Carry out the agricultural census to high standards and with high quality to boost agricultural and rural development
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 10 (Dispatch) The Leading Group of the Third National Agricultural Census of the State Council held a plenary meeting on the 10th. Wang Yang, Vice Premier of the State Council and head of the Leading Group of the Third National Agricultural Census of the State Council, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech. He stressed that the agricultural census is a major survey of national conditions and national strength that provides a comprehensive understanding of the development and changes in “agriculture, rural areas and farmers,” and that leadership must be strengthened and organization done carefully to carry out the third agricultural census to high standards and with high quality.
Wang Yang pointed out that China's agricultural and rural development is currently at an important stage of transformation and upgrading, and that the agricultural census should comprehensively ascertain the basic conditions of China's agriculture, rural areas and farmers, accurately grasp new situations such as agricultural production, various forms of large-scale agricultural operations, new types of agricultural business entities and agricultural industrialization, conduct in-depth research on new problems and new contradictions emerging in agriculture and rural areas, identify the gaps and weak links in agricultural and rural development, reflect the real state of progress in agricultural modernization and changes in rural development and farmers' lives, and provide strong data support for scientifically formulating policies on “agriculture, rural areas and farmers” and serving agricultural and rural development.
⟦NL> Wang Yang stressed that all regions and relevant departments should, in accordance with the principle of unified national leadership, division of labor and coordination among departments, responsibility at each local level and joint participation by all parties, carefully formulate plans, secure funding and train personnel, and promptly complete all preparatory work for the agricultural census. They must firmly establish the awareness that quality comes first, strictly follow the laws of investigation, improve the census system and methods, and ensure the quality of the census work.
The national agricultural census is conducted once every 10 years, and the standard reference time of the third national agricultural census is December 31, 2016.