BEIJING - China is set to introduce grain law in a bid to safeguard the country's grain security, according to the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, or China's top legislature.

National Development and Reform Commission, and State Administration of Grain are now preparing a draft bill, which will be submitted to the State Council, or China's Cabinet, for review in a near future, according to a report by the committee, which was adopted Saturday by the NPC Standing Committee during a bimonthly session.

The committee proposed that the concerned State Council organs speed up the preparation of draft bill, aiming to submit it to the NPC Standing Committee for review in 2012.

According to the report, the committee has proposed that the prospective grain law should stress efforts to improve China's grain production capability, to protect farmland resources and to legalize policies favorable for agriculture and farmers.

Furthermore, the committee also proposed that efforts to clarify government duty on guarding grain security, to improve national grain reserve system and to prevent foreign capital from undermining national grain security should be highlighted in the new law.