CHINA'S food security law took effect on Saturday, as the country steps up efforts to ensure the supply of grain and related products to fend off food security risks, while safeguarding economic and social stability, and national security.

Analysts said that the law provides a legal guarantee for fortifying the country's food security. They stressed that China's food security is well guaranteed on the whole, and the central government will be able to ensure that the rice bowls of the 1.4 billion Chinese people will always be firmly held in their own hands.