Exploring the Path of China's Grain Import Security under RCEP Framework -Analysis Based on HHI Herfindahl Index

At present, China's agricultural imports are highly concentrated and international relations are complicated. In order to further exploit the important role of imports in China's food security, stabilizing market supply, reducing resource and environmental pressure, and promoting agricultural industry reform. Based on the Asia-Pacific region, this paper analyzes the feasibility of forming a diversified pattern of agricultural imports between China and RCEP member countries. The Herfindahl index is used to analyze the concentration of China's agricultural imports, and the trade basis and actual data of China's agricultural trade with RCEP member countries are combined to assign scores to the recommended degree of agricultural products of RCEP member countries. This paper further empowers China's agricultural imports to RCEP member countries with the help of tariff reduction, negative list management and regional logistics in the context of RCEP policy, and reduces China's import dependence on a single country for agricultural products. It is expected that China gradually travels a good trend of diversification of agricultural imports among RCEP member countries, continues to adhere to China's good trade relations in the Asia-Pacific region, and provides a guarantee for China's import food security and healthy growth of international trade in the long term.