Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: Standardize management of the pesticide industry and promote reduced use and increased efficiency of fertilizers and pesticides.

　　Agricultural and Rural (Agricultural and Pastoral) Departments of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government, Animal husbandry Veterinary Services, State Administration of Land Reclamation and Fisheries (Bureaus and Commissions), the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, all departments and bureaus of the Ministry, its dispatched agencies, the Comprehensive Department of the National Rural Revitalization Administration, and all directly affiliated units:
　　The year 2023 marks the inaugural year for fully implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, as well as the starting point for accelerating the building of a strong agricultural country. All levels of agricultural and rural affairs departments, along with rural revitalization agencies, must be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, comprehensively implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress, the Central Economic Work Conference, and the Central Rural Work Conference, and deeply put into practice General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on “agriculture, rural areas, and farmers” work. They should fully, accurately, and comprehensively apply the new development philosophy, accelerate the establishment of a new development pattern, focus on promoting high-quality development, uphold and strengthen the Party’s overall leadership over “agriculture, rural areas, and farmers” work, adhere to the principle of giving priority to agricultural and rural development, pursue integrated urban–rural development, and anchor themselves in the goal of building a strong agricultural country. At the same time, they must spare no effort to safeguard the two bottom lines—ensuring national food security and preventing large-scale relapse into poverty—steadily advance key tasks such as rural development, rural construction, and rural governance, comprehensively promote rural revitalization, accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, and build beautiful, livable, and prosperous villages, thereby laying a solid foundation for making a good start and achieving solid progress in the comprehensive building of a modern socialist country.
　　In terms of work planning, priority is given to advancing “three forms of coordination.” First, coordinate efforts to boost production capacity and optimize the agricultural structure. We will continue to treat ensuring a stable and secure supply of grain and other key agricultural products as our top priority, comprehensively strengthening the foundations of food security and enhancing overall agricultural productivity. We will vigorously develop modern facility‑based agriculture, accelerate the establishment of a diversified food‑supply system, and strive to further improve our capacity to safeguard food security while continuously refining the structure of agricultural production. Second, coordinate efforts to consolidate poverty‑alleviation achievements and increase farmers’ incomes. We will integrate those who have been lifted out of poverty into the broader framework of rural income growth, concentrating more resources and efforts on industrial development, employment, and entrepreneurship, and adopting multiple measures to strengthen endogenous development momentum and broaden channels for farmers to increase their incomes and become better off, thereby ensuring steady growth in rural incomes and the sustained consolidation and expansion of poverty‑alleviation gains. Third, coordinate rural development and rural governance. We will pursue both material and spiritual progress in tandem, improve and upgrade the rural living environment, enhance rural infrastructure and the quality of public services, boost the effectiveness of rural governance, and strengthen rural cultural and ethical development, striving to achieve new milestones in building livable, workable, and beautiful villages and to accelerate improvements in rural production and living conditions.
　　I. We must vigorously strengthen grain and agricultural production to ensure a stable and secure supply of grain and key agricultural products.
　　(1) Go all out to secure a bumper grain harvest. Launch a new round of initiatives to boost grain production capacity by 100 billion jin, formulate implementation plans, strengthen agricultural infrastructure, and advance agricultural scientific and technological innovation, thereby solidifying the foundational support for national food security. We must stabilize sown area and increase per-unit yields to ensure that national grain output remains above 1.3 trillion jin. Firmly enforce accountability to maintain stable acreage, and rigorously implement the Party‑government joint responsibility assessment system for food security. With the approval of the State Council, we will allocate grain production targets and tasks to each province, ensuring that the nation’s total grain‑sown area remains at or above 1.77 billion mu. Stabilize… Wheat Area, stabilize double-cropping rice production in the south, develop ratoon rice according to local conditions, and tap the potential of the agro-pastoral ecotone in northern China and the southwestern region. Corn Area potential. Strictly prevent the practice of harvesting green crops to destroy grain production. Strengthen guidance to boost per-unit yields. Deeply implement the Green, High-Quality, and High-Efficiency Initiative, selecting a number of key counties (farms) to establish “ton‑per‑mu” grain fields and comprehensively promote high-yield, high-efficiency technological models. With… Soybean 、 Corn With a focus on this priority, we will launch a project to boost the per-unit yield of major grain and oilseed crops, select and promote high-density-tolerant varieties, and implement integrated technological approaches such as precision fertilization and smart irrigation. We will continue to reduce post-harvest losses through mechanized harvesting. We will also refine mechanisms for ensuring the stable supply and prices of agricultural inputs and strengthen… Fertilizer 、 Pesticide 、 seed Awaiting reallocation and transportation. Strengthen support to stabilize incomes. Formulate and refine guiding opinions on mechanisms for safeguarding the incomes of grain‑producing farmers, and ensure their effective implementation. Rice grain Wheat Minimum purchase price, Rice grain Subsidies and other policies will be gradually expanded. Rice grain Wheat Corn Scope of implementation for full-cost insurance and planting-income insurance. Improve the benefit-compensation mechanism in major production areas and increase rewards for counties that are major grain producers. Prevent, mitigate, and reduce disaster losses. Strengthen monitoring and early warning of meteorological disasters, formulate technical guidelines and operational plans for disaster prevention and mitigation, ensure adequate stockpiling of supplies and readiness of technical resources, and implement… Wheat “Spraying for three protections” and rice Corn Key measures such as “one spray, multiple benefits” are employed to scientifically mitigate risks posed by droughts, floods, typhoons, low-temperature frost damage, and high-temperature heat stress. Efforts are being strengthened to build a robust system for the prevention and control of crop diseases and pests, with enhanced monitoring and early warning, joint prevention and coordinated control, unified pest management, and emergency response, thereby ensuring effective disease and pest management. Wheat Disease and pest threats such as stripe rust, the “two‑migration” rice pests, and the fall armyworm are being addressed to safeguard grain yields and ensure a bountiful harvest. Localities have been organized to establish routine, long‑term mechanisms. Agricultural machinery Emergency relief service teams. Actively promote grain conservation and loss reduction, put an end to food waste, advocate healthy eating, and effectively alleviate supply pressures.
