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Why should we establish a new concept of food security?
Before 2004, China's grain self-sufficiency rate had remained above 95%, but over the past 10 years, the grain self-sufficiency rate has been declining, dropping to around 85% by 2014. It is worth noting that the decline in the self-sufficiency rate was not caused by a decline in grain production, but rather by the realization of
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Chinese medicinal herb cultivation is still family-based and needs to develop at scale
In the recommendations of the 13th Five-Year Plan released on November 3, 2015, in the pharmaceutical sector, emphasis was placed on promoting traditional Chinese medicine and ethnic medicine. Data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology show that in the first half of this year, the main business revenue of pharmaceutical industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 8.91% year on year, while traditional Chinese medicine enterprises
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How Does E-commerce Improve the Rural Market System
Developing rural e-commerce is becoming an inevitable choice for China in innovating rural business models and improving the rural market system. In order to vigorously develop rural e-commerce, recently, the official launch ceremony of the national supply and marketing cooperative e-commerce platform Gongxiao e-Home and the first China Supply
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Fur industry endures two tough years, still has not emerged from trouble
This year fur prices generally dropped 30 to 40 percent, and many breeders have switched to other trades. As winter arrives and the weather gets colder and colder, many city residents have begun choosing cold-weather clothing. On November 8, reporters visited the market and found that fur, as a standout among cold-weather garments, has seen a sharp drop in price. At the same time
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For some farmers, grain-growing income is falling. How can grain sell well?
① At the drying yard of the Qixin Modern Agricultural Machinery Cooperative in Jiangqiao Township, Tailai County, Heilongjiang Province, more than 800 mu of freshly harvested corn is piled on the drying yard. The corn is currently hard to thresh, and with prices low, the cooperative plans to wait a while before looking into selling the corn. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Jianwei
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Rural development faces challenges in three aspects; what exactly are these problems?
On November 2, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Comprehensive Implementation Plan for Deepening Rural Reform," and public opinion generally holds that the publication of this document means the top-level design for rural reform has officially been released. In my view, the document is a major step by rural work toward
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How to safeguard food security and farmers' interests? Nie Zhenbang proposes multiple measures
Interview with Nie Zhenbang, President of the China National Association of Grain Sector. The State Council executive meeting held on November 11 determined measures to stabilize grain production and increase grain-growing income, emphasizing the safeguarding of food security and farmers' interests. Regarding some hot topics in current grain production, Economic Daily
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How does Internet Plus give rise to new business forms in China's agriculture and rural economy?
What kind of catalytic effect will "Internet Plus" bring to the economic and social life of agriculture and rural areas? At the 2015 Agricultural Informatization Summit Forum held in Fuzhou from November 7 to 8, experts pointed out that "Internet Plus" rural e-commerce will bring leapfrog development to the rural economy.
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On November 12, 2015, the "National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index" compared with yesterday
According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture, on November 12 the National Agricultural Wholesale Price Index was 193.07, down 0.08 points from yesterday, of which the "Vegetable Basket" Product Wholesale Price Index was 192.37, down 0.11 points from yesterday. As of 14:00 today, the average price of pork in national agricultural wholesale markets
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New urbanization accelerates toward higher-quality development
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee put forward new goal requirements for building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, proposing that the urbanization rate of registered residents should be raised at a faster pace. In the explanatory notes on the recommendations for the 13th Five-Year Plan, accelerating the increase of the urbanization rate of registered residents was also listed as an issue requiring focused explanation.
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