On October 16, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Xi pointed out that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has played an important role in ensuring global food security, promoting rural development and food system transformation, and improving living standards in various countries.
Xi emphasized that the Chinese government attaches great importance to food security, insists on solving the food problem for over 1.4 billion people through its own efforts, and provides assistance to countries in need within its capacity, contributing Chinese strength to ensuring global food security. China will continue to support the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in playing an important role in international food and agriculture fields, and is willing to work with the international community to implement the Global Development Initiative, advance the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, promote the building of a community with a shared future for humanity, and make new and greater contributions to enhancing the well-being of people in all countries.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization was founded on October 16, 1945, and China is a founding member of the organization.
