B[The 33rd China Yangling Agricultural High-tech Fair concluded with a total investment of 32.93 billion yuan in contracted projects] On October 29, the 33rd China Yangling Agricultural High-tech Achievements Expo and the 2026 SCO Agricultural Expo concluded successfully today (29th). During the conference, more than 2,200 agricultural research institutes and agricultural enterprises from more than 50 countries and regions participated in the exhibition. The exhibition area reached 140,000 square meters, displaying 11,000 of the latest scientific and technological achievements and advanced applicable technologies at home and abroad in core provenances, water-saving agriculture, agricultural machinery and equipment, digital and intelligent agriculture, etc. at a high level. The total investment in the contracted projects was 32.93 billion yuan, and the on-site transaction volume was 295 million yuan. More than 1,600 agricultural "four new" results were released, attracting 1.22 million visitors to the conference, 260,000 visitors to the 43 field exhibitions inside and outside the region, and 19.34 million online visitors. (CCTV News) B[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. B[Minister of Finance Lan Fo'an: It is necessary to strengthen the management of fiscal science and technology funds and further focus on basic research and key core technology research] October 1st, Finance Minister Lan Fo'an published an article on October 1 stating that more attention should be paid to technological empowerment and accelerating the conversion of old and new driving forces. Strengthen the management of fiscal science and technology funds, further focus on basic research and key core technologies, and promote high-level science and technology self-reliance and self-reliance. Coordinate and make good use of policies such as the first unit (set), the first batch of insurance compensation, and government procurement of independently innovative products to accelerate the transformation, application and promotion of scientific and technological achievements. Strengthen financial guarantee and policy supply, promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and cultivate and expand emerging pillar industries and future industries. Implement and improve fiscal and taxation policies, and promote the expansion, quality and better development of producer services and consumer services. Strengthen support for farmland protection, revitalization of the seed industry, agricultural science and technology, agricultural machinery and equipment, promote high-standard farmland construction by zoning and classification, and strive to improve comprehensive agricultural production capacity and quality benefits. B[Two departments: By 2030, the comprehensive mechanization rate of crop cultivation and harvest will exceed 80%] On September 18, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "15th Five-Year Plan for the Development of National Agricultural Mechanization." It pointed out that by 2030, the high-quality development of agricultural mechanization will achieve remarkable results: the comprehensive mechanization rate of crop cultivation and harvest will exceed 80%, and the three major staple foods of wheat, rice, and corn will achieve a higher level of mechanization; the quality and efficiency of crop mechanization in plain areas will be further improved, and the comprehensive mechanization rate of crop cultivation and harvest in hilly and mountainous areas will strive to increase to more than 75%; the mechanization of livestock and aquaculture and primary processing of agricultural products will accelerate. New technologies and equipment such as artificial intelligence and new energy are widely used in the field of agricultural mechanization. The ability to provide social services for agricultural machinery operations has been greatly improved, and the ability of agricultural machinery to prevent, reduce, and provide disaster relief has been significantly enhanced. B[Six departments: Promote various financial institutions to provide support to major grain (oil)-producing counties, major seed-producing counties, and counties with key rural revitalization assistance] On September 7, six departments including the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for Adhering to Prioritized Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas and Improving the Rural Revitalization Investment Mechanism." It is proposed to improve the efficiency of credit funds in supporting agriculture. We will deepen the implementation of special actions to support rural revitalization through financial support, comprehensively use monetary policy tools, and support financial institutions in providing credit support for rural revitalization without increasing the implicit debt of local governments. Optimize the direction of credit investment in agriculture-related fields, promote various financial institutions to provide support to major grain (oil) producing counties, major seed production counties, and key rural revitalization assistance counties, etc., and focus on providing credit funds in areas such as stable grain production and supply, important rural revitalization industries, agricultural and rural infrastructure, and agricultural scientific and technological innovation. We will implement microfinance assistance policies and provide precise support to those who are prevented from returning to poverty and those who have been lifted out of poverty and need continued assistance to develop production and increase their incomes.
Support banking institutions to innovate and promote credit products that match the needs of agriculture and rural areas on the premise of complying with laws and regulations, and increase the supply of first-time loans, credit loans and other products and the implementation of loan renewal policies. Provide credit support to qualified agricultural product brokers, production and marketing farmer cooperatives and other origin circulation entities. Improve the agricultural-related asset assessment mechanism, explore the establishment of management systems such as the issuance of rights and certificates, value assessment, mortgage registration, and asset disposal, promote mortgage financing loans for live livestock and poultry, agricultural facilities, etc., and innovatively develop mortgage and pledge financing for agricultural machinery and equipment, agricultural product warehouse receipts, and asset management rights and use rights. Improve the level of rural digital finance and expand the investment and financing docking service functions of credit market service platforms, credit express trains for agricultural business entities, and agricultural and rural infrastructure construction financing project libraries.
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