Ministry of Agriculture: 288 agricultural reclamation border farms become important to maintain border security

Chinanews.com, Dec. 7-Yang Shaopin, a member of the party group of the Ministry of Agriculture, said today that at present, there are a total of 288 border farms in land reclamation, which has become an important barrier for the state to maintain border security, prosper the border economy, promote national unity, counter-terrorism, drug control, and prevent the invasion of alien animal diseases and alien species.

At a press conference held by the Information Office of the State Council today, Yang Shaobin, a member of the party group of the Ministry of Agriculture, introduced the "opinions on further promoting the Reform and Development of Land Reclamation" (hereinafter referred to as "opinions") and the relevant situation of land reclamation reform and development in the new period. And answer the reporter's question.

Yang Shaopin said: over the past 60 years, land reclamation has made important contributions to ensuring the country's food security, supporting national construction, and maintaining the stability of the border areas. Whether in the difficult years of developing the northern wilderness, marching into the Gobi Desert and opening up rubber plantations, or in the face of the severe challenge of safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, whether in the emergency of SARS, or in the face of the serious natural disasters caused by the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, land reclamation has resolutely fulfilled the historical mission entrusted by the state, successfully completed the important tasks of the country, and played a well-deserved role of the national team.

Yang Shaopin said: in the new era, as the backbone and representative of the national economy, land reclamation is an important force in promoting the modernization of a new type of agriculture with Chinese characteristics and an indispensable part of the agricultural system with Chinese characteristics. We also have to undertake a more important historical mission. What kind of role and orientation should the "opinion" play on land reclamation in the new situation? Positioning in four aspects:

First, the national team to safeguard national food security and the effective supply of important agricultural products. Land reclamation is agriculture-oriented, establishing a number of large agricultural production bases with international advanced level and modern agricultural enterprise groups with international competitiveness, giving full play to its advantages of scale, marketization and organization, and striving to ensure the effective supply of national grain and important agricultural products to make new contributions.

The second is the demonstration area of new agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics. Not only the construction of modern agriculture in land reclamation is in the forefront of the country, but also through its window display, scientific and technological services, cross-regional operations, land trusteeship, generation of tillage and seed generation, land reclamation and other forms of demonstration to promote the development of modern agriculture in the surrounding rural areas. At present, the land reclamation has created more than 600 modern agricultural demonstration zones, providing more than 60 million mu of agricultural machinery operation area for the surrounding rural areas and training more than 2 million people. The supply of improved varieties for land reclamation accounts for about 28.5% of the country.

The third is the vanguard of foreign agricultural cooperation. Land reclamation has undertaken the foreign aid task of national agriculture since the 1950s. Since the 1990s, enterprises have begun to actively explore international agricultural cooperation, with continuous expansion of scale, continuous expansion of fields and more diverse forms. At present, 23 reclamation areas across the country have set up 113 overseas enterprises and development projects in 42 countries, making important contributions to the diplomatic strategy of serving the country and the realization of bilateral and multilateral win-win and mutual benefit.

The fourth is the stabilizer of Anbian and Xinjiang. Since its inception, land reclamation has played a unique role in building the frontier, defending the territory, national unity and maintaining unity. At present, there are a total of 288 border farms in land reclamation, which has become an important barrier for the country to maintain border security, prosper the border economy, promote national unity, counter-terrorism, drug control, and prevent the invasion of alien animal diseases and alien species.