　　(II) Strengthening efforts to expand the planting of major crops Soybean oil Materials. Deeply advance the national… Soybean and the oilseed production capacity enhancement project. Will Soybean Oilseed acreage has been allocated to each province and incorporated into the performance assessment system for food security, under the principle of joint responsibility of both Party and government. Every possible measure is being taken to ensure stability. Soybean Area, striving for some increase. Reasonably set Corn Soybean Producer subsidy standards, implement them effectively. Soybean Pilot programs for full-cost insurance and planting-income insurance are being vigorously promoted in the Northeast region, with initiatives such as grain–soybean rotation and the moderate conversion of rice paddies to soybean cultivation. Meanwhile, stability is being maintained in the Northwest region. Soybean Corn The scale of strip intercropping will be expanded, with increased adoption in the Southwest, the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In Xinjiang’s less suitable cotton-growing areas, cotton–soybean rotation will be promoted to foster development. Wheat Soybean Rotate crops every other year. Steadily develop saline-alkali lands and reclaim fallow fields for cultivation. Soybean . Adopt a multi-pronged approach to expand oilseed acreage. Increase the scale of rewards for major oilseed-producing counties. Implement crop rotation programs, provide subsidies for converting fallow winter fields to rapeseed cultivation, and promote cropping systems such as rice–rapeseed, rice–rice–rapeseed, and dryland rapeseed. Develop these practices in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain and the agro-pastoral transitional zone of northern China. Corn Peanut Crop rotation and region-specific development of specialty oilseed crops such as sunflower and sesame. Integrated technologies to boost per-unit yields. Implementation of large-scale… Soybean oil High-yield production is being systematically developed across entire counties (and farms), with the establishment of a number of “100-mu fields, 1,000-mu plots, and 10,000-mu areas.” A batch of new varieties is being promoted, and advanced technologies and innovative models are being integrated and disseminated to drive widespread, balanced increases in both yield and efficiency. High-yield competitions for rapeseed are being organized by crop type, while region-specific summaries and replicable high-yield examples are being compiled and widely shared. Field management for drought-affected rapeseed crops in the Yangtze River Basin is being strengthened through the drilling of additional drought-resistant wells and timely interventions to help weak plants recover and grow stronger. Acceleration is underway… Soybean Corn Breeding of specialized varieties and development of supporting technologies for strip intercropping Agricultural machinery Through institutional reform and widespread promotion, technical plans are developed on a provincial basis, and training and guidance are delivered by region to enhance the rate of technology adoption and its geographic coverage.
　　(3) Enhance the supply capacity of live pigs and other livestock products. Focus on stabilizing pig production, increasing cattle and sheep output, and revitalizing the dairy industry, thereby promoting… Animal husbandry Enhance the quality and efficiency of the industry. Strengthen regulation of hog production capacity. Conduct performance assessments of hog production‑capacity management to ensure that the sow inventory remains within an appropriate range of around 41 million head. Intensify market monitoring, early warning, and information dissemination to guide farms and farmers in making informed production decisions and preventing drastic fluctuations. Steadily promote the development of herbivore farming. Animal husbandry Industry. Deeply implement the initiative to increase both the quantity and quality of beef, mutton, and sheep production, and continue to support grassland areas in pastoral regions. Animal husbandry Promote industrial transformation and upgrading, and implement policies providing subsidies and rewards for grassland ecological protection. Launch county-wide projects to enhance dairy production capacity, strengthen the development of milk-source bases, and support pilot programs integrating dairy farming with processing. Develop and utilize forage resources. Carry out in-depth… Soybean meal Implement measures to reduce feed inputs and vigorously promote low‑protein diet technology. Launch the “Increase Forage, Conserve Grain” initiative, establish high‑quality, water‑efficient, high‑yielding, and stable forage production bases, and vigorously develop silage production. Corn Utilize high-quality forage crops such as alfalfa, and, in accordance with local conditions, develop and harness agricultural crop residues and regionally distinctive forage resources. Expand pilot programs for the feed‑conversion of table‑leftover food and carcasses of fur‑bearing animals. Strengthen prevention and control of major animal diseases. Enhance the grassroots animal disease‑prevention and control system, implement zoned prevention and control measures for major animal diseases like African swine fever, and carry out source‑level control of key zoonotic diseases. Deeply advance the five-year action plan for brucellosis control in livestock, establish a number of disease‑free farms, disease‑free communities, and disease‑free zones, and build a series of seed‑production facilities free from specified aquatic animal diseases.
　　(4) Promote high-quality development of the fisheries sector. Develop healthy aquaculture. Implement in depth… Aquaculture The “Five Major Initiatives” for promoting green aquaculture technologies are being implemented at the national level. Aquaculture Establishment of demonstration zones for healthy and ecological aquaculture. Stability. Aquaculture Expand aquaculture acreage, formulate a national plan for the development of aquaculture waters and tidal flats, achieve full coverage in the issuance of aquaculture permits, and accelerate the establishment of a protection regime for key aquaculture waters and tidal flats. Promote sustainable fishing practices, strengthen total allowable catch management, advance reforms in vessel management, and explore pilot programs for quota-based fishing in the Bohai Sea. Support the green transformation of the entire industrial chain of distant-water fisheries, bolster the development of distant-water fishing bases, and increase efforts to bring back domestically caught fish. Launch demonstration initiatives to build safe and secure fisheries and expand development space. Actively promote deep- and far‑sea aquaculture, constructing a number of large, intelligent aquaculture farms in these areas. Vigorously develop ecological fisheries on extensive water bodies, standardize stocking and restocking operations, and steadily advance integrated rice–fish farming. Tailor-made approaches to saline‑alkali land remediation through aquaculture should be widely promoted. Establish a number of national-level marine ranching demonstration zones, make solid progress in building national-level fishing port economic zones, and advance reforms in fishing port management.
