The Central No. 1 Document of 2025 explicitly mandates sustainably enhancing the capacity to ensure the supply of grain and other major agricultural products, which underscores the state’s great emphasis on food security. Given that cultivated land is the cornerstone of grain production, relevant documents and policies in 2025 continue to emphasize strengthening the protection and utilization control of cultivated land, including strictly controlling the total area of cultivated land. These provisions offer clear guidance for enforcing the strictest cultivated land protection system. Protecting cultivated land has become a cornerstone of ensuring food security and one of the key issues in the current sustainable development of agriculture. Safeguarding the red line of cultivated land and holding the bottom line of food security are urgent issues to be addressed. Furthermore, strengthening research on cultivated land protection can effectively promote the adjustment of agricultural production methods and the rational utilization of land resources, facilitate the sustainable development of grain production, mitigate damage to natural resources, improve economic and social benefits, and ultimately realize the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.
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Cheng, Y., Meng, X. (2025) Realistic Dilemmas and Optimization Paths of Cultivated Land Protection in China under the Guidance of Food Security. Journal of Social Development and History, 1(5), 49-58.