Vice Minister of Agriculture Chen Xiaohua Discusses Agricultural Product Processing and Agricultural Modernization
Xinhua News Agency, Zhengzhou, September 6 (Reporter Song Xiaodong) On the 6th, at the 18th China Agricultural Product Processing Industry Investment and Trade Fair held in Zhumadian City, Henan Province, Vice Minister of Agriculture Chen Xiaohua stated that agricultural product processing is an important lever for extending the agricultural industry chain and advancing rural industrial integration, and is an important hallmark of agricultural modernization.
Chen Xiaohua noted that in recent years China's agricultural product processing industry has continued to develop steadily, with broad industry coverage, a high degree of industrialization, and many small, medium and micro enterprises; it has become a pillar industry and a livelihood industry that drives farmers to prosperity. The agricultural product processing industry connects industry and agriculture, farmers and the market, and the capital, technology, management and talent it gathers are acting and will accelerate their effect on the agricultural and rural economy, playing an important role in the process of agricultural modernization.
With the development of economic globalization and scientific and technological progress, the structure of the agricultural and rural economy, production methods and so on have all entered a period of deep adjustment, and the improvement of agricultural productivity and the optimization of production relations are no longer confined to agriculture, rural areas and farmers. Chen Xiaohua believes that the agricultural product processing industry has become an important lever for advancing the integrated development of rural industries and is a hallmark of agricultural modernization; vigorously advancing the development of the agricultural product processing industry will effectively raise the level of China's agricultural modernization and provide strong support for making agriculture strong, rural areas beautiful, and farmers prosperous.