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Sharp increase in grain imports heightens food security concerns
On one hand, grain production has increased for eleven consecutive years; on the other, grain imports have hit a record high. Yesterday, Zhang Hongyu, director of the Department of Rural Economic Management of the Ministry of Agriculture, pointed out at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges' "Economic Monthly Talk" that last year China's imported soybeans and grains accounted for 10
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Commercial logging of natural forests will be completely halted nationwide in 2017
The reporter learned from the State Forestry Administration that the plan to completely halt commercial logging of natural forests has been finalized, and the nationwide commercial logging of natural forests will be completely halted in 2017. Zhao Shucong, director of the State Forestry Administration, said that the complete halt of commercial logging of natural forests will be implemented in three steps
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Industrial development should listen more to farmers' opinions
For a place, having good advantageous agricultural resources is a blessing; if support policies are on the right track and measures are appropriate, the advantageous resources will naturally be transformed into an industry that enriches the people, letting farmers benefit from it, which is even more of a blessing. One agricultural product is
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First batch of demonstration pilot projects for off-site afforestation by state-owned forest farms identified
The Seed and Seedling Station of the State Forestry Administration recently conducted a comprehensive assessment of the models, scale, effects and impacts of off-site afforestation, and identified the first batch of 20 off-site afforestation demonstration forest farms and 8 off-site afforestation pilot forest farms. This initiative aims to establish models, explore experience, and further promote off-site afforestation by state-owned forest farms
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In 2014, China's gross ocean product was nearly 6 trillion yuan
China's marine industrial structure was further optimized, marine ecological protection and construction were strengthened, and major marine special capacity-building projects continued to advance. According to preliminary estimates, in 2014 the national gross ocean product was nearly 6 trillion yuan, with a growth rate of about 7.6%, and China's marine economy achieved
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The Ministry of Commerce will vigorously promote rural e-commerce development this year
"The Ministry of Commerce will invest considerable effort this year to advance the development of rural e-commerce, mainly by continuing to promote e-commerce into rural areas." Shen Danyang, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, said this at a press conference held by the Ministry on the morning of the 17th. E-commerce drives
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Farmland remediation cannot keep up with pollution; the Soil Ten Plan may create an annual market worth 100 billion yuan
Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining emphasized on March 16 that the compilation of the Soil Ten Plan will be accelerated, and the risk control and remediation of soil pollution will be gradually promoted. Faced with the current situation in which China's farmland remediation projects fall far short of the number of polluted sites, industry insiders say that the domestic soil remediation market scale may reach nearly 700 billion yuan in the next few years.
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State Council proposes building 800 million mu of high-standard farmland by 2020
Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council presided over an executive meeting of the State Council on March 18, clarifying the departmental responsibilities and division of labor for the "Government Work Report" to ensure the completion of the main targets and tasks for economic and social development for the whole year; deploying the promotion of sustainable agricultural development and accelerating agricultural modernization;
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Why Should Homestead Land Not Be Put on the Market for Sale? A Policy Interpretation
At this year's two sessions, regarding exactly how homestead land should be reformed and whether it should be rolled out across the board, the committee members and representatives had a heated debate. Cai Jiming, a deputy to the National People's Congress and director of the Center for Political Economy at Tsinghua University, believes that the pace of China's land reform is currently
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Why Do Young People Leave the Countryside? An Analysis of the Main Reasons
"Leaving the countryside" has become the consensus of almost everyone and the direction of their efforts. What parents tell their children most often is "Study hard, otherwise you can only be a farmer"; what teachers tell students is also "If you can't get into university, you're useless, and you can only be a farmer." The examples society sets for people, one after another,
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