此同时，河南省建成省级智能化管理平台1个、智能化粮库365个，逐步实现各粮库与省平台的互联互通，通过大力推进动态远程监管、粮库在线监控，确保库存粮食数量真实、质量良好、储存安全，有效提高了粮食应急保障能力。（中文来源/河南日报 记者/李若凡 编译/赵汉青 播音/王家琦 视频海报/王君艺 审校/焦丹）