The structural contradiction of agricultural development in China is still prominent.

A relevant responsible person of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Agriculture said a few days ago that while China's grain production has been increased for many years, the structural contradictions in China's agricultural development, such as quantity and quality, total quantity and structure, cost and benefit, production and environment, are still prominent.

First of all, the contradiction between the hard constraints of resources and environment and production development has become increasingly prominent. "the resource conditions of agricultural production have been very tight, with serious problems such as the decline in the quality of black land in Northeast China, excessive heavy metals in cultivated land in some areas, and over-exploitation of groundwater." The person in charge pointed out.

Secondly, the contradiction between the variety and quality structure of agricultural products and the rapid upgrading of household consumption has become increasingly prominent. The development of high-quality, diversified and specialized agricultural products still lags behind, and there is still a certain gap between the production of high-quality beef and mutton, milk, fruits and vegetables and the consumption demand of the Chinese people.

In addition, the responsible person pointed out that at present, the problems of poor integration of planting and breeding in China's agricultural production, poor circulation have become increasingly prominent, the structure of grain economy and feeding is unreasonable, and the supporting links between planting and aquaculture are not enough. The integration of primary, secondary and tertiary production is insufficient, the comparative benefit of agriculture is low, and the processing level and transformation value-added rate of agricultural products are still on the low side.

The Ministry of Agriculture said that China's agriculture has entered a critical period of transformation and upgrading, and further adjusting and optimizing the agricultural structure has become a realistic choice to improve the quality and efficiency of agricultural development.