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Deepening Production-Sales Cooperation Is Still Needed to Reduce Grain Inventories
On December 18, several grain processing enterprises from Jilin City, Jilin Province, came to Beijing to promote this year's newly marketed rice. This is already the second time Jilin City has come to Beijing to promote rice. The grain production-sales cooperation between Jilin City and Beijing gives full play to the resource advantages of major grain-producing areas and
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WTO members commit for the first time to eliminating agricultural export subsidies
From December 15 to 19, the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya. Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng led the Chinese delegation composed of the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, the General Administration of Customs and the delegation to the WTO
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Grain production structure set for prudent reform
Amid the "twelve consecutive years of increase" in grain output, although some voices suggest that a moderate reduction in grain output could be considered, an article published by People's Daily on December 15 argues that adjusting the grain production structure is extremely urgent, that grain production must adapt to the new normal, and that grain reform
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Temporary Storage Price Cut: Why a Bumper Harvest Becomes a Worry for Farmers
In the Northeast production areas, the temporary storage corn purchase policy has been in effect for more than a month and a half. Data from the State Administration of Grain shows that as of December 10, cumulative temporary storage corn purchases in the Northeast production areas reached 31.9 million tons, including 5.14 million tons in Inner Mongolia, 690,000 tons in Liaoning, 680,000 tons in Jilin
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On December 14, 2015, the "National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index" compared with last week
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on December 14 the National Agricultural Products Wholesale Price Index was 201.17, down 0.77 points from last Friday, among which the "Shopping Basket" Product Wholesale Price Index was 202.31, down 0.90 points from last Friday. As of 14:00 today, the national agricultural products wholesale market
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National Forum of Major Grain-Producing Counties: Let grain farmers benefit and let major producing areas not lose out
Among the 800 major grain-producing counties that account for nearly three-quarters of the country's total grain output, more than 100 are national-level poverty-stricken counties, with 36 million poor people. This shows that the phenomenon of "grain-finance inversion" between China's grain output and county-level fiscal capacity is already very obvious, and may bring hidden dangers to food security.
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The 2015 Winter Agricultural Products Online Purchase and Sales Matchmaking Conference Is About to Open
In order to expand sales channels for agricultural products, promote the circulation of agricultural products, and further carry out regular matchmaking for agricultural products, the Ministry of Commerce has scheduled the "2015 Winter Agricultural Products Online Purchase and Sales Matchmaking Conference" (hereinafter referred to as the Matchmaking Conference) to be held from December 22, 2015 to January 22, 2016, and will rely on
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Edible agricultural product prices rose more slowly last week, Ministry of Commerce data shows
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Commerce, last week (December 7-13) the rate of price increases for edible agricultural products in 36 large and medium-sized cities nationwide slowed. Last week, the average price of 18 kinds of vegetables rose 0.7% from the previous week, with the increase narrowing by 4.7 percentage points from the previous week, among which the prices of lettuce, onions and tomatoes rose 5.3%, 3.7% and 2.7% respectively.
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Chicken becomes China's second-largest meat consumer product
Over the past 20 years, China's chicken production has continued to grow at an average annual rate of 5% to 6%, and chicken has become the second-largest meat consumer product after pork, with white-feathered chicken accounting for 13.11%, and a national per capita consumption of 9 kg in 2014. A reporter from the China Meat
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China Agricultural Products IoT Commerce Innovation Alliance Established in Beijing
On December 12, the China Agricultural Products IoT Commerce Innovation Alliance, a non-profit cooperative organization for the construction and operation promotion of agricultural products IoT commerce, voluntarily jointly formed by numerous units and individuals from multiple fields including domestic and international politics, business, industry, academia, research, finance, and promotion in China
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