新華社北京6月28日電 中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習(xí)近平6月27日給安徽省太和縣的種糧大戶徐淙祥回信，向當(dāng)?shù)氐泥l(xiāng)親們表示問候，對全國的種糧大戶提出殷切期望。

習(xí)近平在回信中說，我記得你這個(gè)安徽太和的種糧能手。得知你家種植的小麥喜獲豐收，兒孫也跟著你干起了農(nóng)業(yè)，我感到很高興。

習(xí)近平指出，手中有糧，心中不慌。對糧食生產(chǎn)，我一直都很關(guān)注，基層調(diào)研時(shí)也經(jīng)常到田間地頭看一看。這些年，黨中央出臺(tái)了一系列支持糧食生產(chǎn)的政策舉措，就是要讓中國人的飯碗牢牢端在自己手中，就是要讓種糧農(nóng)民有錢掙、得實(shí)惠，日子越過越好。希望種糧大戶發(fā)揮規(guī)模經(jīng)營優(yōu)勢，積極應(yīng)用現(xiàn)代農(nóng)業(yè)科技，帶動(dòng)廣大小農(nóng)戶多種糧、種好糧，一起為國家糧食安全貢獻(xiàn)力量。

徐淙祥是安徽省阜陽市太和縣舊縣鎮(zhèn)張槐村農(nóng)民，一直潛心鉆研農(nóng)業(yè)科學(xué)技術(shù)，2010年?duì)款^成立農(nóng)業(yè)種植專業(yè)合作社，逐漸成為當(dāng)?shù)胤N糧大戶，獲得過全國勞動(dòng)模范、全國種糧標(biāo)兵等榮譽(yù)稱號。2011年4月，習(xí)近平到張槐村考察時(shí)，曾向他和鄉(xiāng)親們了解小麥種植情況。近日，徐淙祥給習(xí)近平總書記寫信，匯報(bào)了十多年來從事糧食生產(chǎn)、幫助群眾脫貧等情況和體會(huì)，表達(dá)了繼續(xù)做好農(nóng)業(yè)研發(fā)推廣工作，帶動(dòng)更多農(nóng)民多種糧、種好糧的決心。

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Xi's letter inspires farmers to contribute to food security

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After a bumper wheat harvest, Xu Congxiang, a large-scale grain producer in Taihe County, east China's Anhui Province, received a reply letter from President Xi Jinping.

In the letter, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, said he is pleased to learn that Xu has reaped a bumper wheat harvest and that Xu's offspring have followed in his footsteps to work in agriculture.

Xi expressed the hope that large-scale grain producers can leverage the advantages in scale operations, actively apply modern agricultural technologies and encourage small household farmers to jointly contribute to national food security by expanding grain production and improving grain quality.

Recently, with the jubilation of another bumper harvest, the 69-year-old farmer wrote to Xi, telling him about his experience of growing grain and efforts to help villagers get rid of poverty in the past decade.

"The reply letter is quite inspiring and shows that he pays high attention to agricultural development, which strengthens my confidence in grain growing," said Xu.

The letters were not the first communication between Xi and the farmer. During his inspection of Xu's village in April 2011, Xi learned about local wheat planting from Xu and other villagers.

"He encouraged me to further research on agricultural skills to contribute more to national grain production," recalled Xu.

Xu has been dedicated to selecting high-quality varieties, exploring key technologies and promoting yield-increasing skills.

This year, he planted a total of 1,230 mu (82 hectares) of wheat. The wheat yield in his demonstration farmland exceeded 800 kg per mu, a new record for the grower.

According to Xu, whole-process mechanization has been realized on his farm after large equipment including tractors, precision seeders and fertilizer distributors were put into use in recent years.

China's grain output has exceeded 650 billion kg for seven consecutive years, achieving basic self-sufficiency in grain and absolute security in staple food. The country has secured another bumper harvest of wheat nationwide this year.