Xi Jinping brought back the agricultural "big gift package" from his visit to the United States: better feeding

From September 22 to 28, President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the United States and attended a series of summits marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. During the visit, China and the United States reached a consensus on the theme of "strengthening agricultural innovation, promoting food security, and promoting sustainable development." dialogues were held on food security, agricultural biotechnology, big data and agricultural information technology innovation, environmental management and sustainable development, agricultural support and bilateral cooperation. The two sides will further strengthen cooperation to promote agricultural innovation and development between the two countries and the world as a whole.

The "list of achievements of President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States" released by the Chinese side shows that China and the United States have reached 49 important consensus in the political, economic and trade, agricultural and other fields.

As the saying goes, "Food is the most important thing for the people", and the world food problem affects the hearts of millions of people. As a big agricultural country, the cooperation and development of agriculture between China and the United States have attracted much attention, and agriculture is also one of the earliest areas of cooperation between China and the United States. What benefits will the results of this visit bring to the people of the two countries and even the world?

The renewal of cooperation documents between the two countries: promoting the all-round development of agricultural cooperation between the two countries

On September 24th, during Xi Jinping's visit to the United States, the China-US Agricultural Innovation Strategic Dialogue was held in Washington. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture renewed the Memorandum of understanding on Cooperation in Agriculture and related Fields between the Ministry of Agriculture of the people's Republic of China and the United States Department of Agriculture. Continue and expand the projects and activities proposed in the memorandum signed by the two sides on September 22, 2009.

The memorandum is a framework for the two sides to discuss and coordinate relevant affairs in the agricultural field of the two countries and to promote cooperation in agricultural science and technology, agricultural economy and statistics, agricultural publicity and extension, agricultural trade, investment and capacity-building as needed. According to the memorandum, the two sides will continue to coordinate agricultural cooperation matters by the Joint Committee on Agricultural Cooperation, focusing on mutually beneficial cooperation projects in the areas of food security, food safety and animal and plant health, agricultural product markets, enterprise investment and trade cooperation, talent exchange, capacity-building and promotion, so as to promote the comprehensive, sustained and balanced development of agricultural cooperation between the two countries. The two sides can achieve cooperation through the exchange of materials and information, the exchange of scientists, experts and trainers, the organization of symposiums and seminars, and the joint publication of research results and reports. It can be predicted that the agricultural cooperation between the two countries will be further deepened in the future.

Cooperation between technological development and operation modes: better feeding the Chinese people

Cowboys, ranchers, flocks of sheep, California sunshine and large agricultural machinery. In the minds of many people, when they think of American agriculture, they must be inseparable from these keywords. In the American blockbuster Interstellar Crossing, the agricultural machinery vehicle invented by the hero works automatically in the vast expanse of farmland like a formation. Although this scene is somewhat exaggerated, it also reflects the current situation of American agricultural development-the mode of production and productivity of American agriculture are among the most developed in the world.

The cultivated land area of the United States accounts for about 20% of the total land area, and the per capita area is close to 0.6 hectares. The degree of mechanized farming and large-scale operation of agriculture is very high. The area of cultivated land in China ranks third in the world, second only to the United States and India, but because of its large population, the per capita cultivated land area ranks after 126, which is less than half of the per capita cultivated land area in the world. At present, most places are still intensive farming small-scale farmers management model, especially in some non-reaching areas. How can we feed the Chinese people with limited resources? The agricultural development technology and the composition of economic mechanism in the United States can be used for reference to our country. So far, Sino-US agricultural science and technology cooperation has achieved fruitful results, and China's vast market has become the driving force of agricultural science and technology innovation in the United States.

The benefits of the common people: "American beef will soon be on the Chinese table."

According to 2010 statistics, agricultural exports already account for 1/5 of U. S. exports to China. There are more and more "Made in America" agricultural products on the table in China. In the future, with the strengthening of bilateral cooperation between the two countries, lobster in Maine, oranges in Florida, California wine and Vermont maple syrup. These American "native products" will be closer to the dining table of the Chinese people.

During the two sessions this year, Bi Meijia, chief economist and spokesman of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that our agricultural cooperation with the United States has been improving in terms of density and quality over the years. In the import of agricultural products, the United States is our largest source. After China's accession to the WTO, China acts in strict accordance with the rules, encouraging our enterprises to export our high-quality agricultural products, and at the same time welcoming the export of foreign high-quality agricultural products to China. "We hope that the standard of beef imports in the United States, like Canada and Australia, can be traced back to the birth farm. As long as this can be done, it is believed that American beef will soon be on the Chinese table. I hope both of us will make joint efforts. "

Not only American agricultural products will enter the lives of the Chinese people, but also the pace of China's agricultural products going out will continue to accelerate under the background of agricultural cooperation between the two countries.

Experts: strong complementarity and broad prospects for cooperation

During his visit to the United States, Chinese Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu said that the United States is the world's largest exporter of agricultural products, China is the world's largest producer, consumer and importer of agricultural products, and agriculture is an important converging point of interests and the most stable area of cooperation between China and the United States. it is highly complementary.

Yao Jingyuan, a special researcher at the Counsellor's Office of the State Council, pointed out that the United States is a big country in agricultural science and technology, and there is a large gap between China and the United States in agricultural science and technology. With the cooperation between China and the United States, food security can be guaranteed, and we can also give play to the respective advantages of both sides in terms of variety and structure. This cooperation is that the agriculture of China and the United States give full play to each other's advantages and complement each other, which is a good thing for both Chinese agriculture and American agriculture.

Yao Jingyuan said that there are broad prospects for future cooperation between the two countries, and the next step in China's agriculture should shift from focusing on extensive growth of scale and speed to intensive growth of quality and efficiency. In agriculture, we must emphasize innovation and give full play to the role of agricultural science and technology.

China can further exchange with the advanced agricultural science and technology of the United States, such as biotechnology, which is a good thing for both China and the United States. In the past, we paid more attention to cooperation between China and the United States in industry. In the future, cooperation in agriculture will be very broad. In the new historical stage, agricultural cooperation will become a very important area of cooperation between China and the United States.

agricultural cooperation between china and the united states has a long history. Over the past decade or so, China and the United States have sent hundreds of inspection teams to each other, and the cooperative relationship between scientific research institutions and enterprises of the two countries has become more stable. The United States has imported improved wheat and soybeans from China, while China has imported American dairy cows and breeding pigs... China-US agricultural trade has accelerated, benefiting enterprises and farmers in both countries; China-US two-way agricultural investment has become increasingly active, realizing mutual benefit and win-win industrial development. Cooperation between the two countries will promote the common development of agriculture and ultimately benefit the Chinese and American people.