Give greater prominence to the standardized development of cooperatives
This website news In recent years, farmers' cooperatives have developed rapidly and have played an important role in building modern agriculture, promoting farmers' income growth, and building a new socialist countryside. However, some places have emphasized quantity over quality, and some cooperatives exist in name only and are merely formalistic, which restricts the full play of the functions and roles of cooperatives and urgently requires strengthening the standardized development of cooperatives. A few days ago, nine departments including the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Finance issued the "Opinions on Guiding and Promoting the Standardized Development of Farmers' Cooperatives," requiring departments at all levels and relevant departments to give greater prominence to strengthening the standardized development of farmers' cooperatives and to treat farmers' cooperatives that operate in a standardized manner as a key focus of policy support. This is not only an important measure to accelerate the construction of a new type of agricultural operation system and promote agricultural modernization, but also an objective requirement to safeguard the lawful rights and interests of members and enhance the internal driving force for cooperative development, and it is also an important foundation for undertaking national agriculture-related projects and innovating ways of fiscal support for agriculture. At present and for a period to come, standardized development should be given greater prominence, and the quality and level of cooperative development should be continuously improved.
To give standardized development greater prominence, it is necessary to improve the rules and regulations of cooperatives. The charter is the fundamental system that determines the development direction of a cooperative. Cooperatives should be guided to formulate and improve charters suited to their own characteristics. Cooperatives should be guided to strengthen institutional development, establish and improve systems for financial accounting, cooperative affairs management, surplus distribution, and other matters, improve member accounts and files, and further clarify the ownership relationships of asset property rights, so that cooperatives operate according to law and regulations and handle affairs according to their charters and systems.
To give standardized development greater prominence, it is necessary to improve the operating mechanism of cooperatives. It is necessary to fully give play to the roles of the member (representative) assembly, the board of directors, and the board of supervisors, respect the principal position of members, and adhere to the “one person, one vote” democratic decision-making method. The “three meetings” should earnestly perform their respective responsibilities for decision-making, execution, and supervision, operate effectively, and cooperate closely.
⟦NL> To give standardized development greater prominence, it is necessary to strengthen the training of cooperative leaders. The chairman is the “leading goose” of the cooperative. Whether the cooperative develops well and whether it is standardized, the leader is crucial. It is necessary to strengthen the training of cooperative leaders and include them among the trainees of projects such as the modern agricultural talent support plan and the new-type professional farmer cultivation project. Preferential policies should be formulated to encourage agricultural technicians, rural capable people, college graduates, and others to take the lead in establishing cooperatives, and to improve cooperatives' ability to operate according to law.
To give standardized development greater prominence, it is necessary to give play to the role of cooperative instructors. The instructor system is a unique institutional arrangement in the development of cooperatives in our country. It is necessary to fully give play to the advantages of this system, accelerate the construction of the instructor team, and establish a multi-level guidance service system. It is necessary to establish and improve the system by which instructors contact cooperatives, conduct in-depth investigations and research around prominent problems and weak links affecting the standardized development of cooperatives, and through methods such as paired assistance, cooperative service, and bringing policies into cooperatives, help cooperatives improve rules and regulations face to face and hand in hand, and raise the level of standardized management.
To give standardized development greater prominence, it is necessary to advance the development of demonstration cooperatives. Guidance by demonstration is an effective means of promoting the standardized development of cooperatives. It is necessary to further advance the creation of demonstration cooperatives, evaluate a number of demonstration cooperatives at all levels, strengthen dynamic management, and implement survival of the fittest. Treat cooperatives that operate in a standardized manner as a key focus of policy support, further improve support policies such as fiscal, tax, and financial policies, guide cooperatives to strengthen institutional development, improve democratic management, and enhance service awareness, so that the broad masses of farmers can benefit more and the cohesion and appeal of cooperatives can be improved. Earnestly summarize and promote advanced models and experiences of cooperatives operating according to law in all localities, set up a number of benchmarks and examples that can be learned from and compared with, and create a good atmosphere of standardized operation, emulation, and striving for advanced status.