Rural work conference: the price of major domestic agricultural products exceeds the import price

The Central Rural work Conference was held. At present, the prices of major domestic agricultural products exceed the import prices, and agriculture has become a prominent "deficiency" in the four modernizations.

"it is necessary to tap the consumption potential of the largest group of farmers."

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Central Rural work Conference was held in Beijing from 22nd to 23rd. The meeting discussed some opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on further deepening rural reform and accelerating agricultural modernization (discussion draft). Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council attended the meeting and made an important speech.

The meeting stressed that with the changes in environmental conditions at home and abroad and the deep-seated contradictions accumulated by long-term extensive management, the challenges facing the sustained and stable development of agriculture are unprecedented. At present, the price of major domestic agricultural products exceeds the import price, while the production cost is rising. The agricultural ecological environment is damaged, and cultivated land, fresh water and other resources are scarce.

The meeting pointed out that agricultural modernization is the foundation and support of national modernization, and it is still a "deficiency" at present, and the key and difficult points for building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way are still in rural areas. China's economic development has entered a new normal, and accelerating agricultural modernization is of great significance to stable growth, structural adjustment and the benefit of the people's livelihood. Tapping the consumption potential of the largest group of farmers can give better play to the basic role of consumption; agricultural and rural infrastructure and public services are backward, there is a huge demand for new investment, and making good use of this space can give better play to the key role of investment; expanding and strengthening the agricultural industry can form many new industries, new business type, new models, and cultivate new economic growth points.

The meeting stressed that to promote agricultural modernization, it is necessary to persist in taking the protection of national food security as the top priority. First, vigorously develop agricultural industrialization. From simply thinking about cultivated land to facing the whole land and resources, we will promote the integration and interaction of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries. The second is to actively develop various forms of moderate scale operation. The third is to build resource-saving and environment-friendly agriculture. The fourth is to increase agricultural policies and capital investment. Fifth, make good use of two markets and two sources of capital.

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The "sixth industry" is about to emerge.

[content of the meeting] vigorously develop agricultural industrialization, and propose to introduce modern industrial organization methods such as industrial chain and value chain into agriculture, so as to promote the integration and interaction of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries.

[interpretation] "the meeting proposed the integration of the three industries, highlighting the new direction of the development of China's agricultural industry in the future." Ye Xingqing, director of the Village Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council, told reporters that the integration and interaction of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries is known as the "sixth industry". Agriculture has developed from simple crop production to the processing and circulation of agricultural products and leisure services, and the industrial chain has been extended to achieve the increase of agricultural added value and farmers' income.

"the integration of three industries is a major trend of agricultural development. Japan, South Korea and other East Asian countries have explored relatively mature development experience. At present, agricultural development in some areas of our country is approaching this stage. This is a new opportunity for China to move towards agricultural modernization and achieve quality improvement and efficiency improvement." Said Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Rural Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Zheng Fengtian, a professor at the School of Agriculture and Rural Development of Renmin University of China, pointed out that the development of agricultural products processing industry and leisure agriculture should be promoted in areas where conditions permit, so that modern agriculture can be "successively" connected to the "second industry" of the processing industry. it can also connect the "three industries" of leisure agriculture, extend the industrial chain of modern agriculture, and make the integration of the three industries become a new growth pole driving the development of China's agricultural and rural economy.

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Put forward "people's New Countryside" for the first time

[contents of the meeting] actively and steadily promote the construction of a new countryside, speed up the improvement of the living environment, improve the quality of farmers, and promote the construction of "material new countryside" and "human new countryside" side by side.

[interpretation] "the new countryside of things" refers to the improvement of the living environment such as roads, drinking water, power facilities and housing conditions. To promote the "people's new countryside" means to establish and improve the basic public services in rural areas, care for the "three staying" groups in rural areas, retain the local culture and build the ecological civilization in rural areas. The meeting put forward 'people's new countryside' for the first time, highlighting the higher requirements of the central government for the construction of a new countryside. " Cheng Guoqiang, a researcher at the Development Research Center of the State Council, said.

For a long time, our country pays more attention to the "material new countryside", but does not pay enough attention to the construction of "people's new countryside". At the same time, new situations have emerged in rural areas in recent years, with the increase of "hollow villages" caused by farmers going out to work, the problem of "three staying behind" is prominent, and the construction of "people's new countryside" urgently needs to be put on the agenda.

As for how to promote the construction of "people's new countryside", Cheng Guoqiang believes that, first, it is necessary to establish a care service system for the elderly, children and women left behind in rural areas, and to establish and improve rural public services such as old-age care, education, medical care and other rural public services. second, we should do a good job in the protection of rural traditional culture and local culture, so as not to turn the countryside into a desolate countryside, a left-behind countryside and a hometown in memory. Third, we should do a good job in the protection of the rural ecological environment.