National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration

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| nativename_a = 国家粮食和物资储备局

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| formed = {{Start date and age|2018|03|17}}

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| headquarters = 25 Yuetan North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing

| chief1_name = Liu Huanxin

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| parent_agency = National Development and Reform Commission

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The National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration ({{lang-zh|Chinese=|c=国家粮食和物资储备局|s=|t=|p=}}) is a deputy ministerial-level national agency administered by the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China.{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/21/c_137762495.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123205040/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/21/c_137762495.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 23, 2019|title=China to strengthen regulation on grain reserves in 2019 - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2019-06-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://fmard.gov.ng/l_page/about-department-of-food-and-strategic-reserve/|title=Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development {{!}} About Department of Food and Strategic Reserve|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-26}} Its mandate is to stockpile strategic resources and intervene in markets using this stockpile when necessary.{{Cite book |last=Massot |first=Pascale |title=China's Vulnerability Paradox: How the World's Largest Consumer Transformed Global Commodity Markets |date=2024 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-777140-2 |location=New York, NY, United States of America |pages=}}{{Rp|page=218}}

History

The National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration is established in March 2018 as part of the deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions. The National Development and Reform Commission is responsible for management. Concurrently, the State Grain Bureau was abolished.{{cite web|url=http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/dbdhhy/13_1/2018-03/14/content_2048552.htm|title=关于国务院机构改革方案的说明——2018年3月13日在第十三届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上|access-date=2019-01-14|author=王勇|date=2018-03-13|website=中国人大网}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/2018-03/17/content_2049996.htm|title=第十三届全国人民代表大会第一次会议关于国务院机构改革方案的决定|access-date=2019-01-14|date=2018-03-17|website=中国人大网}}{{cite web|url=http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/2018-03/18/content_2050371.htm |title=国务院机构改革方案|access-date=2019-01-14|date=2018-03-17|website=中国人大网}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137573/china-tries-improve-running-strategic-food-and-energy|title=China tries to improve running of strategic food and energy reserves|date=2018-03-16|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-06-26}}{{Rp|page=218}}

On April 4, 2018, the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration was inaugurated. {{cite web | title=国家粮食和物资储备局正式挂牌_部门政务_中国政府网 | website=中国政府网_中央人民政府门户网站 | date=2023-10-30 | url=https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2018-04/06/content_5280222.htm | language=zh | access-date=2024-12-17}}

As the State Reserve Bureau in 2005, it released 80,000 tonnes of copper into the global market amid rapidly rising copper prices.{{Rp|page=218}} In 2019, the Administration released pork onto the market following a swine flu outbreak.{{Rp|page=218}} In 2021, the Administration released 110,000 tonnes of copper into the global market.{{Rp|page=218}}

Leadership

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Zhang Wufeng

|{{lang|zh-Hans|张务锋}}

|April 2018

|June 2022

Cong Liang

|{{lang|zh-Hans|丛亮}}

|2 July 2022

|30 August 2023

|{{lang|zh-Hans|刘焕鑫}}

|30 August 2023

|Incumbent

References

External links

{{Official website}}

Category:Government agencies of China