On Nov. 6, at a briefing on shoring up security during the 15th Five-Year Plan, the deputy director of the economic and trade department at CHINA STATE PLANNER said heightened global uncertainty has driven significant volatility in international grain markets. Chinese authorities are closely monitoring and actively responding. Domestic grain supply remains ample and stable, and grain security over the 15th Five-Year Plan period is firmly guaranteed, summarized as “stable, ample, sufficient.”