Abstract: Foreign investment in agriculture was an important part of the “Belt and Road Initiative”. The global spread of COVID-19 pneumonia had made the world's food supply and demand tenser. In order to better support and ensure the country's food security, Central Asia, which was closely adjacent to China's western border region and contains rich agricultural resources, was selected as the research object, the current situation of China's agricultural investment in Central Asia from the aspects of investment flow, investment stock, investment industry and the main ways of investment was analyzed, and then the existing problems of China's current agricultural investment in Central Asia were summarized. The study found that China's agricultural investment in Central Asia had risks, such as malicious distortion of investment image, cultural conflict between the two sides, backward agricultural infrastructure of the host country and access barriers. On this basis, some countermeasures and suggestions were put forward, such as strengthening risk assessment and perfecting the legal system, strengthening border infrastructure and port construction, eliminating investment barriers, and expanding new channels of agricultural investment and financing.

Key words: “Belt and Road Initiative”, food security, COVID-19 pneumonia, foreign investment in agriculture, Central Asia