Since 1995, the total output value of food industry ranks first among all industrial sectors in China. From 65438 to 0996, the total annual profit and tax of the food industry exceeded 1000 billion yuan, and the food industry played an increasingly important role in the national economic construction. During the Ninth Five-Year Plan period, the special role of food industry in promoting agricultural commercialization, stimulating agricultural and rural economic development and promoting local economic progress has become the consensus of all sectors of society and governments at all levels, and the position of food industry as a pillar industry in the whole national economy and local economic development has been gradually established.

Second, analyze the details

The modernization of the food industry and the level of diet are important signs reflecting people's quality of life and national civilization. Food industry is the main follow-up processing industry of market-oriented agricultural products. Only with enough agricultural products can the food industry develop. At the end of 1990s, the supply and demand of major agricultural products such as grain in China changed from a long-term shortage to a basically balanced total output and a surplus in good years, which ensured the rapid development of food industry in China.

Third, the current situation of food processing industry

0 17 by 2020, the number of industrial enterprises above designated size in China's food manufacturing industry will continue to decline. In 2020, affected by the epidemic, China's economy experienced a serious decline, and the number of food production enterprises in China has dropped to 7,928, down 3% year-on-year. However, the epidemic situation is an external influence of economic and social development and will not change the basic trend of social development. The root cause of the economic downturn is the wrong policy. Correcting the wrong part of supply-side reform and restoring a good ecological environment for economic development are the keys to healthy economic growth. In the second half of 2020, the overall economy rebounded at a low level. By the end of 2020, the number of food industrial enterprises above designated size and the number of employed people in the country continued to decline year-on-year, but the decline rate decreased; The operating income increased slightly compared with the previous year, the overall profit still increased substantially, and the operating profit of the main business also showed a good growth. By 20021,the number of food manufacturing enterprises in China rose to 8,274, up 4% year-on-year.