The income of China's agricultural products processing industry has increased by more than 20% for 10 consecutive years.

It was learned from the founding meeting of the Agricultural products processing Industry Branch of the China Association of High quality Agricultural products Development and Service held on the 2nd that from 2003 to 2013, the main business income of enterprises above the scale of China's agricultural products processing industry increased from 2.63 trillion yuan to 17 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of more than 20%. It has become one of the basic, strategic and pillar industries of agriculture and one of the most dynamic industries in the national economy, spanning three industries, bringing together many industries, increasing employment and income and meeting consumer demand.

Yu Xinrong, vice minister of agriculture, said at the meeting that under the background that China's economy has entered a new normal and agriculture has entered a new stage, how to continue to strengthen the basic position of agriculture and promote the continuous increase of farmers' income? how to solve the problem that the price of agricultural products is close to the "ceiling" and the production cost "floor" is constantly rising, and how to solve the hard constraints of resources and environment. It is a realistic issue that must be faced and solved in deepening agricultural and rural reform. At present, the development of agricultural products processing industry is of great significance for changing the mode of agricultural development, adjusting and optimizing the agricultural and rural economic structure, promoting farmers' employment and income, and promoting the sustained, stable and healthy development of China's economy.