B[National Development and Reform Commission: Give full play to the policy underpinning role and will promptly launch the minimum grain purchase price implementation plan in qualified places] September 22nd, Li Chao, deputy director of the Policy Research Office of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at the National Development and Reform Commission’s September press conference on September 22 that in order to deal with risks and challenges such as El Niño, the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant departments to mainly do the following work. The first is to strengthen disaster monitoring and early warning, closely track the development trend of El Niño, assess risks and formulate plans by region and crop. At the same time, combined with the animal and plant protection capacity improvement project, continue to strengthen the monitoring, early warning and prevention and control capabilities of abnormal weather-related pests and diseases; second, consolidate the foundation of farmland water conservancy, continue to promote the construction of high-standard farmland, modernization of large and medium-sized irrigation areas, etc., coordinate the layout of drought-resistant water sources and drainage channels, and strengthen the connection between farmland construction and water conservancy facilities. The third is to strengthen scientific and technological support for the seed industry, continue to promote the modern seed industry improvement project, and support relevant seed industry bases to increase technical research and improve the supply capacity of high-quality varieties in response to low-temperature freeze damage, winter and spring droughts and other disasters. The fourth is to do a good job in market regulation, strengthen reserve throughput regulation and coordinated operation at all levels, make good use of policy grain resources, timely launch minimum purchase price execution plans in qualified places, and play a good role in supporting policies. B[Director of the General Administration of Customs, Sun Meijun, and South African Minister of Agriculture, Ocamp, co-chaired the ninth China-South Africa Ministerial Meeting on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS)] September 9th. On the morning of September 8, Director General of the General Administration of Customs, Sun Meijun, and South African Minister of Agriculture, Ocamp, co-chaired the ninth China-South African Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Ministerial Meeting at the General Administration of Customs. The two sides exchanged in-depth views on implementing the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthening customs inspection and quarantine cooperation, promoting the healthy development of agricultural and food trade between China and South Africa, and building a smart customs partnership, reached a series of consensuses, and signed cooperation documents. B[Jiangxi makes it clear: It is strictly prohibited to follow the trend of introducing Internet celebrity flowers and plants and laying non-functional lawns in large areas in urban greening] On September 5, the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development recently issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of Urban Gardening and Greening", which will be made public on September 3, 2026. Among them, the notice requires that all localities should carry out greening construction in accordance with local conditions and capabilities based on local resource endowments, climatic conditions and economic affordability, and resolutely abandon practices that are eager for quick success and violate the laws of greening such as "making a landscape overnight". It is strictly prohibited to engage in image projects and face projects of landscaping that are divorced from reality; it is strictly prohibited to blindly introduce landscaping projects. Extravagant and wasteful behaviors such as planting exotic plants, following trends and introducing Internet-famous flowers and plants, using a large number of precious tree species, laying non-functional lawns and molded flower beds over large areas, excessively setting up trees for decorative lighting, etc. It is strictly prohibited to illegally occupy the supporting service facilities and venues of the park, and illegally set up private clubs based on the "garden within the garden" to infringe on public resources. A[United Nations agency: Sustained high temperatures and droughts in Europe and the United States are exacerbating pressure on forests] On August 29, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe issued a press release saying that in Europe and North America, continued severe droughts and record summer high temperatures are exacerbating the pressure on forest ecosystems. Data from the European Drought Observation Website, an agency affiliated with the European Union, shows that 50% of the EU and the UK are currently in drought, and the severe lack of precipitation has significantly affected soil moisture and forest health. Continued drought, high temperature stress, wildfire risk, combined with secondary disasters such as large-scale bark beetle outbreaks and plant diseases, are leading to unprecedented forest dieback in Europe. In Central and Western Europe, some areas are experiencing the longest and most persistent annual rainfall deficit in more than 60 years, causing widespread canopy defoliation and damage.
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