Zhongfa [2004] No. 1, Opinions of the Central Committee and the State Council on Several Policies to Promote Farmers' Increased Income (Full Text)

In accordance with the requirements of the central government, we have intensified efforts to solve the "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" issues, withstood the severe impact of the sudden SARS epidemic, overcame the severe impact of frequent natural disasters, achieved steady adjustment of the agricultural structure, and achieved steady development of the rural economy.

Rural reform is advancing steadily, farmers' incomes are steadily increasing, and rural society continues to remain stable.

At the same time, we should be clearly aware that there are still many contradictions and problems in the current agricultural and rural development, the most prominent one is the difficulty of increasing farmers' income.

The per capita net income of farmers across the country has been growing slowly for many years. The growth rate of farmers' income in major grain-producing areas is lower than the national average. The income of many purely rural households continues to hover or even decline. The income gap between urban and rural residents is still widening.

Farmers' income has not been rising for a long time, which not only affects the improvement of farmers' living standards, but also affects grain production and agricultural product supply; it not only restricts rural economic development, but also restricts the growth of the entire national economy; it is not only related to the progress of rural society, but also related to the realization of the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way

; Not only a major economic issue, but also a major political issue.

The whole party must further enhance the sense of urgency and initiative to do a good job in increasing farmers' income from the perspective of implementing the important thought of "Three Represents" and realizing, safeguarding and developing the fundamental interests of the broad masses of farmers.

The current difficulty for farmers to increase their income is a realistic reflection of the profound changes in the internal and external environment of agriculture and rural areas. It is also a concentrated reflection of various deep-seated contradictions accumulated over a long period of time in the dual structure of urban and rural areas.

In the context of increasing market constraints for agricultural products and increasingly diversified sources of farmers' income, new ideas must be adopted to increase farmers' income, comprehensive measures must be adopted, and there must be a major change in development strategies, economic systems, policy measures and working mechanisms.

The overall requirements for increasing farmers' income at present and in the future are: Party committees and governments at all levels must conscientiously implement the spirit of the 16th National Congress and the Third Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee, firmly establish the scientific outlook on development, and adhere to the requirements of coordinating urban and rural economic and social development.

According to the policy of "giving more, taking less, and letting go", we will adjust the agricultural structure, expand farmers' employment, accelerate scientific and technological progress, deepen rural reform, increase agricultural investment, strengthen support and protection for agriculture, and strive to achieve rapid growth in farmers' income and reverse the urban-rural transformation as soon as possible.

The income gap between residents continues to widen.

1. Concentrate efforts to support the development of the grain industry in major grain-producing areas and promote grain farmers to increase their income. (1) Strengthen the construction of grain production capacity in major grain-producing areas.

The current problems of low grain-growing efficiency and difficulty in increasing farmers' income in main production areas are particularly prominent, and practical and powerful measures must be taken to solve them as soon as possible.

Grasping the problem of increasing the income of grain-growing farmers will grasp the key points of increasing farmers' income; mobilizing farmers' enthusiasm for growing grains will grasp the fundamentals of grain production; protecting and improving the grain production capacity of main producing areas will stabilize the

The overall situation of the country's food supply has been affected.

Starting from 2004, the state will implement a high-quality grain industry project, select a number of major grain counties and state-owned farms with foundation and potential, and focus on building a number of national high-quality special grain bases.

Efforts should be made to support the main production areas, especially the central grain-producing areas, in building basic farmland that guarantees harvests despite droughts and floods, and maintains stable and high yields.

Expand the scale of fertile soil project implementation and continuously improve the quality of cultivated land.

Strengthen the construction of improved varieties of bulk grain crops and the construction of pest and disease control projects, strengthen technology integration capabilities, and give priority to supporting the promotion of a number of high-quality varieties and advanced applicable technologies with significant impact in major production areas.

Focusing on the basic construction of farmland, accelerate the construction of small and medium-sized water conservancy facilities, expand the effective irrigation area of ??farmland, and improve drainage and drought resistance capabilities.

Improve the level of agricultural mechanization and provide certain subsidies to individual farmers, farm employees, agricultural machinery professionals, and agricultural machinery service organizations directly engaged in agricultural production for the purchase and renewal of large agricultural machinery.

(2) Support grain transformation and processing in major producing areas.

Main producing areas should rely on their grain advantages to increase farmers' income, develop regional economies, and make the grain industry bigger and stronger in accordance with market demand.

Make full use of the rich feed resources in main production areas, actively develop animal husbandry in agricultural areas, support farmers and enterprises in purchasing high-quality livestock and poultry, and breed fine varieties through small loans, interest subsidies, insurance services, etc., and increase the value of grain through the development of breeding industry

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In accordance with the requirements of national industrial policies, guide the rational layout of the agricultural product processing industry and support the development of agricultural product processing industries with grain as the main raw material in major producing areas, focusing on the development of intensive processing.

The state supports the establishment and transformation of a number of large-scale agricultural product processing, seed marketing and agricultural science and technology enterprises in major production areas through measures such as interest discounts on technological transformation loans, investment and equity participation, and tax policies.

(3) Increase investment in major grain-producing areas.

Existing agricultural fixed asset investment, comprehensive agricultural development funds, land reclamation funds, etc. should be used relatively intensively and tilted towards main production areas.

Continue to increase comprehensive agricultural development funds, with the new portion mainly used in main production areas.

In order to effectively support the economic revitalization of major grain-producing areas and increase farmers' income, new sources of funds must be opened up.

Starting from 2004, a certain proportion of state-owned land transfer fees will be determined to support agricultural land development, build high-standard basic farmland, and improve comprehensive grain production capabilities.

The main sales area and the production and sales balance area should also strengthen the construction of grain production capacity.

Further strengthen the relationship between production and sales areas.