In Hunan Jiahe Rice Industry Co., Ltd., workers can keep informed of the storage status of rice in real time via intelligent temperature measuring equipment which monitors the temperature and humidity of rice, to ensure the food security throughout the process from the source, storage to production and other links.

“Jiahe Rice Industry could not have achieved today’s achievement without the support of the 2-million-yuan loan from the Agricultural Bank of China Chenzhou Branch, which helped the company solve the urgent need for equipment procurement and ride out a difficult period,” said Zheng Xiaobing, chairman of Jiahe Rice Industry.

Jiahe Rice Industry is a provincial leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization, integrating high-quality rice planting, rice purchase, drying, storage, processing and sales. It transfers 2,350 mu (about 156.7 hectares) of land in Jiahe County and processes 50,000 tons of rice annually.

“The intimate service provided by the Agricultural Bank of China has strengthened our confidence to build a high-quality rice brand.” Zheng Xiaobing introduced that a safe food industry chain from the “field” to the dinner table has been established. This year, the closed-loop marketing has been formed as well since seeds are provided for local farmers for free and ripe rice will be purchased, which not only solves the difficulties in finding jobs for local people, but also makes a contribution to the national “rice bag” (grain supply).

In recent years, Chenzhou City has shouldered the political responsibility of food security with food security as the primary task of implementing the rural revitalization strategy, and introduced a series of specific measures to ensure that Chinese people hold their rice bowls firmly in their own hands.