　　(5) Vigorously develop modern facility agriculture. Formulate guiding opinions on the development of facility agriculture, implement the National Plan for Building Modern Facility Agriculture, launch an initiative to upgrade and modernize facility agriculture, and promote its overall upgrading. Conduct pilot programs for interest subsidies on facility‑agriculture loans, broaden funding channels through the issuance of special local government bonds and policy‑based financial instruments, and encourage bundling eligible projects for implementation by market entities in accordance with regulations, thereby leveraging greater investment from financial and social capital into facility agriculture. Prioritize energy efficiency and machinery compatibility in the development of facility‑based crop production. Implement subsidy policies for the construction of centralized seedling‑raising facilities, carry out pilot projects to renovate and upgrade aging facilities on a contiguous basis, and accelerate the development of centralized rice‑seedling‑raising centers, intensive vegetable‑seedling‑nursery centers, and plant factories. On the premise of ecological protection and deep water conservation, support the use of non‑arable land in the cold‑dry regions of Northwest China and in desert areas to develop facility agriculture. Advance the building of grain‑producing‑area drying capacity and promptly address shortcomings in grain‑drying infrastructure and equipment. Focus on intensive and efficient development of facility agriculture. Animal husbandry Industry. Deeply advance the establishment of standardized demonstration projects for livestock and poultry farming, develop site‑specific three‑dimensional farming systems such as multi‑storey pig farms and stacked high‑efficiency poultry operations, and accelerate the adoption of advanced, practical technologies like environmental control and automated feeding. Prioritize healthy aquaculture to drive the development of facility‑based fisheries. Promote eco‑friendly, environmentally sustainable cage farming in lakes and reservoirs, expedite the construction of high‑standard aquaculture ponds, and ensure that effluent meets regulatory standards. Advance the development of land‑based and deep‑sea/remote‑offshore aquaculture farms, actively promote factory‑style recirculating aquaculture systems, and steadily implement truss‑type deep‑sea cages and aquaculture support vessels.
　　(6) Coordinate and strengthen the production of vegetables, cotton, sugar, rubber, and other key agricultural products. Promote diversified development of fruits, vegetables, and tea. Rigorously implement the “Vegetable Basket” mayoral accountability system, refine the detailed assessment rules, guide large and medium-sized cities in improving their emergency supply plans for “vegetable basket” products, and establish a number of emergency vegetable‑supply bases to ensure both quantity and quality. Formulate guidelines for high‑quality development of the fruit industry, summarize and disseminate the “Yan’an Model” for fruit‑industry development, and advance the renovation of aging orchards and tea plantations. Maintain stable production of cotton, sugar, and rubber. Further improve… Cotton The target price subsidy policy is driving Xinjiang. Cotton High quality at fair prices. We will continue to implement the subsidy policy for promoting superior sugarcane varieties and advanced cultivation practices, and maintain comprehensive cost insurance and planting income insurance for sugarcane. We will accelerate the renewal and renovation of aging rubber plantations and advance standardized production in rubber‑growing areas.
　　(7) Promote high-standard agricultural opening-up. Optimize the layout of foreign economic and trade cooperation. Launch a special initiative for high-quality development of agricultural trade, and designate the third batch of national bases for high-quality international agricultural trade. Continue to advance the construction of the Weifang and Ningxia National Agricultural Open Development Comprehensive Pilot Zones, and support the establishment and effective operation of the Yangling SCO Demonstration Base for Agricultural Technology Exchange and Training. Deeply engage in global governance of food and agriculture. Host the inaugural Global Soil Health Forum and the International Conference on the Grape and Wine Industry, and further strengthen cooperation platforms for reducing food loss and safeguarding Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. Deepen South–South and triangular agricultural cooperation, and implement a new batch of field‑based projects.
　　II. Strengthen agricultural science and technology and equipment support to lay the foundation for building a strong agricultural nation.
　　(8) Strengthen the development of high-standard farmland. Formulate an implementation plan to progressively convert all permanent basic farmland into high-standard farmland, clearly defining task assignments and timelines by region and land type, while increasing investment and ensuring sustained construction. Ensure the timely completion of annual targets: building 45 million mu of new high-standard farmland and upgrading and improving 35 million mu. Address critical shortcomings such as soil improvement and on-farm irrigation and drainage infrastructure, and coordinate the advancement of efficient water-saving and integrated water–fertilizer systems. Increase financial input; innovate construction models and financing mechanisms, and launch pilot projects for region-wide promotion of high-standard farmland development. Actively leverage foreign investment to support green farmland initiatives and other related efforts. Enhance management and oversight: refine and improve the management and maintenance system for high-standard farmland, assign dedicated personnel and measures, and secure funding through multiple channels. Establish a robust monitoring and evaluation framework for farmland development, optimize evaluation indicators, and strengthen routine supervisory capacity.
　　(9) Strengthen farmland protection and control over land-use conversion. Firmly safeguard the red line for arable land. Resolutely implement the targets of protecting 1.865 billion mu of arable land and 1.546 billion mu of permanent basic farmland, guiding localities to allocate these targets in full and with specific locations, ensuring that any losses are fully compensated and accurately mapped and registered. Improve the procedures for verifying the quality of replenished farmland. Strictly regulate the conversion of arable land to other agricultural uses, and steadily promote the orderly restoration of arable land that has been diverted to other agricultural purposes. Enhance farmland quality. Deeply advance the National Black Soil Protection Project, completing the task of protecting and sustainably utilizing 100 million mu of black soil in Northeast China. Promote the Action Plan for Conservation Tillage on Northeast China’s Black Soils, implementing conservation tillage on more than 90 million mu. Severely crack down on illegal excavation of black soil and electro‑fishing for earthworms, as well as other activities that damage the soil. Strengthen control over land-use conversion. Formulate guiding opinions for pilot programs on managing the intended use of arable land. Select a group of counties with strong regional representativeness and solid foundational work to carry out pilot projects, accelerating the exploration of legal, policy, and technical frameworks for regulating the intended use of arable land. Leveraging big data technologies such as agricultural remote sensing, develop a nationwide “single map” for monitoring and managing the intended use of arable land. Expedite the national soil survey. Conduct the Third National Soil Survey comprehensively, completing more than half of the survey tasks for arable land, orchards, forests, grasslands, and other agricultural lands.
