Opinions of the Central Committee of the State Council on Strengthening Agricultural Infrastructure

Further Promoting Agricultural Development and Increasing Farmers' Income

(December 31, 27)

The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held high the great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and made comprehensive arrangements for continuing to promote reform, opening up and socialist modernization and realizing the grand goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way. To promote scientific development, promote social harmony, and win a new victory in building a well-off society in an all-round way, we must strengthen the basic position of agriculture, take the road of agricultural modernization with China characteristics, establish a long-term mechanism to promote agriculture with industry and bring rural areas with cities, and form a new pattern of integration of urban and rural economic and social development.

Since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have complied with the requirements of the times, followed the law of development, kept pace with the times and strengthened the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and made a series of strategic arrangements with great significance and far-reaching influence. Insist on solving the "three rural issues" as the top priority of the whole party's work, and constantly strengthen leadership over agriculture and rural work; Adhere to the overall planning of urban and rural development, and constantly increase the efforts of industry to feed back agriculture and cities to support rural areas; Adhere to giving more and taking less, and constantly improve the agricultural support and protection system; Adhere to market-oriented reform and constantly liberate and develop rural productive forces; Insist on improving people's livelihood and constantly solve the most urgent practical problems in farmers' production and life. Thanks to the concerted efforts of the whole party and the people of the whole country, agriculture and rural development have shown a rare good situation. Grain production has increased for four consecutive years, and agricultural production has developed in an all-round way. Farmers' income has continued to grow rapidly and their living standards have improved significantly. The improvement of rural infrastructure has been accelerated, and great strides have been made in the development of social undertakings and poverty alleviation and development. A historic breakthrough has been made in rural reform, and the vitality of development has been continuously enhanced. The relationship between the party and the masses in rural areas has improved significantly, and the rural society is stable and harmonious. The situation in agriculture and rural areas is good and has made great contributions to the overall situation of reform, development and stability. Practice has proved that the central government's principles and policies on "agriculture, countryside and farmers" work are completely correct.

At present, industrialization, informationization, urbanization, marketization and internationalization are developing in depth, and agriculture and rural areas are undergoing profound changes. With the strengthening of agricultural resources, environment and market constraints, it is more difficult to ensure the balance between supply and demand of agricultural products, which requires accelerating the transformation of agricultural development mode. Trade competition in agricultural products has intensified, which makes it more difficult to promote the export of superior agricultural products and timely and moderately regulate imports, and requires speeding up the promotion of agricultural competitiveness. The comparative benefit of agriculture is declining, and it is more difficult to maintain the stable development of grain and increase farmers' income, which requires a sound agricultural support and protection system. The outflow of factors of production in rural areas has intensified, and it is more difficult to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, which requires greater efforts to coordinate urban and rural development. The profound transformation of rural social structure makes it more difficult to take into account the interests of all parties and do a good job in social management, which requires further improvement of rural governance mechanism. The whole party must deeply understand the new situation and new tasks faced by the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers, fully grasp the new opportunities and challenges, enhance the sense of urgency in doing the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers, always sound the alarm of food security, always tighten the string of consolidating the agricultural foundation, and always persist in solving the problems concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers as the top priority of the whole party's work.

in p>28 and in the coming period, the general requirements of agriculture and rural work are: fully implement the spirit of the 17th CPC National Congress, hold high the great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, thoroughly implement Scientific Outlook on Development under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, and, in accordance with the requirements of forming a new pattern of integration of urban and rural economic and social development, highlight the strengthening of agricultural infrastructure, actively promote the stable development of agriculture, continuously increase farmers' income, strive to ensure the basic supply of major agricultural products, effectively solve the problems of rural people's livelihood, and solidly promote the construction of a new socialist countryside.

First, accelerate the construction of a long-term mechanism to strengthen the agricultural foundation

In the new stage of economic and social development, the multiple functions of agriculture are increasingly prominent, and the basic role of agriculture is increasingly prominent. We must strengthen the basic position of agriculture more consciously and constantly increase the policy of strengthening agriculture and benefiting farmers.

