Editor’s note: Along with the opening in Beijing of the fifth session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) on 5 March 2022, and the fifth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on 4 March 2022, the OUC will keep its tradition of publicising “Two Sessions Deputies and Members from the OUC”, reporting on leaders, teachers, students or alumni who are also deputies and members of the two sessions, and aiming to enhance the image of the OUC while encouraging its teachers and students to work together toward the reform and development of open education.

Brief Introduction:

Liu Yonghao, a native of Chengdu in Sichuan province, graduated with a degree in Electronics from the Sichuan Branch, class of 1979. He is a senior engineer, and board chair and president of the New Hope Group, chair of New Hope Investments, chair of Sichuan New Hope Agriculture, chair of Shandong Liuhe, a supervisor with Minsheng Life Insurance, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and deputy director of Economic Committee of the CPPCC. He has served on the standing committee of the CPPCC, as vice president of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and vice chair of the China Society for Promotion of the Guangcai Programme (GSPGP), among other positions. From December 1995 to July 2006, he was vice chair of China Minsheng Banking, and as of 6 April 2020, Liu Yonghan and his family, worth more than CNY 105 billion, ranked 70th on the Hurun Global Top 100 List of the world's wealthiest entrepreneurs.

Liu Yonghao, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and chairman of the New Hope Group, stated at the two sessions, “If the New Hope Group increases use of animal feed by 1% every year, we can help save 770,000 mu of farmland. We will be able to save about 1.5 million tons of grain, or over 3 to 4 million mu of fertile land, over five years”. He suggested two measures to save food and improve efficiency.

The New Hope Group launched a five-year “food saving” initiative in February 2022. Liu Yonghao recommended that the national feed and animal-husbandry industries collaborate to save food and improve production efficiency.

According to Liu Yonghao, the New Hope Group is the largest grain-feed company in China, with an annual output of nearly 30 million tons of feed based on consumption of 30 million tons of grain, including corn, wheat, soybean and sorghum, accounting for 4.4% of the national grain output and 77 million mu of farmland.

Liu Honghao noted that, in the past, we talked more about saving food from the consumer side. However, production savings are also very important. By conserving grain, its use, and that of farmland, are reduced, along with the carbon emissions of production.

By OUC News Network