On Oct. 29, Hussein Askary, Southwest Asia Coordinator of the Schiller Institute, addressed the Belt and Road International Food Industry Conference, sponsored by China People\u2019s Daily, Global Times and China Food News and supervised by the official state Belt and Road Portal. The conference addressed the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and China's development model on food security in China and globally. The main panel was opened by such senior officials as former Director of the State Council Office of Poverty Alleviation Liu Jian, who also earlier served as deputy Agriculture Minister. He was followed by the former spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and member of the Public Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sun Yuxi, who is currently Member of the Public Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n
Hussein Askary, in his speech, first outlined the past 24 year' efforts of the Schiller Institute to promote the global connectivity now associated with the New Silk Road and the Eurasian-African Land-Bridge. He expressed his and the Schiller Institute\u2019s gratitude to President Xi Jinping for launching the BRI in 2013, which has \u201calready changed the world, ushering in a new set of international relations based on economic cooperation and mutual development, which will have great implications for food security in the world.\u201d That would not have been possible, Askary stressed, \u201cwithout China\u2019s amazing industrialization process of the past three decades.\u201d<\/p>\n
He went on to review the immense positive changes in the living conditions of the Chinese people, including the increase in food production and consumption, with a more diversified diet for the people. However, this new diet, with greater emphasis on proteins, is a more capital-intensive process. \u201cYou can expect that this process will be replicated in every country and part of the world that the BRI reaches, with the increase in living conditions and, consequently, in food consumption.\u201d Askary reviewed the UN-produced \u201cHunger Map of the World\u201d showing that 800 million people lack adequate food today. However, the most hungry nations, especially in Africa and West Asia, are now joining the BRI to alleviate this terrible situation, and "we have to imagine how much land and technology will be required to achieve this goal". With the world population poised to double by 2050, only such massive initiatives as the BRI can address this challenge, Askary concluded. The conference, including Askary\u2019s speech received wide coverage in Chinese media, including postings of Askary\u2019s speech in full on several websites. According to China Daily, the \u201cBelt and Road\u201d Food Industry International Summit is a world-class food industry conference with the participation of the food industry and the food industry related trade associations, industry associations, well-known enterprises and social organizations.\u201d (The official website of the conference, that of The Belt and Road Global Chambers of Commerce and Associations, is http:\/\/www.msdnba.com\/topics?id=15.html)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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