The Ministry of Agriculture issued a document to promote the development of leisure agriculture and encourage PPP model

China Securities Network News learned from the Ministry of Agriculture on September 18 that the Ministry of Agriculture issued the Circular on actively developing multiple functions of Agriculture and vigorously promoting the Development of Leisure Agriculture, which aims to develop multiple functions of agriculture, vigorously promote the development of leisure agriculture, and strive to promote the integration of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas.

The circular puts forward the overall goal that by 2020, the industrial scale will be further expanded, the number of reception and business income will continue to increase, the pattern of optimized layout, rich types, perfect functions and obvious characteristics will be basically formed, and the social benefits will be significantly improved. the income of farmers engaged in leisure agriculture is growing rapidly. The quality of development has been significantly improved, the level of service has been greatly improved, and the ability of sustainable development has been further enhanced, providing urban and rural residents with a high-quality leisure tourism experience that can see mountains, water and remember homesickness.

The circular proposes to implement policies and measures related to leisure agriculture, including a clear land use policy. Under the premise of implementing the strictest cultivated land protection system, the land for leisure agriculture projects that play a great role in increasing farmers' employment and income and have good prospects for development should be included in the overall land use planning and priority arrangements for annual plans. Increase fiscal and tax support. All localities should conscientiously promote the implementation of existing support policies. It is necessary to appropriately tilt the central funds for rural construction to the gathering areas of leisure agriculture. Encourage all localities to increase support for the entrepreneurial development of leisure agriculture and infrastructure construction, promote mass entrepreneurship and innovation, and support local leisure agriculture to become bigger and stronger. Broaden the financing channels. We will encourage guarantee agencies to strengthen their services to leisure agriculture, build a docking platform between banks and enterprises, and help operators solve financing problems. Encourage qualified leisure agricultural enterprises to go public. Explore new financing models, encourage the use of PPP model, crowdfunding model, Internet + model, the issuance of private bonds and other ways to increase financial support for leisure agriculture. Listed companies such as Shunxin Agriculture and Great Lake shares in A shares are involved in leisure agriculture and other related business.

The following is the full text of the notice:

Circular on actively developing multiple functions of Agriculture and vigorously promoting the Development of Leisure Agriculture

In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the document No. 1 of the CPC Central Committee, the opinions of the General Office of the State Council on speeding up the Transformation of the Mode of Agricultural Development (State Office issued (2015) No. 59), and the General Office of the State Council on further promoting Tourism Investment and consumption (State Office issued (2015) 62) and other documents, we should further optimize policies and measures, develop various functions of agriculture, and vigorously promote the development of leisure agriculture. Efforts will be made to promote the integration of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas. the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows.

I. fully understand the significance of developing leisure agriculture

As a combination of the development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas, leisure agriculture has developed rapidly in recent years, and has become a new industrial form and consumption form. it has played an important role in promoting agricultural quality and efficiency, increasing farmers' employment and income, inheriting Chinese farming civilization, building beautiful villages, and promoting the integrated development of urban and rural areas. However, due to the short development time, there are also some problems, such as insufficient service facilities, poor financing, lagging infrastructure construction, urgent improvement of personnel quality and so on, which seriously affect the sustained and healthy development of the industry.

At present, China's economic development has entered a new normal, and the development of agriculture and tourism has entered a new stage. Developing leisure agriculture and promoting the integrated development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas is the strategic requirement of speeding up the transformation of agricultural development mode and promoting the construction of ecological civilization under the background of hard constraints of resources and environment. It is a strategic choice to broaden the channels of increasing farmers' income and build a well-off society in an all-round way under the background of slowing economic growth. It is a strategic measure to build an "upgraded version" of the rural economy, cultivate new growth points of domestic consumption, and realize the integrated economic and social development of urban and rural areas under the background of the in-depth development of urbanization; it is a strategic measure to introduce new forms of poverty alleviation under the background of the poverty alleviation and development work entering the sprint period, to promote the poor people in poor areas to get rid of poverty and become rich, and to ensure that the goal of comprehensive poverty alleviation is achieved as scheduled in 2020. All localities should fully understand the important role of leisure agriculture in promoting the strengthening of agriculture, the prosperity of farmers, the beauty of rural areas, and the construction of beautiful China and beautiful villages, further enhance their ideological understanding, improve policies and measures, and intensify their work. we will earnestly promote the development of leisure agriculture.

Second, correctly grasp the overall requirements for the development of leisure agriculture

It is necessary to thoroughly implement the relevant deployment requirements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, closely centering on the objectives and tasks of improving the quality and efficiency of agriculture, increasing farmers' employment and income, and residents' leisure consumption, taking farming culture as the soul, beautiful countryside as the rhyme, and ecological agriculture as the foundation. take innovation and creation as the path, take the ancient village as the shape Integrate the development of leisure agriculture with modern agriculture, beautiful villages, ecological civilization, the construction of cultural and creative industries, and farmers' entrepreneurship and innovation, and pay attention to norm management, connotation promotion, public service, cultural exploration and atmosphere creation, so as to promote the integrated development of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas.

The development of leisure agriculture should always adhere to the following principles: first, it is agriculture-oriented and promote the increase of income. It is necessary to take agriculture as the basis, the rural areas as the carrier, highlight the dominant position of farmers, scientifically construct a mechanism for sharing farmers' interests, enhance farmers' awareness of independent development, stimulate farmers' entrepreneurial and innovative vitality, and promote the sustained and stable increase of farmers' income. we should not occupy farmland and engage in high-end resorts in the name of running farmhouses. Second, multi-party integration and mutual promotion. The development of leisure agriculture should be organically integrated with the inheritance of farming culture, beautiful pastoral construction, creative agriculture development, protection of traditional dwellings in traditional villages, accurate poverty alleviation, under-forest economic development, forest tourism, rural tourism, new rural construction and new urbanization. promote the development of urban and rural integration. The third is to adjust measures to local conditions and highlight the characteristics. Combined with resource endowment, human history, transportation location and industrial characteristics, we should take measures to local conditions, highlight characteristics, and develop appropriately in suitable areas. Fourth, standardize management and strengthen services. It is necessary to strengthen education, training, publicity and promotion, travel in a civilized manner, operate in good faith, ensure safety, formulate norms and standards, guide industry self-discipline, and achieve standardization of management and service. Fifth, government guidance and multi-party participation. It is necessary to give full play to the decisive role of the market in allocating resources, give better play to the role of the government in macro guidance and standardizing management, and mobilize the enthusiasm of all parties. Sixth, environmental protection and sustainable development. In accordance with the requirements of the construction of ecological civilization, follow the concept of both development and protection, and attach equal importance to production and ecology, comprehensively consider the carrying capacity of resources and the environment, and strengthen the protection of the ecological environment, so as to achieve comprehensive and sustainable development of economic, ecological and social benefits.

By 2020, the industrial scale will be further expanded, the number of reception and business income will continue to increase, the pattern of optimized layout, rich types, perfect functions and obvious characteristics will basically take shape, and the social benefits will be significantly improved. the income of farmers engaged in leisure agriculture increases rapidly. The quality of development has been significantly improved, the level of service has been greatly improved, and the ability of sustainable development has been further enhanced, providing urban and rural residents with a high-quality leisure tourism experience that can see mountains, water and remember homesickness.