Chen Xiaohua, vice minister of agriculture: guide the innovation and development of cooperatives

Chen Xiaohua, vice minister of agriculture, stressed at the national forum on the innovation and development of farmers' cooperatives.

Guide the Innovation and Development of Cooperatives and promote the Transformation and upgrading of Agriculture

On September 29-30, the national forum on innovation and development of farmers' cooperatives was held in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. Chen Xiaohua, vice minister of agriculture, stressed at the meeting that it is necessary to proceed from reality, fully respect the wishes of farmers, adjust measures to local conditions, provide classified guidance, strengthen support services, guide and promote the standardized operation and innovative development of cooperatives, constantly enhance economic strength, development vitality, and driving capacity, and promote agricultural transformation and upgrading.

The meeting pointed out that accelerating the transformation of the mode of agricultural development and promoting the transformation and upgrading of agriculture has become the main line of China's agricultural and rural economic work. Farmers' cooperatives should comply with the new changes in agricultural development, reflect the new requirements of the times, and play an important role in promoting agricultural transformation and upgrading, driving farmers to enter the market, and promoting farmers' income to become rich. The development of farmers' cooperatives will help to improve the degree of organization of farmers, promote the strategic adjustment of agricultural structure, promote various forms of large-scale operation, enhance the comprehensive competitiveness of agriculture, promote green production and improve the quality of agricultural products.

The meeting stressed that norms are the basis for the development of cooperatives, and only by grasping norms can cooperatives embody their own basic attributes and always adhere to the purpose of serving their members; innovation is the driving force for the development of cooperatives, and only by doing a good job of innovation, cooperatives can constantly enhance their creativity and appeal, and shoulder the historical mission entrusted by the times. We should adhere to both standardization and innovation, and promote both. On the basis of persevering in grasping the standardized development of cooperatives, we should actively explore the innovation of cooperative organizational form, industrial format, operating mechanism and support mode, and rely on innovation-driven to make cooperatives bigger and stronger. Any type of cooperative, as long as it complies with laws and regulations, adheres to cooperative principles, and is welcomed by the peasant masses, should be allowed and encouraged, and measures should be taken to guide it, so that cooperatives can become an important platform for mass entrepreneurship and innovation in the agricultural field, and further stimulate the driving force and vitality of rural entrepreneurship and innovation.

The meeting demanded that at present, it is necessary to do a good job in four key areas of work: first, to conscientiously sum up the fresh experience at the grass-roots level, sum up the different development models of the new agricultural operators, strengthen propaganda and promotion, and let the peasant masses make their own choices according to their own needs. turn "bonsai" into "scenery". Second, we should do a good job in pilot demonstration, steadily carry out reform pilot projects such as cooperative credit cooperation, continue to carry out the establishment of demonstration societies, deeply dissect and develop typical models, and promote surface work. Third, speed up the training of cooperative leaders, regard the training of cooperative leaders as a long-term and important work, and take various forms to train and reserve a large number of leaders who have Internet thinking, are good at operation and management, and master advanced technology. Fourth, actively create a good legal and policy environment, strengthen investigation and research, adhere to problem-oriented and open the door to amend the law, extensively listen to the opinions of cooperatives and farmers, and put forward targeted suggestions for amending the law on farmers' specialized cooperatives; further implement and improve the existing policies, so that the gold content of the policy can be fully demonstrated, so that the broad masses of farmers and cooperatives have a greater sense of achievement.