In the first three quarters, the bumper harvest of grain was a foregone conclusion, and agricultural and rural investment rebounded rapidly. The agricultural and rural economy continued to make progre

In the first three quarters, the agricultural and rural economy maintained a trend of continuous improvement, stability and progress. The agricultural production situation is good, the grain harvest is a foregone conclusion, and the output is expected to reach the best level in history; The income situation of farmers has improved quarter by quarter, the employment channels of farmers have been continuously broadened, and rural industries have increased their income. The role of ballast stones in agriculture, rural areas and farmers is more prominent, which provides strong support for stabilizing the overall situation of economic and social development.

Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a press conference on the operation of agricultural and rural economy in the first three quarters of this year. At present, the grain harvest is a foregone conclusion, and the output is expected to reach the best level in history; The added value of the primary industry was 4,812.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.3%; Farmers’ income was 12,297 yuan, up 1.6% year-on-year.

"In the first three quarters, the agricultural and rural economy maintained a trend of continuous improvement, stability and progress, and the role of’ three rural’ ballast stones became more prominent, providing strong support for stabilizing the overall economic and social development." Wei Baigang, chief economist of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and director of the Development Planning Department, said.

The agricultural production situation is good, and the annual grain harvest is a foregone conclusion.

In autumn and October, rice is fragrant, and this year’s agricultural harvest is hard to come by. The agricultural production situation is good, which has become a prominent highlight of the national economy.

There was another bumper harvest in the whole year, and the variety structure was further optimized. Wei Baigang introduced that summer grain and early rice have been harvested this year, with an increase of 2.42 billion Jin and 2.06 billion Jin respectively over the previous year. In particular, the area of early rice has reversed the downward trend for seven consecutive years. The harvest of autumn grain is close to 80%, and the harvest is a foregone conclusion. It is estimated that the annual grain output will hit a record high, and will remain above 1.3 trillion Jin for six consecutive years. The planting structure has been continuously optimized, with the proportion of high-quality special wheat reaching 35.8%, the area of high-quality rice further expanded, and the area of soybean is expected to increase for five consecutive years.

The green development of agriculture has been solidly promoted. The utilization rate of livestock manure resources reached 75%, achieving the set goal one year ahead of schedule; The protective farming area of black land in Northeast China reached 46 million mu, exceeding the annual target of 6 million mu; The quality and safety level of agricultural products has been steadily improved, and the supply of green and high-quality agricultural products has increased significantly. The pass rate of sampling inspection in the first three quarters has remained above 97%, which is stable at a high level.

The Yangtze River’s ban on catching and retreating has achieved phased results. A total of 84,000 fishing boats have been disposed of and 179,700 fishermen have withdrawn from the key waters of the Yangtze River Basin, basically completing the task of withdrawing fishing; 168,700 fishermen who have retired have implemented social security, accounting for 93.32% of the approved tasks; There were 118,400 people who changed jobs, accounting for 93.57% of the people who needed to change jobs; Clean up and ban 24,500 ships involved in fishing and 175,100 illegal nets, laying a solid foundation for the 10-year fishing ban in key waters of the Yangtze River basin from January 1 next year.

While doing a good job in autumn harvest, autumn and winter planting has been fully launched. The latest agricultural situation scheduling shows that the national winter wheat planting progress has reached nearly 60%, 3 percentage points faster than the same period of last year, and the winter rape planting has exceeded 40%. "Most of the areas planted in autumn this year are suitable for moisture, which is more conducive to the smooth development of autumn and winter planting." Liu Lihua, deputy director of the Planting Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said.

The income situation of farmers has improved quarter by quarter, and the actual growth rate has turned from negative to positive.

At the beginning of this year, the epidemic in COVID-19 had a great impact on farmers’ income. What is the current income situation? "In general, with the effective expansion of farmers’ employment channels, high agricultural yield and income increase, the income situation of farmers has improved quarter by quarter." Wei Baigang said. In the first three quarters, the growth rate of farmers’ income turned from negative to positive, reaching 12,297 yuan, with a real increase of 1.6%, which was 0.9 percentage points higher than that of GDP and 1.9 percentage points higher than that of urban residents.

On the one hand, broaden farmers’ employment channels.

-For migrant workers who go out for employment, timely release employment information, carry out special recruitment, and organize "point-to-point" and "one-stop" direct delivery services to ensure safe and orderly return to work. At the end of the third quarter, the number of rural laborers who went out to work reached 179 million, an increase of 2 million over the second quarter; The average monthly income was 4,035 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%.

-For migrant workers who have returned from their hometowns, we will increase support for employment and entrepreneurship, implement a one-off entrepreneurship policy, carry out employment and entrepreneurship training, expand the scale of work-based relief, and create public welfare posts. At present, migrant workers who have returned to their hometowns have basically achieved stable employment or flexible employment nearby.

