Guaranteeing food security for China's 1.4 billion population with only nine percent of the world's arable land has long been a primary concern for the nation's top leadership. In recent years, policy reforms and legislation changes, including a new food security law enacted in December 2023, have jointly ensured food security, farmland protection and agricultural modernization. Our anchor Hou Na walks us through some of the measures that are making a difference to China's huge population.