Make green food a booster, a vanguard and a weather vane
On October 29, the 16th China Green Food Expo opened in Xi'an, Shaanxi. At the "Ecological Agriculture and Green Production" symposium held during the event, Vice Minister of Agriculture Chen Xiaohua stressed that it is necessary to closely focus on the goal of strengthening and expanding the green food industry and amplifying its brand effect, adhere to placing equal emphasis on quantity, quality and efficiency, steadily advance standardized and reduced-input production, drive China's agricultural product quality to a higher level, and continuously meet the healthy consumption needs of urban and rural residents, so that green food becomes the "booster" of ecological civilization construction, the "vanguard" in promoting the transformation of the agricultural development model, and the "weather vane" leading China's safe and high-quality agricultural product consumption.
Chen Xiaohua required that at present and for a period to come, agricultural departments at all levels and green food work agencies should focus on doing four things well: First, effectively safeguard the credibility of the brand, follow the requirements of the "four strictest," be strict and tight, perform duties according to law, handle matters according to regulations, and let standards speak; enhance the ability to manage and control brand safety risks, strengthen the elimination and exit mechanism, promptly clean up unqualified products, and seriously investigate and punish counterfeit products, ensuring that green food is a "clean" brand, a brand without "impurities," and a brand without "water." Second, create an "upgraded version" of industrial development, adhere to a premium positioning, aim at the level of developed countries, further improve the standards system in light of national conditions, and always maintain the advanced nature of the standards; build another batch of high-quality, high-level standardized bases, develop a batch of benchmark enterprises that are large in scale, strong in strength and well-known in brand, promote a batch of safe, high-quality and environmentally friendly green food production materials, and cultivate a batch of green food professional marketing platforms with standardized management and novel business formats. Third, strive to do public services well, carefully organize and carry out various types of professional training, and strengthen technical guidance and services for production enterprises and base farmers; accelerate the construction of specialized and networked information platforms to provide high-quality and efficient industry information services to the whole society; strengthen commercial services, promote production-sales matching, carry out in-depth international exchanges and cooperation, help more green food enterprises go abroad, participate in international competition, and expand export trade. Fourth, continuously improve team building, follow the requirements of "three stricts and three honests," focus on strengthening service awareness, temper work style, improve professional capabilities, and further enhance the work force based on management agencies, the technical force supported by testing agencies, and the expert force with the China Green Food Association as the bridge and link.