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What are the reasons for the low efficiency of fiscal support for agriculture?
[Too-long allocation channels, fragmented distribution mechanisms, mismatch between fiscal authority and administrative responsibility, imperfect official assessment and oversight mechanisms, and unscientific decision-making mechanisms are the main factors behind the low efficiency in the use of fiscal funds for supporting agriculture.] Since the beginning of the 21st century, the central government, on the basis of fully realizing the reduction and exemption of agricultural taxes and fees,
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Chinese medicinal materials go global, multiple parties join forces to boost exports
Not long ago, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the "Vision and Actions on Jointly Building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road" (abbreviated as "Vision and Actions"). In the implementation of the "Vision and Actions", Chinese medicinal materials will usher in unprecedented development opportunities.
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The countryside is so vast, must it be only for playing mahjong?
Not long ago, when I returned to my hometown, I found that several more mahjong parlors had opened in the village, and most of those playing mahjong were left-behind elderly people. The owner of the mahjong parlor said that the elderly have nothing much to do at home, so they come over to play mahjong and relax. Playing mahjong itself is a form of leisure; when fellow villagers gather together, as long as it is not gambling, there is nothing wrong with relaxing and building relationships at the same time. However, mahjong becoming the dominant or even the only leisure activity is not necessarily what the elderly want. Some elderly people have expressed their helplessness: they want to play table tennis to keep fit, but there is no equipment; the village also has a reading room, but the books on the shelves do not suit their taste and are covered in dust... "If not for mahjong, I really do not know what to do."
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What are the focal issues in China's agricultural development?
Not long ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping, during an inspection tour in Zhejiang Province, remarked that in the process of advancing our Four Modernizations in a synchronized manner - industrialization, urbanization, informatization, and modernization - agriculture is clearly a weak link, the weakest one. Only by striving to shore up this weak link and resolving these weak spots can we truly advance the development of the Four Modernizations and truly realize the Chinese Dream. I think this judgment is very important.
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The Internet Plus does not play favorites with the rich or the poor, adding momentum to rural development
A situation I learned about in Gansu Province these past few days while accompanying a State Council inspection team made me quite surprised. When the province reported to the inspection team on vigorously developing new industries and new business forms, it mentioned one thing: in 2014, the Gansu Provincial Government and Alibaba Group signed a strategic cooperation framework
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Balancing cultivated land occupation and compensation cannot be judged by numbers alone; quality matters just as much
Due to the long-accumulated impulse and inertia toward extensive land use, combined with multiple causes such as incomplete institutions, imperfect mechanisms and loopholes in supervision, the balance of occupation and compensation has been distorted in some places, even turning into a numbers game, making it hard to guarantee grain output,
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Domestic Grain Prices Are High, Chinese Farmers Can Rent Land Overseas
Not long ago, Chen Zhangliang, Vice Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology and member of its Secretariat, gave an exclusive interview to Phoenix Net, discussing the opportunities, challenges and strategies for Chinese agriculture going global. Having served as president of China Agricultural University for 6 years and as vice chairman of Guangxi in charge of agriculture for 6 years, Chen Zhangliang not only
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Mortgaging rural land management rights should be advanced steadily, not rushed headlong
Recently, the media have frequently reported that various localities are launching pilot programs for mortgaging land management rights, and some places take great pride in this kind of "pioneering and piloting first." But this author is deeply worried about these measures: acting hastily before the law is amended or a competent authority formally authorizes a pilot
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Is the agricultural machinery rental market ushering in spring?
Editor's note: Along with the increase in rural labor migrating to work in cities and the acceleration of land transfer, the number of new-type agricultural operating entities in China is growing day by day. The expansion of operating scale has made their demand for large agricultural machinery and high-performance, compound machines increasingly strong. But there
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When Will the Financing Difficulties of Modern Agriculture Be Resolved?
Not long ago, the China Banking Regulatory Commission issued the "Regulatory Guidelines on Strengthening the Construction of the Three Rural Financial Service Mechanism of Rural Commercial Banks," requiring rural commercial banks to continuously enhance their distinctive, specialized, and refined capacity to serve the three rural sectors. The Central Rural Work Conference proposed that no matter how tight the financial resources,
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