　　(10) Accelerate efforts to tackle key core technologies in agriculture. Mobilize interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research teams to conduct joint攻关, establish integrated innovation platforms for advanced agricultural technologies, and promote the coordinated integration and comprehensive synergy of various individual technologies, so as to swiftly scale up mature technologies from isolated applications to widespread deployment across entire regions. Advance scientific and technological innovation. Fully implement initiatives to address critical core agricultural technologies, strengthen collaboration between central and local authorities and partnerships between enterprises and research institutions, and strive for breakthroughs in cutting-edge fields. Improve the innovation system. Optimize the modern agricultural industrial technology framework, build a national strategic force in agricultural science and technology, encourage localities to develop industry‑specific technology systems for their signature, high‑value agricultural products, and foster an agricultural science and technology innovation system characterized by tiered structure, clear division of labor, and appropriate competition. Promote the establishment of National Centers for Innovation in Modern Agricultural Industries and Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Alliances, and accelerate the cultivation of leading agri‑tech enterprises. Enhance innovation conditions. Support the development of major innovation platforms in the agricultural sector, and plan a series of international agricultural joint research centers, regional public R&D centers, key laboratories under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and long-term, foundational agricultural observation stations. Expedite the construction of key projects at the National Center for Tropical Agricultural Sciences. Speed up technology application. Refine the grassroots agricultural extension system and implement a coordinated program for promoting major agricultural technologies. Establish national demonstration and showcase bases for modern agricultural science and technology on a regional basis, and carry out integrated trials and demonstrations of advanced grain and oil production technologies.
　　(11) Deeply implement the initiative to revitalize the seed industry. Accelerate resource surveys, comprehensively complete the national agricultural germplasm resource census, and expedite efforts related to national livestock and poultry resources and… Aquaculture Establish germplasm resource banks and develop a precision identification and evaluation system for germplasm resources that is open, collaborative, and based on shared access. Advance breeding innovation by fully implementing major agricultural biotechnology breeding projects, steadily advancing national joint breeding initiatives and livestock and poultry genetic improvement programs, and strengthening high-yield, high-oil varieties. Soybean , the development of new varieties such as short‑maturing rapeseed, ratoon rice, and salt‑alkali‑tolerant crops. Accelerate the industrialization of biological breeding and further expand the application of genetically modified organisms. Corn Soybean Expand the scope of pilot programs for industrial application and strengthen regulatory oversight in accordance with the law. Promote the industrial-scale adoption and dissemination of domestically developed white-feathered broiler varieties. Enhance policy support. Intensify the development of national seed industry bases. Deepen initiatives to bolster leading seed enterprises. Launch a year-long campaign on seed industry regulation and law enforcement, and advance the implementation of… seed Quality certification.
　　(12) Accelerate advanced… Agricultural machinery Research and development, manufacturing, and application promotion. We will simultaneously strengthen both R&D and manufacturing on one end and application promotion on the other, give equal emphasis to both producers and users, and make every effort to advance this initiative. Agricultural machinery Upgrade and enhance. Accelerate efforts to address shortcomings. Implement Agricultural machinery The initiative to address equipment shortcomings aims to resolve the “one big, one small” issue. Agricultural machinery Focusing on key challenges in equipment deployment, we are promoting hillside and mountain tractors, 300-horsepower continuously variable transmission tractors, and ratoon rice harvesters, Soybean Corn Breakthroughs have been achieved in the research and development and promotion of specialized machinery for strip intercropping. Promoted and made applicable. Agricultural machinery . Building “one large, one small” Agricultural machinery Pilot zone for the promotion and application of equipment, continuing to carry out… Agricultural machinery Integrated pilot program for research and development, manufacturing, and application promotion. Support Agricultural machinery Integration of enterprise construction and renovation, ensuring… Soybean Corn Key machinery demands include strip intercropping and rapeseed transplanting. Support is provided for the integrated application of Beidou‑based intelligent monitoring terminals and assisted‑driving systems. Policy support will be strengthened, and optimization efforts will be intensified. Agricultural machinery Purchase and application subsidy policies, and explore subsidy mechanisms linked to workload. Expand… Agricultural machinery The scope of the scrappage and renewal subsidy policy will be expanded to accelerate the phasing out of old and outdated vehicles. Agricultural machinery . Promote public safety Agricultural machinery Create an event.
　　(13) Vigorously develop smart agriculture and digital villages. Promote data integration, accelerate the construction of the National Agricultural Remote Sensing Application and Research Center, and establish an agricultural and rural big-data platform. Formulate management measures for agricultural statistical work and improve the data‑security institutional framework. Enhance the market monitoring and early‑warning system for agricultural products. Regularly conduct statistical accounting of the value added of agriculture and related industries. Innovate digital technologies by implementing digital‑agriculture projects, establishing a number of digital‑agriculture innovation centers and application‑demonstration bases, and collaboratively advancing research on key core technologies for smart agriculture. Issue guiding opinions to expedite the development of digital villages and smart agriculture. Expand application scenarios by designating a group of demonstration bases for agricultural and rural informatization and building a number of smart farms (pastoral and fishery operations). Deepen pilot programs for digital‑village development.
　　III. Continuously consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, and strengthen the endogenous development momentum of formerly impoverished areas and populations.
　　(14) Strengthen dynamic monitoring and assistance to prevent relapse into poverty. Improve the monitoring mechanism by guiding localities to adjust monitoring criteria, promptly identifying all households at risk of falling back into or slipping into poverty as monitored entities, and organizing concentrated surveys to prevent relapse. Enhance inter‑departmental data sharing, coordination, and analysis for timely response and resolution. Implement targeted support measures: for monitored households with employable members, roll out development‑oriented assistance policies to encourage self‑reliance and prosperity; for those without employable members, ensure adequate social assistance, medical coverage, and other safety‑net provisions, while gradually raising the level of such support. Strengthen evaluation and assessment by integrating post‑poverty‑alleviation outcome assessments, East–West collaboration evaluations, and performance reviews of central government units’ designated assistance efforts, and by conducting systematic evaluations of how effectively poverty‑alleviation achievements are being consolidated and linked with rural revitalization. Refine support policies by proactively planning institutional arrangements for the five‑year transition period following poverty eradication, ensuring seamless alignment between policies to prevent relapse into poverty and ongoing, regular assistance programs for low‑income rural populations. Conduct research to establish a long‑term, normalized assistance mechanism for less‑developed regions.
