Agricultural products processing industry has entered the stage of quality improvement.

"in 2014, the main business income of enterprises above the scale of China's agricultural products processing industry reached 18.5 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of more than 20 percent for 11 consecutive years. China's agricultural products processing industry has entered a stage of rapid growth." Dai Xiaofeng, director of the Agricultural products processing Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, told reporters at the inaugural meeting of the Agricultural processing Industry Branch of the China Association for the Development and Service of High-quality Agricultural products held on March 2.

At present, China's agricultural products processing industry is changing from the stage of rapid growth to the stage of quality improvement. However, compared with developed countries, we still have a big gap. More than 80% of agricultural products in the United States are listed after processing, and the value-added of agricultural products has reached more than five times. And the production scale is large, the degree of intensification is high, the output efficiency is high. " Dai Xiaofeng said, "China's agricultural products processing industry urgently needs to change the mode of development, improve the ability of independent innovation, and achieve sustained and healthy development."

In this regard, Yu Xinrong, executive vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, believes that the development of China's agricultural product processing industry is in a critical period of reform and innovation, transformation and upgrading, and is facing a series of major opportunities.

In recent years, the No. 1 document of the Central Committee has proposed to vigorously develop the agricultural product processing industry, increasing central financial support, and financial institutions actively alleviate the financing problem, all of which have played a positive role in promoting the development of the agricultural product processing industry. Industrialization and informationization have promoted the integration, intelligence and high-end of agricultural products processing equipment; urbanization has provided a good carrier for the division of labor and cooperation of agricultural products processing enterprises, agricultural modernization has provided a good opportunity for the agricultural products processing industry to win greater attention and support, and the integration of urban and rural development has created favorable conditions for the agricultural products processing industry to enjoy equal and convenient services.

In addition, China is in the middle of industrialization, with a urbanization rate of 54.77% and a per capita GDP of about US $7485. Every year, 20 million to 30 million rural people enter cities and towns, resulting in a substantial increase in consumption of processed products, which also provides a huge endogenous driving force for the development of agricultural products processing industry.

In view of the future development of China's agricultural products processing industry, Yu Xinrong believes that we should take financial subsidies as the guidance, tax relief as the lever, and financial support as the main body. use financial funds to pry guide finance and social capital to support the development of agricultural products processing industry.

At the same time, it is necessary to promote communication and interaction in the R & D system for the processing of agricultural products, carry out scientific research under the guidance of major common technical facilities and equipment issues restricting the development of the industry, and speed up the demonstration and promotion of mature technological facilities and equipment. select key production areas to establish technology demonstration bases and explore new promotion models.

"We will train talents for scientific and technological innovation, highlight the strengthening of leading talents and the building of innovative teams, take scientific research projects as the guide, and promote the growth of talents through more achievements. We will strengthen the building of a contingent of vocational and skilled personnel, rely on resources such as the Sunshine Project and vocational skills training, actively carry out actions for young people in rural areas to start businesses and enrich the people, and speed up the cultivation of a number of production experts and skilled personnel with high skills. " Yu Xinrong told reporters.