(a) in accordance with the requirements of overall urban and rural development, effectively increase investment in agriculture, rural areas and farmers. To strengthen the agricultural foundation, we must guide the rational allocation of factor resources, promote the distribution of national income to "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" and substantially increase investment in agriculture and rural areas. It is necessary to adhere to and implement the policy of industry feeding back agriculture, cities supporting rural areas and giving more and taking less, and to ensure that the annual growth rate of total investment in agriculture by governments at or above the county level is higher than that of their recurrent revenue, and to shift the focus of national infrastructure construction and social development to rural areas. In 28, the increment of financial investment in supporting agriculture was significantly higher than that of last year, the increment of national fixed assets investment in rural areas was significantly higher than that of last year, and the increment of government land transfer income for rural construction was significantly higher than that of last year. The new income from farmland occupation tax is mainly used for "agriculture, countryside and farmers", focusing on strengthening farmland water conservancy, comprehensive agricultural development and rural infrastructure construction. To improve the urban maintenance and construction tax policy, some funds should be used for rural planning, infrastructure construction and maintenance of urban maintenance and construction expenditures arranged by local budgets. Since 28, the state has gradually reduced or cancelled the supporting facilities at or below the county level according to different situations for newly arranged dangerous reservoirs, such as reinforcement and ecological construction, which have strong public welfare. Strengthen the management of agricultural input and improve the efficiency of capital use. Accelerate the legislation of agricultural input.

(2) consolidate, improve and strengthen the policy of strengthening agriculture and benefiting farmers. Adhere to and improve the agricultural subsidy system and continuously strengthen the support and protection of agriculture in accordance with the principles of adapting to national conditions, focusing on the long-term, gradually increasing and improving the mechanism. Continue to increase direct subsidies to farmers, and increase direct subsidies for grain, improved varieties, purchase subsidies for agricultural machinery and tools, and comprehensive direct subsidies for agricultural materials. Expand the scope of subsidies for improved varieties. Increase the types of subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery and tools, improve the subsidy standards, and cover all agricultural counties with subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery and tools. Conscientiously sum up the experiences and practices of carrying out policy-based agricultural insurance pilot projects in various places, steadily expand the scope of the pilot projects, and scientifically determine the subsidized varieties. We will fully implement various support policies for the production of grain, oilseeds, pigs and cows, increase incentives and subsidies for large production counties, and gradually form a stable and standardized system. According to the needs of ensuring the supply of agricultural products and mobilizing the enthusiasm of farmers, the subsidy policy for important agricultural products should be studied as a whole. The policy of strengthening agriculture and benefiting farmers should be tilted towards key producing areas and improving production capacity. Continue to implement the minimum purchase price policy for key areas and key grain varieties.

(3) form a benign interactive pattern of increasing agricultural efficiency and increasing farmers' income. It is necessary to increase income through structural optimization, continue to do a good job in the planning and construction of advantageous regional distribution of agricultural products, support the production of high-quality agricultural products and the development of characteristic agriculture, and promote the intensive processing of agricultural products. It is necessary to reduce costs and increase income, vigorously develop conservation-oriented agriculture, promote the resource utilization of by-products such as straw and domestic waste, and improve agricultural production efficiency. It is necessary to increase income through non-agricultural employment, improve the development level of township enterprises, family industries and rural tourism, enhance the vitality of county economic development, and improve the environment for migrant workers to enter cities for employment and return home to start businesses. It is necessary to increase income through policy support, increase the intensity of benefiting farmers, prevent farmers' burden from rebounding, and rationally regulate the prices of important agricultural products and agricultural means of production. Further clarify the legal status of farmers' family property, protect farmers' right to benefit from collective property, and create conditions for more farmers to obtain property income.

(4) explore the establishment of institutional mechanisms to promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas. Focus on changing the backwardness of rural areas, speed up the elimination of the urban-rural dual system, and strive to form a new pattern of urban-rural development planning, industrial layout, infrastructure, public services, employment and social management integration. Improve factor markets, where urban and rural areas are unified, guide capital, technology, talents and other resources to flow to agriculture and rural areas, and gradually realize the mutual promotion of urban and rural infrastructure and industrial development. In accordance with the requirements of the development of urban and rural integration, improve the administrative institutions and functions at all levels, and gradually realize the overall management of urban and rural society and the equalization of basic public services.

2. Effectively guarantee the basic supply of major agricultural products

Ensuring the effective supply of agricultural products is an important material basis for promoting economic development and social stability. We must base ourselves on the development of domestic production, further promote the strategic adjustment of agricultural structure, and ensure the total balance of supply and demand, structural balance and quality and safety of agricultural products.