　　(15) Foster and strengthen distinctive industries in poverty‑alleviation areas. Deeply implement initiatives to upgrade these industries, bolstering the endogenous development momentum of both the regions and their residents. Promote full‑chain development by increasing the share of central government funds allocated for rural revitalization—specifically, those earmarked for industrial development—to over 60 percent. Support poverty‑alleviation areas in focusing on “one leading industry with two complementary ones,” launching a series of projects that develop complete industrial chains, and carrying out technology transfer, infrastructure upgrades, brand marketing, and talent cultivation. Pursue high‑quality development of backyard economies, while strengthening guidance and services. Leverage the support of science and technology task forces and industry advisory teams to ensure the effective implementation of technical assistance and capacity‑building measures. Optimize micro‑credit policies for formerly impoverished populations and expand access to such credit for ordinary farming households. Implement consumption‑driven assistance to help farmers increase incomes, support poverty‑alleviation areas in building regional public brands, and establish emergency response mechanisms to address difficulties in selling agricultural products. Strengthen efforts to boost farmers’ incomes through inclusive linkages, and further refine and improve systems for linking and benefiting farmers. Agricultural machinery Implement measures to ensure that market entities fulfill their responsibility to increase incomes for people lifted out of poverty and those under monitoring, and select and publicize a number of exemplary models in poverty‑alleviation areas that link farmers, support agriculture, and benefit rural communities. Properly manage and make effective use of assets from poverty‑alleviation projects, and consolidate the achievements of photovoltaic‑based poverty‑alleviation initiatives.
　　(16) Promote stable employment for those who have been lifted out of poverty. Launch a targeted campaign to prevent relapse into poverty through employment, ensuring that the number of employed people formerly living in poverty remains above 30 million. Stabilize employment opportunities for rural migrant workers. Deepen labor cooperation between eastern and western regions, strengthen vocational skills training, and implement the “Yulu Program Plus” initiative to promote employment, helping newly entering members of formerly impoverished households secure higher‑quality, more comprehensive employment and steadily expand overall employment. Facilitate local and nearby employment. Establish a follow-up service mechanism for returnees and re‑migrants. Standardize the management of work‑for‑relief programs and public‑service positions, with a particular focus on guiding vulnerable and semi‑able‑bodied workers to find employment—whether in agricultural industrial parks or on agricultural and rural infrastructure projects—or to engage in flexible forms of work. Ensure the steady development of assistance workshops. Carry out special campaigns to consolidate the achievements of relocation‑based poverty alleviation and to provide employment support for relocated populations, striving to achieve dynamic zero unemployment among relocated households that are willing and able to work.
　　(17) Deepen targeted assistance and social support. Strengthen targeted assistance by improving the national monitoring and evaluation indicator system for key counties receiving rural revitalization support, and conducting assessments of development outcomes. Direct assistance resources toward these priority counties and implement a number of key projects to address shortcomings and boost revitalization. Provide “group‑based” support in education, healthcare, and cadre‑talent development to these key counties. Deepen social support by steadily advancing east–west collaboration, organizing economically more developed counties (cities, districts) in the eastern region to partner with poverty‑alleviated counties in the assisted areas in joint initiatives to promote revitalization, and strengthening industrial relocation, project attraction, and co‑development of industrial parks. Continue to ensure effective designated assistance from central government units, adjusting and refining pairing arrangements. Further advance the “Ten Thousand Enterprises Revitalize Ten Thousand Villages” initiative and launch special campaigns in which social organizations contribute to rural revitalization. Solidly carry out assistance efforts for Xinjiang and Tibet, as well as for key regions such as old revolutionary base areas, ethnic minority areas, and border areas.
　　IV. Strengthen the protection of agricultural resources and environmental governance, and advance a comprehensive green transformation of agriculture.
　　(18) Enhance the protection of agricultural resources. Advance the remediation of degraded farmland and other related measures. Optimize the deployment of pilot projects for addressing degraded farmland, launching acidified‑soil remediation pilots in major grain‑producing regions of southern China, and piloting the treatment of saline‑alkali soils in irrigated areas of northwest China, coastal zones, and the western Songnen Plain. Implement the classified management system for farmland and continue to promote the safe use of contaminated arable land. Improve the fallow‑and‑crop‑rotation regime. Strengthen the conservation of aquatic biological resources. Further refine the marine seasonal fishing moratorium system, gradually expand the scope of licensed fishing during the moratorium period, fully enforce voluntary fishing closures on the high seas, and conduct scientifically sound and standardized stocking and release programs for aquatic species. Revise the regulations on the licensing of aquatic wildlife utilization and carry out surveys of precious and endangered species and their habitats. Rigorously prevent and control the invasion of alien species. Conduct nationwide surveys of invasive alien species and improve the end‑to‑end regulatory framework covering source prevention, monitoring and early warning, and control and eradication. Launch eradication campaigns targeting invasive alien species such as Solidago canadensis.
