The meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture approved the implementation of document No. 1 on the promotion of agricultural scientific and technological innovation.

Han Changfu presided over the executive meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture and stressed

Major breakthroughs have been made in promoting the innovation and popularization of agricultural science and technology

A (Reporter Zhao Jingping) on 13 June, Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu presided over an executive meeting to thoroughly implement the Central Committee's No. 1 document and study arrangements to further speed up the innovation and popularization of agricultural science and technology. The meeting examined and approved in principle the "opinions of the Ministry of Agriculture on thoroughly implementing the Central document No. 1 and speeding up the Innovation and Popularization of Agricultural Science and Technology."

The meeting pointed out that the 2012 Central Committee document No. 1 highlighted agricultural scientific and technological innovation, further clarified the strategic position of agricultural science and technology in the overall situation of modern agriculture and economic and social development, and clarified the commonness, foundation, and sociality of agricultural science and technology. a series of policies and measures with wide coverage, strong pertinence and high gold content have been issued. This is a major decision made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to scientifically grasp the laws of modern agricultural development, based on the present and focusing on the long term, and has created an unprecedented policy environment and development opportunities for the development of agricultural science and technology. Agricultural departments at all levels must deeply understand the spirit of the Central Committee's No. 1 document, earnestly unify their thinking and action with the central decision-making and deployment, firmly seize major opportunities, take advantage of the opportunity, speed up implementation, and be down-to-earth.

The opinion further defines the train of thought and goal of speeding up the innovation and popularization of agricultural science and technology in the new period: adhering to the development road of agricultural science and technology with Chinese characteristics, taking ensuring national food security as the primary task, taking the improvement of land production rate, resource utilization rate and labor productivity as the main goal, and increasing investment as the basic requirements of increasing production and efficiency, matching of improved varieties and methods, combination of agricultural machinery and agronomy, and coordination of production and ecology. We should improve the system and mechanism, strengthen joint cooperation, and build a technical system that meets the requirements of the development of high-yield, high-quality, efficient, ecological and safe agriculture. to enhance the ability of agricultural science and technology to ensure the effective supply of major agricultural products, to support the sustainable increase of farmers' income, and to lead the transformation of the mode of agricultural development, by the end of the 12th five-year Plan, the contribution rate of agricultural science and technology progress should reach more than 55%. The comprehensive mechanization level of major crops has reached more than 60%.

The "opinions" put forward the main contents of speeding up the innovation and popularization of agricultural science and technology. In terms of agricultural scientific and technological innovation, we should speed up agricultural scientific and technological innovation under the guidance of industrial demand, further promote the construction of the technological system of modern agricultural industry, greatly improve the conditions of agricultural scientific research facilities, and highlight the innovation of seed industry. we will actively cultivate modern bio-agricultural industries and other strategic emerging industries, innovate the system and mechanism of agricultural science and technology, and establish a system of modern agricultural scientific research institutions. In terms of agricultural science and technology popularization, it is necessary to deepen the reform and construction of the grass-roots agricultural technology extension system, encourage social forces to participate in agricultural technology extension services, vigorously promote advanced and practical agricultural technology, and strive to build a number of agricultural science and technology experiment and demonstration bases. In the aspect of agricultural education, it is necessary to revitalize and develop agricultural education, comprehensively improve the quality of agricultural education, speed up the construction of agricultural science and technology team, and vigorously train practical talents and new professional farmers in rural areas. In promoting international exchanges and cooperation in agricultural science and technology, we should take mutual benefit and win-win results as the starting point, make full use of rich international agricultural science and technology resources, and achieve independent innovation and leapfrog development at a higher starting point. In the aspect of forming a joint force of work, it is necessary to strengthen the cooperation of all parties, establish a mechanism of association and cooperation between upper and lower levels, departments, regions, and disciplines, strive to form a consensus in thought, gather strength in coordination, and support each other in action.

In the aspect of forming a joint force of work, it is necessary to strengthen the cooperation of all parties, establish a mechanism of association and cooperation between upper and lower levels, departments, regions, and disciplines, strive to form a consensus in thought, gather strength in coordination, and support each other in action.

The meeting stressed that it is necessary to adhere to two-handed efforts in implementing the "implementation opinions." On the one hand, we should grasp the current situation, implement the division of responsibilities, formulate implementation plans, and implement the policies, measures and key work that have been clearly defined, so as to ensure that there are documents, actions, and results, so as to protect and mobilize the enthusiasm of agricultural science and technology personnel. we will pool the efforts of all parties to implement the Central Committee's No. 1 document and support agricultural science and technology, so as to provide strong support for the task of achieving the goal of "doing everything possible and making efforts to ensure." On the one hand, we should focus on the long term, strengthen the research on policy creation and mechanism innovation, increase policy coordination, unremittingly turn the principles and requirements clearly set out in the Central Committee's No. 1 document into policy measures, plan a number of major projects, and deeply promote institutional and institutional innovation. we will promote the sustainable development of agricultural science and technology.

The meeting examined and adopted in principle the measures for the Monitoring and Management of the quality and Safety of Agricultural products (draft). The meeting stressed that the quality and safety of agricultural products is a major livelihood issue of great concern to the people, and agricultural departments at all levels should earnestly follow the requirements of the executive meeting of the State Council on 13 June to further strengthen food safety work, earnestly do a good job in the implementation of all kinds of work, and unremittingly do a good job in the quality and safety of agricultural products. It is necessary to earnestly strengthen supervision, intensify our work, take effective measures, continue to maintain a high pressure on the investigation and handling of "clenbuterol," and resolutely prevent the occurrence of regional and systematic incidents of quality and safety of agricultural products. It is necessary to strengthen positive propaganda, do a good job in the guidance of public opinion, and strive to form a strong joint force in the improvement of the quality and safety of agricultural products.

Other issues were also studied at the meeting.