Unswervingly take the new road of agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics

Beijing, 23 Dec (Xinhua) the just concluded Central Rural work Conference stressed that unswervingly following the road of modernization of a new type of agriculture with Chinese characteristics and speeding up the transformation of the mode of agricultural development are major strategic guidelines for the work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers in our country. it has pointed out the direction and clarified the path for China's agricultural and rural work for some time to come.

Accelerating the modernization of a new type of agriculture with Chinese characteristics is a major realistic and historical task. Agricultural modernization is the foundation and support of national modernization. To a large extent, the development of agricultural modernization determines the whole process of modernization of a country. Looking around the world today, most of the developed countries are countries with a high level of agricultural modernization, while countries with backward agriculture rarely enter the ranks of modern countries.

Compared with the past, or compared with other countries in the world, China's agricultural modernization has achieved remarkable results today, which is universally recognized. However, compared with the requirements of the basic status in the national economy, the fragility of China's agriculture is still obvious; compared with the rapid urbanization and industrialization, the contradiction of the relative lag of China's agricultural modernization is still very prominent; compared with people's expectations for agricultural modernization with the improvement of living standards, there is still a gap; compared with the advanced countries in the world, the potential of China's agricultural modernization is still huge.

Today, China is in the stage of reforming traditional agriculture and realizing agricultural modernization. Agricultural growth still does not completely get rid of excessive reclamation of land resources and exploitation of underground fresh water resources, blindly pursuing the yield of land and other resources, while labor productivity is relatively low, resulting in high cost of agricultural production and lack of market competitiveness of agricultural products. the price difference between international and domestic agricultural products has widened, at the same time, it has also brought many hidden dangers to the safety of agricultural products and excessive consumption of agricultural scarce resources. It is a common problem of modern agriculture that the function of agricultural ecology is difficult to be brought into full play.

Look at the past and know the present, climb the heights and see far. In order to coordinate the development of China's agricultural modernization with new industrialization, urbanization and informatization as soon as possible, consolidate the basic position of agriculture in the national economy more effectively, and better meet people's versatile needs for modern agriculture, we must change the mode of agricultural development and speed up the modernization of a new type of agriculture with Chinese characteristics, which is the urgent task of China's agricultural and rural work, which is related to the whole bureau of the national modernization drive. It is also related to the dreams of hundreds of millions of farmers.

To speed up the modernization of a new type of agriculture with Chinese characteristics is to reverse the blindly pursuit of increasing production at all costs, not only to ensure the quantity and supply of major agricultural products, but also to pay more attention to the quality and safety of agricultural products. At present, China has an abundant supply of agricultural products, a high level of inventory, and imports are facing a better international environment. Under the new situation, China has the conditions and it is necessary to promote a new round of agricultural restructuring and develop the production of high-quality, safe and efficient agricultural products.

To speed up the modernization of a new type of agriculture with Chinese characteristics is to reverse the way of excessive utilization of agricultural resources in the past, pay more attention to the protection and rational utilization of agricultural natural resources, give consideration to the present and long-term, and appropriately reduce the intensity of the utilization of agricultural scarce resources. In ecologically fragile areas where agricultural natural resources are overutilized, it is necessary to protect the diversity of land resources and organisms and give full play to the ecological restoration and protection functions of agriculture by means of returning farmland to forests and grasslands and restricting grazing and banning grazing.

To speed up the modernization of a new type of agriculture with Chinese characteristics is to improve China's agricultural efficiency and competitiveness, better save agricultural resources and make sustainable use of agricultural resources, ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products, and give full play to the health function of agriculture. the development of the traditional primary industry into a new industry compatible with primary, secondary and tertiary industries will be better qualified for the various functions entrusted to modern agriculture by China's economic and social development.

Innovation is the fundamental way and driving force to accelerate the modernization of a new type of agriculture with Chinese characteristics. It is necessary to aim at the new round of agricultural scientific and technological revolution in the world, closely meet the needs of agricultural modernization, and strengthen scientific and technological research in the fields of biological breeding, intelligent agriculture, agricultural machinery and equipment, ecological environmental protection, and the mode of green grain production. It is necessary to inject innovative blood into agriculture and insert the wings of science and technology into agriculture.

To accelerate the modernization of a new type of agriculture with Chinese characteristics is to deepen rural reform in an all-round way. Reform is the fundamental driving force of development. In the past, China's achievements in agricultural development mainly depended on reform, and further accelerating agricultural modernization in the future still depends on reform. It is necessary to closely focus on the decisive role of the market in the allocation of resources and give better play to the role of the government, comprehensively deepen rural reform, stimulate endogenous power, create a good environment, and form a strong joint force to accelerate the modernization of agriculture.