Xi Jinping has issued important instructions on nationwide spring agricultural production.

Li Keqiang issued instructions.

 

General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People’s Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping recently issued important instructions on spring agricultural production nationwide, emphasizing that the greater the risks and challenges, the more crucial it is to stabilize agriculture and ensure the safety of grain and other essential food supplies. Party committees at all levels must place work related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers (the “three rural issues”) at the top of their priorities, coordinate and effectively advance key tasks for securing a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and winning the battle against poverty, further strengthen the foundations of agriculture, and address shortcomings in the “three rural” sector in a more concrete and effective manner, thereby providing strong support for winning the fight against the COVID‑19 epidemic and achieving the year’s economic and social development goals.
Xi Jinping emphasized that, at present, while rigorously implementing differentiated epidemic prevention and control measures tailored to different regions and risk levels, all efforts must be made to organize spring farming activities, ensuring that agricultural schedules are not missed and securing a bumper summer grain harvest. It is essential to strengthen policy support for grain production, safeguard basic incomes for farmers, and maintain stable sown areas and output levels. Major grain-producing areas should strive to leverage their advantages, while grain‑producing‑and‑marketing‑balanced regions and major grain‑importing areas should uphold appropriate self-sufficiency rates, jointly shouldering the responsibility of safeguarding national food security. Furthermore, work must be intensified on high-standard farmland development and agricultural water conservancy infrastructure, Agricultural machinery We will modernize agricultural infrastructure, elevate the level of agricultural scientific and technological innovation and accelerate its adoption, and strengthen both grain production capacity and disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities. We must effectively control major plant and animal pests and diseases to ensure agricultural safety. Furthermore, we need to expedite the development of hog production, address the challenges it faces, and ensure that the goal of restoring production is achieved.
Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, issued instructions emphasizing that spring plowing is imminent and time is of the essence. All localities and relevant departments must earnestly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches, carry out the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, coordinate epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development, and ensure that spring agricultural production is vigorously, effectively, and meticulously advanced. They should strengthen preparations for spring plowing and field management of winter crops, encourage agricultural input enterprises to accelerate the resumption of work and production, and ensure smooth supply chains for agricultural inputs, Agricultural machinery Bottlenecks such as agricultural work and farmers returning to the fields. We will implement and refine relevant policies, stabilize the area sown to grain, encourage regions with suitable conditions to resume double-cropping rice, and ensure stable annual grain output. We will strengthen production of vegetables, livestock, and poultry, keep green channels open for the transport of fresh and live agricultural products, accelerate the replenishment and expansion of pig herds, and fully put into effect policies that provide greater support to farming and breeding households. We will intensify prevention and control efforts against major animal diseases and plant pests and diseases. We will coordinate and advance poverty alleviation, rural employment and income growth, and agricultural water‑conservation infrastructure, ensuring steady progress in agricultural production and providing strong support for winning the battle against the epidemic and achieving this year’s economic and social development goals.
The National Teleconference on Spring Agricultural Production was held in Beijing on the 25th. The meeting conveyed and studied important instructions from Xi Jinping and directives from Premier Li Keqiang. Hu Chunhua, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the conference and delivered a speech. He emphasized the need to coordinate rural epidemic prevention and control with spring agricultural production, swiftly restore agricultural production order, promptly address key issues hindering spring farming, stabilize the area sown for spring crops, and ensure a successful start to summer grain production. It is imperative to remain fully aware of the risks and hidden dangers in grain production and to comprehensively implement the provincial governor responsibility system for food security. We must deeply advance the strategy of “storing grain in the land and in technology,” accelerate the modernization of agricultural infrastructure, promote scientific and technological progress, and strengthen support and protection measures for production. Efforts should be stepped up to restore hog production and ensure an adequate supply of pork in the market. Furthermore, Party leadership over “agriculture, rural areas, and farmers” work must be strengthened to make due contributions to securing a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.