On the other hand, efforts should be made to increase the income of rural industries.

-improving the efficiency of agricultural production. Guide to expand the production of high-quality special wheat and rice, and promote order production; Vigorously develop production custody services such as substituting seeds for ploughing and unified prevention and control, and the agricultural socialization service area exceeds 1.5 billion mu; Establish a docking platform for production and marketing, and strive to achieve high quality and good price of agricultural products.

-Accelerate the recovery of rural industries. At present, the agricultural product processing industry has recovered to the same level as last year. It is estimated that the operating income of the agricultural product processing industry above designated size will exceed 10 trillion yuan in the first three quarters. Leisure agriculture and rural tourism projects, such as farmhouses, restaurants and homestays, are fully open, and 1,000 rural leisure tourism routes jointly recommended by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism have become punching places for urban and rural residents to enjoy autumn travel during the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period. Online sales of agricultural products have maintained double-digit growth, and it is estimated that the online retail sales in the first three quarters will exceed 300 billion yuan.

In the first three quarters, the growth rate of farmers’ income in poverty-stricken areas continued to be higher than the national average of rural residents. Wei Baigang introduced that at present, 832 poverty-stricken counties have implemented more than 1 million industrial poverty alleviation projects and built more than 300,000 industrial poverty alleviation bases. Each poverty-stricken county has formed 2-3 leading poverty alleviation industries with distinctive characteristics, and 72% of poor households have established interest links with new business entities. Industrial poverty alleviation has become a poverty alleviation measure with the widest coverage, the largest number of poor people and the greatest achievements.

"Last year, farmers’ income exceeded 16,000 yuan, doubling the target of 2010 one year ahead of schedule. As long as farmers’ income maintains positive growth this year, this goal can be consolidated. " Wei Baigang said that there are still nearly three months before the end of the year. In order to further consolidate the good momentum of increasing farmers’ income, the next step will be to implement the mid-late rice purchase policy, strengthen the connection between production and marketing, seize the window period to increase the income of migrant workers, and cooperate with the human and social departments to do a good job in supervising the unpaid wages of migrant workers at the end of the year, so that migrant workers who have worked hard for a year can get their income in full and on time and go home happily for the New Year.

Investment in agriculture and rural areas has rebounded rapidly, and infrastructure has been accelerated.

The decisive battle to get rid of poverty and build a well-off society in an all-round way has a heavy task in the field of agriculture, rural areas and farmers. This year, the No.1 Document of the Central Committee and the Government Work Report have made comprehensive arrangements for the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers. Wei Baigang introduced that at the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs specially studied, formulated and issued the implementation opinions on the deployment of key tasks throughout the year, and identified 37 key tasks, which are progressing smoothly and many of them have been basically completed.

In July this year, seven ministries and commissions, including the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, issued policy documents to expand effective investment in agriculture and rural areas, and identified 11 key areas to make up for shortcomings. Recently, the General Offices of the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council issued the Opinions on Adjusting and Perfecting the Use Scope of Land Transfer Income to Give Priority to Rural Revitalization, requiring that the proportion of local land transfer income used for agriculture and rural areas should reach more than 50% by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan period.

Driven by a series of policies with high gold content, investment in agriculture and rural areas has rebounded rapidly, and the shortcomings of infrastructure have been accelerated. All localities have increased the support of local government bonds in the fields of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, focusing on supporting high-standard farmland, rural human settlements improvement, modern agricultural industrial parks, and cold chain logistics facilities for agricultural products storage and preservation. From January to August, it supported the issuance of bonds totaling 108.4 billion yuan. Driven by various policies and major projects, the investment in fixed assets in the primary industry reached 1,165.3 billion yuan in the first three quarters, up 14.5% year-on-year, achieving positive growth for four consecutive months, with the growth rate increasing by 16.7 percentage points over the same period of last year.

"Next, we must continue to strengthen the construction of agricultural and rural infrastructure." Wei Baigang introduced that the construction of high-standard farmland should ensure the completion of 80 million mu for the hard task of benchmarking this year; Complete the three-year action objectives and tasks of rural human settlements improvement in an all-round way, promote rural toilet improvement in an orderly manner, and promote rural domestic garbage sewage treatment as a whole; Improve the level of resource utilization of livestock manure, and ensure that the supporting facilities for manure treatment in large-scale farms reach 95% and that in large-scale farms reach 100%. At the same time, it is also necessary to support farmers’ cooperatives and family farms to build cold chain logistics facilities for agricultural products storage and preservation, and improve the level of commercialization of agricultural products. (Reporter Yu Jingwei)