Ministry of Agriculture Studies and Deploys Poverty Alleviation and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Big Data Work
On December 8, Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu chaired an executive meeting of the Ministry, conveyed and studied the spirit of the Central Conference on Poverty Alleviation and Development, studied the Ministry of Agriculture's opinions on implementation, and in principle approved the "Implementation Opinions of the Ministry of Agriculture on Promoting the Development of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Big Data." Han Changfu pointed out that agriculture departments at all levels must conscientiously study and implement the important speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang and the spirit of the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Winning the Battle Against Poverty," fully understand from a strategic and overall perspective the great significance of poverty alleviation for building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and consolidating the Party's governing foundation, and further enhance the sense of responsibility, mission and urgency for doing a good job in poverty alleviation and development work.
The meeting pointed out that great importance must be attached to poverty alleviation work, and in accordance with the spirit and requirements of the Central Committee, the strength of the entire agricultural industry and the whole system must be mobilized to truly increase tilted support in terms of funding support, personnel training, market development and other aspects. It is necessary to increase poverty alleviation efforts through characteristic industries, and guide and help poor areas develop characteristic industries based on resource endowments, ecological and environmental carrying capacity and market demand. Agriculture and animal husbandry departments in poor areas must seize opportunities, integrate resources and strength, and strive through poverty alleviation work to raise the level of agricultural and animal husbandry development in poor areas by one step. It is necessary to truly strengthen the awareness of the overall situation, place agricultural poverty alleviation work on an important agenda, and have Ministry leaders and responsible comrades of all departments and bureaus go deeper into poor areas to conduct good research, visit the poor and inquire about their hardships, and focus poverty alleviation work on villages and households. It is necessary to formulate as soon as possible the Ministry of Agriculture's opinions on strengthening poverty alleviation through characteristic industries, establish rules and regulations, develop rural tourism well, and organize a symposium on poverty alleviation through characteristic industries, among other things.
The meeting pointed out that developing agriculture and rural affairs big data plays an important role in promoting the precision and intelligence of agricultural production, improving the timeliness and accuracy of agriculture and rural affairs economic information, and raising the level of equalization of urban and rural information services. It is an important part of advancing modern agriculture construction and an important basis for scientific government management. Agriculture departments at all levels must truly raise awareness, place the construction of a global agricultural data investigation and analysis system in a priority position, and use this as a key focus to focus on promoting the development and application of agriculture and rural affairs big data. There must be clear guiding ideology, adhere to a problem-oriented approach, and not remain at the level of concepts and ideas, but provide services for scientific agricultural management, market guidance, agricultural macro decision-making, production and operation entities and others. It is necessary to strengthen institutional and mechanism innovation, strengthen top-level design, unify integration standards, determine integration levels and platforms, ensure data interconnection and mutual access, and prevent internal fragmentation. At the same time, it is necessary to actively integrate and optimize existing funds, avoid duplicate construction and waste of resources, truly drive data sharing, and ensure information security.
The meeting also studied other matters.