Nine departments, including the Ministry of Agriculture, have proposed to make farmers' cooperatives with standardized operation.

A few days ago, the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and other nine departments jointly issued the Opinions on Guiding and Promoting the Standardized Development of Farmers 'Cooperatives (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions"), requiring relevant departments at all levels to strengthen the standardized construction of farmers' cooperatives in a more prominent position, and to take the standardized operation of farmers 'cooperatives as the focus of policy support.

According to the Opinions, in accordance with the requirements of "serving farmers, freedom of advance and retreat, equal rights and democratic management," we should adhere to the main position of farmers, adhere to classified guidance, adhere to typical demonstration, adhere to the combination of market guidance and government supervision, and strengthen the standardized construction of cooperatives. In about 5 years, more than 70% of cooperatives will have complete member accounts, open social affairs and distribute surpluses according to law. There will be more than 200,000 demonstration cooperatives above county level, and the quality of cooperative development will be significantly improved.

The Opinions clearly define the main tasks of standardizing the development of cooperatives. Cooperatives are required to play a normative role in their articles of association, register according to law, clarify property rights relations, improve the organization of coordinated operation, improve the financial management system, establish member accounts and management files, distribute income fairly and reasonably, regularly disclose social affairs, adhere to honest operation, steadily carry out credit cooperation, and promote informatization construction.

The Opinions call for giving full play to the role of policy incentives and guidance, further improving fiscal, tax and financial support policies, and focusing on supporting standardized cooperatives. Finance departments at all levels should increase funds for cooperative development, expand the scale of agricultural (forestry) projects undertaken by cooperatives such as rural land consolidation and comprehensive agricultural development, allow financial project funds to be directly invested in qualified cooperatives, and allow assets formed by financial subsidies to be transferred to cooperatives for holding and management. We will implement and improve preferential tax policies for cooperatives and support cooperatives in developing the production, processing and circulation of agricultural products. Positive incentive measures shall be implemented for cooperatives with high credit rating under the same conditions, loan guarantee services shall be provided, loan discount shall be granted where conditions permit, and insurance products and services suitable for the production and operation characteristics of cooperatives shall be innovated. The land for production facilities and auxiliary facilities of cooperatives shall be managed as agricultural land, and a certain proportion shall be listed separately in the national annual construction land index for the construction of supporting auxiliary facilities for cooperatives and other new agricultural business entities. The water and electricity used by cooperatives for planting and breeding and the electricity for primary processing of agricultural products of members of the cooperative shall be subject to agricultural production-related prices.

The Opinions emphasize the need to strengthen organizational leadership, strengthen guidance services, and improve the working mechanism for promoting the sustainable and healthy development of cooperatives. It is required that the member units of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on the Development of Farmers 'Cooperatives throughout the country should give full play to their functions, and all localities should establish corresponding working mechanisms, clarify and implement their respective responsibilities, and jointly promote the standardized construction of cooperatives. Strengthen the construction of cooperative counselors and establish a multi-level guidance service system. In-depth development of demonstration cooperatives, actively carry out evaluation of demonstration cooperatives, establish a directory of demonstration cooperatives, implement dynamic monitoring of demonstration cooperatives, and guide and drive the standardized development of cooperatives. Adhere to the combination of internal training and external introduction, strengthen the establishment of cooperative talent team five, and constantly improve the management level of cooperatives.