　　(19) Integrate and advance the prevention and control of agricultural non-point source pollution. Promote Fertilizer Pesticide Reduce volume, increase efficiency. Implement. Fertilizer Reduction‑oriented initiatives involve establishing demonstration zones that integrate new fertilization technologies, products, and equipment; promoting the adoption of intelligent, precision‑based fertilizer recommendation systems; and advancing diversified alternatives to reduce… Fertilizer Investment. Establish 100 counties (farms) that comprehensively promote green pest control. Revise the list of prohibited and restricted-use substances. Pesticide Directory, standardization Pesticide Industry management: Promote the resource‑based utilization of agricultural waste. Launch an initiative to upgrade facilities and equipment for treating livestock and poultry manure, advance pilot projects on green crop–livestock rotation, and scale up eco‑friendly farming models. Deeply implement measures for the comprehensive utilization of straw, establishing a number of national key counties for this purpose. Strengthen safety management of rural biogas systems. Solidly carry out pilot programs for the scientific use and recycling of plastic mulch, and promote the categorized treatment of used agricultural films. Develop ecological, low‑carbon agriculture and establish a group of national-level eco‑farms. Steadily advance emission reduction and carbon sequestration in agriculture and rural areas. Build pilot zones for green development. Select a number of agricultural green‑development pilot zones to conduct integrated pilots for controlling non‑point source pollution, exploring the establishment of county‑wide, multi‑factor, end‑to‑end mechanisms for comprehensive prevention and control. Organize the designation of the third batch of national agricultural green‑development pilot zones and formulate a monitoring and evaluation indicator system for agricultural green development.
　　(20) Strengthen ecological and environmental governance in key river basins. Persistently implement the ten-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River. Launch the “Warm-Heart Action” to provide employment assistance to fishermen who have exited the fishing industry, and ensure the effective implementation of policies related to their pension insurance, support, and relief. Accelerate the rollout of the “Bright River Project,” bolstering the capacity and capabilities of fisheries enforcement teams, with a particular focus on the Yangtze River Basin. Conduct joint law enforcement operations and targeted campaigns, reinforce the development of auxiliary patrol teams, and establish long-term mechanisms for multi‑agency coordination and cross‑regional collaborative enforcement. Carry out monitoring of aquatic biological resources in the Yangtze River and assess their integrity through an index-based evaluation to gauge the effectiveness of the fishing ban. Promote intensive water‑saving and water‑management practices in agriculture across the Yellow River Basin. Support the development of water‑efficient and dryland farming in the Yellow River Basin, expedite the regional and crop‑specific dissemination of water‑saving dryland technologies, and advance site‑appropriate cropping systems. Establish a long-term mechanism for addressing prominent agricultural‑related ecological and environmental issues in the Yellow River Basin. In key river basins such as the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, select a number of priority counties to implement comprehensive management of agricultural nonpoint source pollution at the county level.
　　(21) Increase the supply of green, high-quality agricultural products. Deeply advance the “Three Products and One Standard” initiative for agricultural production and agri‑products, expanding the scale of green, organic, geographically indicated, and specialty, premium, and new products. Improve the standards system by formulating 500 national and industry standards covering residues of agricultural and veterinary drugs, and establishing a standardized framework for high‑quality agricultural products while exploring the development of an evaluation system that reflects premium quality characteristics. Promote standardization across the entire modern agricultural value chain and implement Good Agricultural Practices. Refine the management system for agricultural product packaging and labeling, and encourage grading, classification, and standardized packaging and labeling. Strengthen quality and safety oversight, and carry out initiatives related to cowpeas. Pesticide Addressing persistent, high‑profile issues through targeted efforts, we have established provincial‑ and region‑specific task forces to advance remediation in a north‑to‑south, season‑by‑season manner. We conduct monthly spot checks, intensify problem‑solving, foster coordinated action between central and local authorities, and deploy resources directly to the front lines. We rigorously crack down on the use of prohibited substances and strictly control exceedances of maximum residue limits for conventional pesticides and veterinary drugs. We are fully implementing the newly revised Law on the Safety of Agricultural Products, accelerating the improvement of systems such as the certificate of compliance and traceability catalog management, and refining risk monitoring and assessment mechanisms. We are promoting the standardization of national-level agricultural product safety counties and township‑level agricultural product safety supervision agencies, strengthening grassroots regulatory and testing teams, and reinforcing grid‑based management at the township level. We are bolstering brand development by vigorously advancing the Geographical Indication Protection Project for Agricultural Products. We are establishing and perfecting high‑quality agricultural production bases, improving the agricultural brand catalog system, launching a program to cultivate premium agricultural brands, and expediting the establishment of an agricultural brand standards framework. We have formulated regulations governing agricultural and rural trade fairs, ensuring the successful organization of events such as the China International Agricultural Products Fair and the China International Tea Expo.
　　V. Foster and strengthen rural industries, and broaden channels for farmers to increase their incomes and become prosperous.
　　(22) Vigorously develop distinctive rural industries. Emphasizing the “local specialties” requirement, implement the National Action Plan for Upgrading Key Rural Industries, establish and refine a comprehensive work‑implementation system, and accelerate the upgrading of agriculture across the entire value chain. Strengthen key industries by cultivating a group of pillar sectors that boast clear resource advantages, strong growth potential, and robust driving effects. Guide localities in formulating industry‑specific lists tailored to their unique conditions, and promote standardized production, scaled‑up development, and brand‑oriented marketing. Refine specialty industries by leveraging rural endowments, developing products and industries with distinct regional characteristics, ethnic identities, and local flavors, and fostering and elevating a number of rural specialties that engage broad farmer participation and deliver substantial benefits. Build supporting platforms and carriers by backing the development of clusters of advantageous and distinctive industries, national modern agricultural industrial parks, and towns with strong agricultural economies; deepen efforts to establish demonstration zones for agricultural modernization; showcase a selection of key links and model counties across the entire agricultural value chain; and recognize a group of national demonstration villages and towns under the “One Village, One Product” initiative.
　　(23) Expand and strengthen the agricultural product processing and distribution sector. Elevate processing standards by launching an initiative to upgrade the agro-processing industry, fostering both primary and advanced processing as well as comprehensive utilization of agricultural products. Establish a number of international agricultural processing parks, China’s agricultural food innovation industrial parks, and research‑and‑development test bases for processing technologies, while vigorously promoting business models such as central kitchens and direct supply and direct sales. Cultivate and bolster leading enterprises, supporting them in setting up raw‑material production bases and processing capacity at the county level, and developing a cohort of agricultural industrialization consortia. Improve the distribution network by comprehensively implementing projects to build storage, preservation, and cold‑chain logistics facilities for agricultural products; support family farms, farmer cooperatives, rural collective economic organizations, and other entities in constructing on‑site storage and preservation facilities, and establish cold‑chain collection and distribution centers at key logistics hubs. Advance the development of national-level agricultural product origin markets, and reinforce the construction of large‑scale, public‑benefit infrastructure—such as refrigeration, preservation, and warehousing‑logistics facilities—to ensure stable supply.
