Transforming Chinese Food and Agriculture: A Systems Perspective

Abstract

HIGHLIGHTS• The goals of Chinese food and agriculture have shifted from grain self-sufficiency to diversified goals, including protecting natural resources, reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and improving food safety and nutrition.• Addressing the challenges and achieving future goals requires a systems approach to transforming the Chinese food and agriculture sector.• The nexus of food, nutrition and the environment is at the core of food systems.• Pathways are proposed, which include repositioning subsidies/supports, promoting multiple benefit technologies, reorienting investment and finance, guiding consumer behavior, and catalyzing global cooperation.