[The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held working talks with the Shanxi Provincial Government] October 11th, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held working talks with the Shanxi Provincial Government on October 10. Zhang Zhu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Lu Dongliang, Deputy Secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Shanxi Province, attended the talks. Zhang Zhu said that the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government insist on placing the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" as a top priority, vigorously promote food production, consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation, develop dry farming agriculture, cultivate rural characteristic industries and rural construction, and achieve a series of remarkable results. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will conscientiously implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important exposition on the work of “agriculture, rural areas and farmers” and the important instructions of the important speech on Shanxi work, vigorously support Shanxi to improve grain production, solidly promote the construction of high-standard farmland, develop high-quality dry farming, integrate and promote comprehensive technical models such as water and fertilizer integration, promote a large-area balanced increase in production, and enhance the comprehensive agricultural production capacity and quality benefits. We will improve and refine rural industries to enrich the people, promote intensive processing of agricultural products, improve the mechanism of linking farmers with farmers, and promote employment and income increase for farmers. We must implement the requirements of regular assistance policies, maintain the bottom line of preventing large-scale poverty return, and further enhance endogenous motivation and self-development capabilities. We will thoroughly study and apply the experience of the "Ten Million Project" to build a livable, industrial and beautiful countryside according to local conditions, and rationally make up for the shortcomings of modern living conditions in rural areas. It is hoped that the ministries and provinces will strengthen linkage and resonance to work together to accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas in Shanxi. On behalf of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, Lu Dongliang thanked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs for its care and support. He said that he would thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" and the important instructions of his important speech on Shanxi work, focus on building high-quality agriculture and organic dry farming bases, and resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of ensuring food security. We should focus on stabilizing area and increasing yield, promote the construction of high-standard farmland by district and classification, pay close attention to regular and precise assistance work, thoroughly implement the special agricultural development strategy, solidly promote agricultural scientific and technological innovation, vigorously cultivate agricultural business entities, strengthen the quality and safety supervision of agricultural products, and effectively promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. It is hoped that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will strengthen policy guidance, support Shanxi in continuing to consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation, carry out high-standard farmland reconstruction and construction in drylands, build a strong agricultural science and technology innovation platform, promote the improvement of quality and efficiency of high-quality agriculture, hold a high-quality Rural Revitalization (Taigu) Forum, and help Shanxi's agricultural and rural modernization reach a new level. Zhang Xingwang, member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Chang Shuming, Vice Governor of the Shanxi Provincial Government attended the talks.