　　(24) Foster new industries and business models. Enhance the rural leisure tourism sector. Implement a high-quality rural leisure tourism initiative, establish a number of national key counties for leisure agriculture, designate a group of China’s Beautiful Leisure Villages, and promote a selection of premium rural leisure tourism destinations and routes. Formulate guidelines for the high-quality development of leisure agriculture and an industry service manual. Encourage the emergence of new formats such as educational farms, study-travel bases, rural camping tours, and experiential tours showcasing local cultures. Develop e‑commerce for agricultural products. Deeply advance the “Internet Plus” project to bring rural products to urban markets, and promote direct procurement and customized production models. Encourage local governments to collaborate with major e‑commerce platforms, and build a number of rural e‑commerce industrial parks, live‑streaming e‑commerce hubs for agricultural and sideline products, and talent training centers.
　　(25) Promote rural entrepreneurship and innovation. Strengthen policy support by encouraging local governments to establish special funds for rural entrepreneurship and innovation, implement entrepreneurship subsidies, and systematically guide diverse talent to start businesses in their hometowns. Enhance skills training by launching initiatives to cultivate leading figures in rural entrepreneurship and innovation, and providing training for those who wish to return to their villages to start businesses. Host a national competition for creative rural entrepreneurship and innovation projects and a skills competition for talent, selecting and promoting exemplary cases of rural entrepreneurship and innovation. Build entrepreneurship platforms by bolstering the development of rural entrepreneurship and innovation parks and incubation‑training bases, and elevating the quality of entrepreneurship services.
　　VI. Improve rural infrastructure and public services, and build beautiful villages that are both livable and conducive to business.
　　(26) Coordinate and advance rural development in a holistic manner. Improve implementation mechanisms, refine the special action plan for rural development, and coordinate the preparation of village-level planning. Promote integrated infrastructure development, including rural roads, rural water supply, and digital‑rural initiatives, while strengthening public service systems in areas such as epidemic prevention, education, healthcare, social security, elderly care, and childcare. Implement list‑based management of rural development tasks and guide county‑level authorities in establishing comprehensive project databases for rural development. Advance projects to upgrade small-scale public‑benefit infrastructure in villages. Refine construction standards and implement guidelines on farmer participation in rural development, fostering the establishment of a rural development advisory system. Compile county‑level inventories of public infrastructure maintenance and management, and institute a public disclosure mechanism. Strengthen demonstration and leadership by exploring integrated delivery of public services at the county, township, and village levels, and by showcasing exemplary cases of rural public services. Create a number of beautiful, livable villages.
　　(27) Improve and upgrade the rural living environment. Implement the Five-Year Action Plan for Enhancing Rural Living Environments in a solid and systematic manner, comprehensively improving the appearance of villages. Steadily advance the rural toilet revolution, consolidating the results of surveys and rectifications of household toilet issues and promoting categorized remediation and closure of outstanding cases. Focusing on the central and western regions, steadily carry out rural toilet upgrades in areas where conditions are suitable and technological approaches are well‑established. Strengthen the development of toilet‑upgrade standards and conduct pilot projects on water‑saving and freeze‑proof technologies. Coordinate and promote the treatment of rural domestic wastewater and waste. Integrate rural domestic wastewater treatment with toilet upgrades, facilitating the localized and on‑site resource utilization of human waste and organic residues. Improve the rural domestic waste collection, transportation, and disposal system, encouraging villages with the necessary conditions to implement waste sorting and source reduction. Accelerate the treatment of rural domestic wastewater, exploring, according to local circumstances, technical models such as centralized treatment, sewer‑based interception, decentralized treatment, and ecological pollution control. Deeply implement village‑cleaning campaigns, guiding farmers to green and beautify their courtyards and villages.
　　(28) Strengthen rural spiritual and cultural development. Continuously advance the transformation of outdated customs and practices in rural areas. Organize publicity and education campaigns to address these issues, and carry out targeted efforts to tackle prominent problems in key areas such as exorbitant bride prices and lavish celebrations. Guide localities to incorporate into village covenants and community rules provisions that promote simple wedding and funeral rites, reduce social obligations, oppose extravagance and waste, and encourage filial piety and family harmony. Select and publicize a fourth batch of exemplary cases in building civilized rural customs, and disseminate best practices in fostering culturally sound rural norms. Protect and inherit agricultural culture. Deeply implement projects for the inheritance and protection of agricultural culture, and launch the seventh round of identification and recognition of China’s Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. Launch a series of promotional activities under the theme “China in Its Agricultural Heritage.” With the theme “Celebrating Bountiful Harvests, Promoting Harmony and Beauty,” successfully host the sixth Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival and organize festival‑related events of broad public appeal. Enrich rural cultural and sporting life. Conduct reading‑promotion initiatives in rural areas and select and highlight “Rural Reading Role Models.” Host national farmer‑sports brand events such as the “Beautiful Countryside Health Run,” and explore ways to promote competitions like the “Village BA” basketball tournament.
　　(29) Strengthen and improve rural governance. Enhance overall coordination. In collaboration with relevant departments, formulate documents to refine the functions of the three-tier governance system at the county, township, and village levels, and coordinate efforts to bolster grassroots Party building, self-governance, rule of law, and moral governance in rural areas. Continue to reduce the burdens on village-level organizations. Address pressing issues in rural governance. Coordinate epidemic prevention and control in rural areas, ensuring adequate supplies of medicines and medical resources, smooth referral and treatment for severe cases, and effective protection of key populations. Deepen pilot programs and demonstration projects. Launch the second round of national pilot initiatives for building a rural governance system, expanding both the scope and content of these pilots. Initiate the third batch of “Hundred Towns and Thousand Villages” national demonstration projects for rural governance. Innovate governance approaches. Further promote the wider adoption of point-based systems, checklist‑based management, and digital governance tools. Summarize and distill best practices in grid‑based management, refined services, and information‑technology support, and tailor these approaches to local conditions to facilitate their broad implementation at the grassroots level.
