编纂《粮食志》首先要弄清楚我国粮食工作的特点和它在国民经济中的重要地位。我国是一个耕地少、人口多、人均粮食占有量相当低的大国,解决全国人民吃饭问题是头等大事。人民共和国成立以来,党中央和中央人民政府对粮食的生产和分配极为重视,为了保证人民生活和国家建设所需要的粮食,保证粮食的合理分配,成立了粮食工作机构,制定了粮食政策,实行粮食的计划收购和计划供应。担负全国城乡粮食分配的 Compiling the “Food Chronicles” first of all needs to clarify the characteristics of China’s food work and its important position in the national economy. Our country is a large country with a small cultivated area, a large population and a fairly low average per capita possession of grain. To solve the problem of food for the entire population is a top priority. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the CPC Central Committee and the Central People’s Government have attached great importance to the production and distribution of grain. In order to ensure the people’s livelihood and the food needed for nation-building and to ensure the rational distribution of grain, a grain-handling institution has been established and a grain policy has been put in place Planned acquisitions and planned supplies of food. Be responsible for the distribution of food in urban and rural areas across the country