Wang Xiaobing: to ensure the basic stability of cotton production and supply

Wang Xiaobing, deputy director of the Department of Market and Economic Information of the Ministry of Agriculture, believes that carrying out a pilot project on cotton target prices and abolishing the temporary collection and storage policy in Xinjiang is an innovative measure to improve the price policy of agricultural products under the new situation. It is of great significance to protect the interests of farmers, enhance market vitality and promote industrial development. He believes that the pilot project of the target price reform of cotton flowers should not only promote the competitiveness of the cotton industry through market-oriented reform, but also provide experience and reference for the price formation of other important agricultural products and the establishment of market regulation and control mechanisms. He said that at present, the Department of Market and Economic Information of the Ministry of Agriculture is also involved in the implementation of monitoring, subsidy calculation and policy evaluation under the new policy. In view of the new situation and new problems in the cotton industry, we will continue to promote the distribution and adjustment of cotton production, increase the research and development and promotion of new technologies, and further do a good job in the implementation of relevant support policies to ensure the basic stability of cotton production and supply.

He said: China is a large country in cotton production and consumption, and the cotton industry is related to the income of cotton farmers, the operation of the textile industry, and economic and social development. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to the development of the cotton industry and successively issued a series of policies, including cotton grain subsidies and temporary collection and storage, which effectively promoted cotton production and market stability.

He predicted that under the guidance of the policy, the cotton area will be reduced to more than 63 million mu this year, with an output of about 6.5 million tons, although slightly lower than last year, but the per unit yield and quality have been improved. He said: in recent years, with the changes in the economic environment at home and abroad, the development of China's cotton industry is facing a new situation and challenges. Agricultural production has entered a stage of high input and high cost, especially labor costs have continued to rise rapidly. it is becoming more and more difficult to ensure the stability of year-end income, the linkage between international and domestic markets is enhanced, and cotton prices at home and abroad are obviously upside down. It is more and more difficult to maintain the security of China's cotton industry. The contradictions and problems accumulated by the temporary cotton collection and storage policy have become increasingly prominent, and it is becoming more and more difficult to rely on the policy to stabilize production and market. how to deal with these new situations and challenges? To promote the sustained and healthy development of China's cotton industry has become a realistic and important issue that must be studied and solved.