The blueprint for the construction of the national agricultural product market system was drawn.

Our reporter Li Yuyang reported: in order to scientifically plan the distribution of agricultural products circulation network and speed up the construction of an agricultural product market system adapted to the new industrialization, informationization, urbanization and agricultural modernization, recently Ten departments, including the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Agriculture, the people's Bank of China, the General Administration of Taxation, the General Administration of quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the National Standards Commission, and the General Association of supply and Marketing Cooperation, jointly issued the National Agricultural products Market system Development Plan (hereinafter referred to as "the Plan").

According to the factors such as economy and society, traffic location, population distribution and circulation basis of agricultural products in various parts of our country, combined with the national strategic arrangements such as the construction of "Belt and Road Initiative", the Yangtze River economic belt and the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, as well as the distribution of major commercial functional areas and advantageous production and marketing areas of agricultural products, there are 100 backbone agricultural products wholesale markets and 8 market clusters in the areas where agricultural products production, distribution and consumption are concentrated. Relying on the market cluster to form a "three vertical and three horizontal" national agricultural product circulation backbone network, which is connected with the regional agricultural product circulation network, to form a national agricultural product market system with the combination of national network and regional network, public welfare and marketization, physical network and virtual network, wholesale network and retail network.

The Plan puts forward the key tasks for the construction of China's agricultural product market system from six aspects: strengthening the construction of agricultural product circulation infrastructure, cultivating and strengthening the main body of agricultural product market, perfecting the connection system of agricultural product production and marketing, promoting the information construction of agricultural product circulation, maintaining the safe and stable operation of agricultural product market and establishing the mechanism for realizing public welfare of agricultural product market. It also puts forward six measures to ensure the smooth implementation of the Plan from the aspects of establishing and perfecting the standard system of laws and regulations, reforming and innovating the way of investment and financing, constantly improving the guarantee system of construction land, reducing the tax burden of enterprises, giving full play to the role of trade associations and strengthening the implementation of planning organization.

In addition, a major highlight of the Plan is that for the first time, according to the endowment of industrial resources, population distribution, consumption capacity and other factors, combined with the planning and layout of the national agricultural product market system, it is proposed to plan and build a number of national public welfare agricultural products wholesale markets and regional public welfare agricultural products wholesale markets and retail outlets, so as to form a public welfare agricultural product market circulation network composed of wholesale markets and retail outlets.

The release of the Plan will help to improve the market system of agricultural products, optimize the distribution of agricultural products circulation network, speed up the process of circulation modernization, improve the circulation efficiency of agricultural products, enhance the ability to serve agriculture, rural areas and farmers, promote agricultural development and increase farmers' income, improve the level of public service, and better meet the consumption of urban and rural residents. It will help to co-ordinate the development of both international and domestic markets and enhance the competitiveness of agricultural products circulation industry.