How is "strong" wheat refined?

Many people in Henan do not know that before Li Keqiang was in power in Henan, the wheat we planted could only make steamed bread and noodles; after that, wheat not only became the business card of Henan agricultural innovation, but also strung together a "soft gold" industrial chain.

To develop agriculture with the concept of industry, because the income from selling grain is low, Li Keqiang advocates deep processing on the spot, creating a series of leading enterprises for the processing of agricultural products, turning Henan's "granary" into a "kitchen" with higher profits.

This set of combined boxing is praised as "wheat economy" by people in Henan. Some people commented that he brought a "new style of industry" to Henan, which has a deep-rooted sense of farming, and opened up a new journey of industrialization, urbanization, and agricultural modernization for Henan, a major agricultural province.

Background

Ma Wanjie, the former president of the Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, who has just left office, has been a leader of the Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences since the 1990s. He clearly remembers that Li Keqiang came to work in Henan in 1998 and conducted several investigations in rural areas.

The background at that time was that Henan was a major province in wheat production, with an annual output of more than 20 billion kg. Ma Wanjie said that at that time, Henan's wheat planting area was the largest in the country. However, due to the single variety and low quality, on the one hand, Henan wheat is not easy to sell, so we can only make steamed bread and noodles; on the other hand, with the upgrading of consumption, we have to import a large number of strong gluten wheat and weak gluten wheat for pastry, biscuits and bread.

"after Comrade Keqiang discovered this problem, he put forward the concept of 'wheat economy'." Ma Wanjie recalled that Li Keqiang pointed out: Henan, as a major province in wheat production, should comprehensively consider wheat throughout its economic activities. Specifically, it should solve the quality problem from the source of scientific research, adjust the structure in production, and have a reasonable price in acquisition.

Comrade Keqiang consulted a large number of agricultural experts, including those from Beijing and Henan, and held symposiums, and I presided over several symposiums. " Zhang David, vice chairman of the standing Committee of the Henan Provincial people's Congress, former director of the Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission and vice governor of the provincial government, said: he said that the development of high-quality wheat will not only solve the problem of increasing farmers' income, but also solve the problem of raw materials for the development of intensive food processing. Henan is a major agricultural province, and wheat is the most important variety in the province's agricultural economy. Because it is an over-wintering crop and is irreplaceable, it is cropped twice a year, and it is also the main food ration for the people in urban and rural areas. therefore, the planting industry in Henan should make a big contribution to wheat.

Action

He first "refined" himself into a wheat expert.

Comrade Keqiang asked very carefully about the cultivation techniques and variety characteristics of wheat, and he remembered very carefully, including what varieties and what percentage of protein content he could blurt out. I didn't think he could study the work in such detail. " David Zhang told Dahe Daily.

Ma Wanjie recalled that under the leadership of Li Keqiang, Henan conquered the weak links in wheat cultivation and solved the problems of breeding and cultivation techniques for strong and weak gluten. In 2000, according to the instructions of Li Keqiang, the scientific research and innovation of wheat cultivation was strengthened. In 2001, strong and weak gluten varieties such as Zhengmai 9023 and Zhengmai 004 appeared one after another.

Vice Governor Zhang Weining recalled that at that time, various forms of industrial management models were formed in various localities in the production and management of high-quality wheat, and his pragmatic style and concern for the peasant masses were also evident.

"in order to reassure farmers who grow high-quality special-purpose wheat to buy steadily and increase their income, when studying the 10th five-year Plan, Li Keqiang clearly put forward that Henan agriculture is to build two major bases-- production and processing bases for high-quality special wheat and high-quality livestock and poultry products." Said Hu Wuyue, director of the provincial bureau of statistics and former director of the comprehensive department of the provincial development and reform commission.

On June 4, 2003, Li Keqiang (former middle), then secretary of the Henan Provincial CPC Committee, braved the heat to go deep into Hebi City for investigation and research. This is Li Keqiang learning about the wheat harvest from local farmers in the wheat field of Qilibao Village, Qiaomeng Township, Qi County.

Change

Develop Agriculture with the concept of Industry

"Middle original ripening, full world", but growing good wheat still can not solve the old problem of agricultural outlet and farmers getting rich. Li Keqiang, who is in charge of Henan Province, put forward a new idea of "developing agriculture with the concept of industry."

Li Keqiang also talked about his experience in Henan at a meeting of the State Council in 2013, according to a feature article "interpretation of Li Keqiang" by Chinanews.com. He said that as a person in charge of Henan Province, he went to Canada to inspect modern agriculture, and he noticed that the other side never simply said "agriculture" when introducing the situation, but always insisted on using a complete phrase "agro-industry."

"it sounded strange to me at that time. Why was it called agro-industry? But after watching it around, I realized that they were really using industrial thinking to develop agriculture. " Li Keqiang recalled his surprise at that time: "A food research institute in a local area went so far as to study the flour requirements of different foods in China, such as Plain Noodles, hand-rolled noodles, Steamed BBQ Pork Bun, and so on, and fed this information back to farmers and seed dealers. let them accurately grasp the market demand."

Zhang David told Dahe Daily that when formulating the 10th five-year Plan, Li Keqiang proposed to "develop agriculture with the concept of industry." the "outline of Henan Province's Plan for Building a well-off Society in an all-round way" led by him put forward: speeding up industrialization and urbanization, and promoting agricultural modernization is the basic way for our province to build a well-off society in an all-round way, and it is also the only way to fundamentally solve the "three rural issues." This is also the origin of the "three modernizations coordination" that people in Henan are still talking about.

Based on this guiding ideology, because the income from selling grain is low, he advocates deep processing on the spot, creating a series of leading enterprises for processing agricultural products, and turning Henan's "granary" into a higher-yielding "kitchen."