(a) attaches great importance to the development of grain production. Effectively stabilize the grain planting area, optimize the variety structure, improve the yield level, and ensure the stable development of grain production. Actively develop rice production, expand the planting area of special wheat, and rationally guide corn consumption. We will continue to implement various projects in grain production. According to the changes in grain production and marketing pattern, we will further improve the grain risk fund policy, increase support for major grain producing areas, and improve the incentive policies for major grain producing counties. Implement the grain strategic project and concentrate on building a number of core grain producing areas with good basic conditions, high production level and large transfer volume; On the premise of ecological protection, we will start to develop a number of reserve grain producing areas with superior resources and potential for increasing production. Expand the construction of basic grain ration fields in the western returning farmland areas. To implement the grain governor responsibility system, the main sales area and the production and marketing balance area should stabilize the level of grain self-sufficiency. Support the development of policy insurance for major grain crops. Vigorously develop oil production, encourage the development of cotton and sugar production in advantageous areas, and strive to improve quality and yield. Actively respond to global climate change and strengthen disaster prevention and mitigation. Support agricultural reclamation enterprises to build large-scale grain and agricultural products production bases, and give full play to their exemplary role in modern agricultural construction.

(2) do a good job in the production of "vegetable basket" products. Continue to strengthen the mayor responsibility system of "vegetable basket" to ensure the stable development of "vegetable basket" product production. Actively promote the large-scale planting of horticultural products such as vegetables. Accelerate the transformation of livestock and poultry breeding methods, implement "compensation by awards" for large-scale breeding, implement the land policy for large-scale breeding, and continue to implement various subsidy policies for livestock and poultry breeding. Improve the price formation mechanism of raw milk and strictly implement the labeling system of liquid milk. Promote healthy aquaculture, strengthen the conservation of aquatic biological resources, implement the system of no fishing and no fishing, strengthen the construction of fishery safety infrastructure, and support the development of offshore fisheries. Where conditions permit, facilities agriculture and precision agriculture should be actively developed. Establish and improve the policy insurance system for pigs and cows.

(3) Strengthen agricultural standardization and quality and safety of agricultural products. Accelerate the revision and formulation of agricultural standards. We will continue to implement agricultural standardization demonstration projects, and support leading enterprises, farmers' professional cooperative organizations, science and technology demonstration households and large farmers to take the lead in implementing standardized production. Implement the construction plan of agricultural product quality and safety inspection and testing system, carry out quality and safety monitoring and inspection according to law, and consolidate the achievements of special rectification of agricultural product quality and safety. In-depth implementation of pollution-free agricultural products action plan, the establishment of agricultural products quality and safety risk assessment mechanism, improve agricultural products identification and traceability system. Strengthen the supervision of agricultural inputs and start the implementation of the demonstration project of "Rest assured that agricultural materials will go to the countryside and enter the village". Actively develop green food and organic food, cultivate brand-name agricultural products and strengthen the protection of geographical indications of agricultural products.

(4) support the development of agricultural industrialization. We will continue to promote agricultural industrialization, cultivate and expand a number of leading enterprises with good growth and strong driving force, support leading enterprises to operate across regions, and promote the development of advantageous industrial clusters. The central and local governments should increase special funds for agricultural industrialization and support leading enterprises to carry out technology research and development, energy conservation and emission reduction, and base construction. Explore ways to establish guarantee funds and guarantee companies to solve the financing difficulties of leading enterprises. Pay close attention to study and improve the tax policy of agricultural products processing, and promote the healthy development of deep processing of agricultural products. Allow qualified leading enterprises to issue corporate bonds to the society. Leading enterprises should strengthen their social responsibilities, form closer interests with farmers, and let farmers share the fruits of industrialized operation more. Improve the dynamic management mechanism of national and provincial key leading enterprises. Guide all kinds of market entities to participate in agricultural industrialization. Encourage farmers' professional cooperatives to set up agricultural products processing enterprises or participate in leading enterprises. Support the development of "one village, one product".

