Ministry of Agriculture Makes Clear That Next Year's Increase in Farmers' Income Must Remain Above 7.5%
According to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Han Changfu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of Agriculture, said today that next year every effort must be made to keep grain output stable at more than 1,100 billion jin and to keep the increase in farmers' income above 7.5%.
On December 12, the Ministry of Agriculture held an enlarged meeting of the Party Leadership Group to convey and study the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference and to study opinions on implementation. Han Changfu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of Agriculture, stressed that agricultural departments at all levels must quickly unify their thinking and actions with the Central Committee's analysis and judgment of the domestic and international economic situation, and with the Central Committee's decisions and arrangements for next year's economic work, earnestly strengthen their sense of responsibility and urgency, firm up confidence, work solidly, and go all out to advance all work on agricultural and rural reform and development, so as to provide support for sustained and sound economic development next year.
⟦NL> The meeting held that this Central Economic Work Conference was a very important meeting held against the background of China's economic development entering a new normal. The important speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang thoroughly implement the spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Party and the third and fourth plenary sessions of the 18th Central Committee, and are highly ideological, strategic, targeted and operational, and are of important guiding significance for further unifying thinking and raising awareness. Agricultural departments must earnestly study and deeply comprehend the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, accurately grasp the Central Committee's overall assessment of this year's economic work, accurately grasp the Central Committee's overall judgment of the stage-specific characteristics of China's economic development, accurately grasp the importance and difficulty of improving quality, increasing efficiency and upgrading development, accurately grasp the overall requirements and main tasks put forward by the Central Committee for next year's economic work, closely integrate with the actual work of the agricultural and rural economy, and strive to open up new prospects for agricultural development.
The meeting pointed out that this year's Central Economic Work Conference attached great importance to the work related to “agriculture, rural areas and farmers,” and the important speeches of the leading comrades of the Central Committee all provided profound elaboration on the work related to “agriculture, rural areas and farmers,” fully affirmed this year's achievements in agricultural and rural economic development, deeply analyzed the situation and tasks facing agricultural and rural economic development, and put forward clear requirements for doing a good job in agricultural and rural economic work next year and for a period to come. This is the overall guideline for doing a good job in agricultural and rural economic work. Agricultural departments at all levels must earnestly study and deeply understand the Central Committee's deployment and requirements for the work related to “agriculture, rural areas and farmers,” scientifically plan the key tasks of agricultural and rural economic development for next year, adhere to stabilizing grain and increasing income and improving quality and efficiency, solidly advance the “transformation of development modes and adjustment of structure” in agriculture, and next year make every effort to keep grain output stable at more than 1,100 billion jin and keep the increase in farmers' income above 7.5%, strive to ensure that no systemic agricultural product quality and safety incidents and no regional major animal epidemics occur, continuously raise the contribution rate of agricultural scientific and technological progress and the utilization rate of agricultural resources, consolidate and develop the sound situation of the agricultural and rural economy, and provide strong support for the overall situation of economic and social development.
The meeting emphasized that at present it is necessary to take all factors into consideration, highlight key points, do a good job in studying and implementing the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference and in current work, and ensure that this year ends well and next year starts well. It is necessary to solidly do a good job in agricultural production this winter and next spring, strengthen winter field management of crops in the fields, do a good job in the production and supply of “shopping basket” products and in linking production and marketing, and ensure effective supply to the agricultural product market during the “two festivals.” Continue to intensify law enforcement and rectification for agricultural product quality and safety, strengthen prevention and control of major animal epidemics in winter and spring, plan early for spring plowing and spring planting preparations, and lay a good foundation for securing a good harvest of grain and oil next year.