Abstract:

To promote grain production and ensure food security, the No. 1 document of the CPC Central Committee in 2004, which gave suggestions on increasing farmers’ income, put forward direct subsidies to grain crop producers. Since then, although China has taken some steps to improve the effect of grain subsidy policy, the policy has achieved little effect. The direct subsidy policy has not played its due role in motivating farmers’ enthusiasm for growing grain crops and improving the grain production capacity. Based on field investigation carried out in the main grain producing areas of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, this study clarified the status quo, achievements and existing problems of the implementation of the direct subsidy policy, and proposed suggestions such as directly linking subsidies to grain production and enhancing the orientation of subsidy policies.

Key words: food security, direct subsidy policy, field investigation, Inner Mongolia