(5) strengthen and improve the market regulation of agricultural products. Adapt to the changes of production mode, production and marketing pattern and resource environment, make overall use of two markets and two resources to ensure the supply and production development of domestic agricultural products. Give consideration to the interests of producers and consumers, and use economic leverage to guide the prices of agricultural products to maintain a reasonable level. Strengthen the construction of grain and other important agricultural products reserve system, improve the throughput adjustment mechanism, and guide enterprises to establish commercial reserves. We will promptly establish and improve the monitoring and early warning system for supply and demand and prices of important agricultural products. Encourage the export of advantageous agricultural products, promote the construction of quality traceability system for export agricultural products, and support the development of export credit and credit insurance for agricultural products. Improve the import management of bulk agricultural products and the early warning system of trade relief. Explore effective means in line with international practice to regulate the import and export of agricultural products. Foreign institutions, especially Chinese embassies and consulates in major trading countries of agricultural products, should strengthen international agricultural product market information services and agricultural cooperation and exchanges.

Third, focus on the construction of agricultural infrastructure

Strengthening the construction of agricultural infrastructure focusing on farmland water conservancy is an urgent task to strengthen the agricultural foundation. We must effectively increase investment, speed up the pace of construction, strive to improve the comprehensive agricultural production capacity, and change the long-term weak situation of agricultural infrastructure as soon as possible.

(1) pay close attention to the construction of small-scale farmland water conservancy. Pay close attention to the preparation and improvement of county-level irrigation and water conservancy construction planning, and promote the construction and management of irrigation and water conservancy projects as a whole. Significantly increase the special funds for subsidies for the construction of small-scale irrigation and water conservancy projects at the central and provincial levels, and include the renovation of the final canal system and the construction of small drainage facilities in large and medium-sized irrigation areas. Focus on rainwater harvesting and utilization, and build a small drought-resistant water source project in mountainous areas. Take incentives, subsidies and other forms to mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers to build small-scale farmland water conservancy projects. Promote the reform of property right system of small-scale farmland water conservancy projects, explore the reform methods of management system of non-operating rural water conservancy projects, and clarify the main body of construction and the responsibility of management and protection. Support the development of farmers' water cooperation organizations and improve their service capabilities.

(2) Vigorously develop water-saving irrigation. We will continue to focus on water-saving renovation of large-scale irrigation areas as the focus of investment in agricultural fixed assets, and strive to basically complete the tasks of continuous construction and water-saving renovation of large-scale irrigation areas by 22. Comprehensive agricultural development should increase the investment in key projects of medium-sized irrigation areas and field water-saving renovation of large and medium-sized irrigation areas. Do a good job in demonstrating water-saving irrigation and guide farmers to actively adopt water-saving equipment and technology. Expand the scale and scope of technical transformation of large irrigation and drainage pumping stations, and implement the control of key waterlogged areas. Give preferential treatment to agricultural irrigation and drainage electricity.

(3) pay close attention to the reinforcement of dangerous reservoirs. Substantially increase the investment in the reinforcement of dangerous reservoirs, improve the responsibility system, and speed up the completion of the reinforcement of large and medium-sized and key small dangerous reservoirs. All localities should speed up the preparation of small and medium-sized river regulation plans in key areas, increase investment in construction, and the central government will give appropriate subsidies to the central and western regions. Guide local governments to do a good job in river dredging. Deepen the reform of water conservancy project management system and further implement the resettlement policy in the reservoir area. Accelerate the construction of small and medium-sized water source projects in southwest China. We will expand the implementation of pilot projects for the prevention and control of mountain torrents and strengthen the prevention and control of geological disasters.

(4) Strengthen farmland protection and soil improvement. Strictly implement the overall land use plan and annual plan, fully implement the responsibility system for farmland protection, establish and improve the coordination mechanism for investigating and handling illegal land cases, and effectively control the occupation of cultivated land and forest land for construction. Land transfer income is used for rural investment, and we should focus on supporting basic farmland consolidation, disaster reclamation and cultivated land quality construction. Continue to increase investment and intensify efforts to transform low-and medium-yield fields. Accelerate the implementation of fertile soil projects and expand the scale of soil testing and formula fertilization. Support farmers to return straw to fields, plant green manure and increase the application of organic fertilizer. Accelerate the implementation of dry farming demonstration projects and build a number of dry farming water-saving demonstration areas.

(5) accelerate agricultural mechanization. Promote agriculture