　　VII. Actively yet prudently deepen rural reform to invigorate agricultural and rural development.
　　(30) Deepen reform of the rural land system. Steadily advance reforms related to contracted rural land. Expand the scope of pilot programs for extending contracted land by another 30 years after the expiration of the second round of contracts, and develop guiding opinions on these extension pilots. Issue the Measures for the Administration of Rural Land Contracting Contracts, improve the rural contracted‑land information platform and database, and refine the mediation and arbitration mechanisms for resolving disputes over contracted management. Encourage localities with appropriate conditions, on the basis of farmers’ voluntary participation, to carry out concentrated, contiguous land consolidation in conjunction with farmland development and land‑improvement projects, and explore ways to gradually address the fragmentation of contracted land. Proceed prudently with reforms and management of rural residential land. Deepen pilot programs for reforming the rural residential‑land system, accelerate the summarization of a number of viable institutional outcomes, and explore ways to refine the content of rights—such as ownership, qualification rights, and usage rights—and their respective forms of separation and implementation. Formulate Provisional Measures for the Administration of Rural Residential Land and strengthen foundational work in residential‑land management. Actively yet prudently unlock the potential of idle rural residential land, guiding and regulating its revitalization and utilization. Expedite integrated property‑and‑land registration and certification, and establish a nationwide unified information platform for managing rural residential land.
　　(31) Develop new types of agricultural business entities and socialized services. Foster new agricultural business entities. Implement an initiative to upgrade these entities, guiding farmer cooperatives to strengthen standardized management. Deepen collaboration between cooperatives and enterprises, advance the “four-tier joint creation” model for demonstration cooperatives, and establish a long-term mechanism for the standardized management of farmer cooperatives. Fully roll out the “one‑code‑access” management and service system for family farms, promote the use of the “Family Farm Quick Record” bookkeeping software, and support eligible smallholder farmers in growing into family farms; encourage family farms to form farmer cooperatives; and enable cooperatives to establish enterprises as needed for their development. Strengthen the team of mentors for new agricultural business entities, launch the “One Mentor for Ten Cooperatives” campaign, and encourage the establishment of service centers for new agricultural business entities with the support of social forces. Accelerate the development of socialized services. Implement an action plan to promote agricultural socialized services, focusing on grain… Cottonseed oil Focusing on sugar, while also supporting the development of cash crops and livestock and poultry. Aquaculture Socialized services in sectors such as animal husbandry. Strengthen the development of service standards and contractual regulations, and promote collaboration between service providers and agricultural input suppliers, Agricultural machinery Financial and other relevant entities should strengthen business coordination and cooperation. We will deepen the implementation of pilot programs for innovating agricultural socialized services and guide qualified market players to establish regional, full‑chain, integrated service platforms for agriculture. We will also carry out the nationwide “Agricultural Services to Every Household” series of activities in depth and encourage state‑owned agricultural reclamation enterprises to provide socialized services to local communities.
　　(32) Develop a new type of rural collective economy. Deepen reform by advancing the reform of the rural collective property rights system, improving the corporate governance structure of collective economic organizations, and establishing sound operating mechanisms that align with market‑oriented principles. Conduct pilot programs on mortgaging and guaranteeing collective income‑distribution rights and on paid withdrawal, thereby granting farmers more comprehensive property rights. Promote the standardized development of rural property‑rights transfer and trading markets. Strengthen oversight and management by improving the regulatory and service system for rural collective assets and bolstering the capacity of relevant institutions and personnel. Enhance auditing and supervision of rural collective economic organizations and launch initiatives to improve the effectiveness of asset oversight. Explore diverse development pathways by guiding localities to tailor approaches to their specific conditions, such as resource contracting, property leasing, intermediary services, and equity participation in assets. Encourage regions with the necessary conditions to experiment with various forms of cooperation, including village‑to‑village joint development, coordinated development among villages, enterprises, and cooperatives, and the engagement of professional managers in village‑level operations.
　　(33) Deepen reform in other rural sectors. Launch pilot programs and advance comprehensive rural reform pilots and demonstrations, achieving breakthroughs in key areas and critical links. Leverage the demonstration and catalytic role of rural reform pilot zones, and summarize and disseminate a set of replicable and借鉴-worthy models and practices for rural reform. Continue to deepen state‑owned agricultural reclamation reform. Conduct quality monitoring of the corporatization and enterprise‑based development of reclamation groups, and strengthen category‑specific guidance. Formulate guiding opinions on innovating and improving the institutional mechanisms for agricultural operation and management at state‑owned farms under the reclamation system. Promote the issuance of measures to strengthen the administration of land use rights for state‑owned farmland in the reclamation sector. Address outstanding issues related to disputes over property rights of state‑owned land and the legacy challenges of reforming the social functions of state‑owned farms. Thoroughly implement initiatives to upgrade distinctive local industries in underdeveloped farms and to build strong brands within the reclamation system, fostering and expanding the competitive advantages of these farms’ signature industries.
　　VIII. Strengthen support measures and ensure the thorough and meticulous implementation of all tasks for comprehensively advancing rural revitalization.
　　(34) Strengthen planning‑driven guidance and action. Implement major policy directives: formulate a plan to accelerate the building of a strong agricultural country; develop guidelines for ensuring that rural areas are equipped with basic modern living conditions, and establish an evaluation indicator system to create livable villages that are both fully functional and retain their distinctive local character and charm; issue guiding opinions on adopting a holistic approach to food security, tapping domestic food resources, and ensuring an adequate supply of diverse food products, and draw up implementation plans by sector. Promote the execution of major plans: prepare an annual task list and work log for implementing the 14th Five-Year Plan for Agricultural and Rural Modernization, and conduct mid-term evaluations. Coordinate and advance the implementation of supporting special plans, key tasks outlined in development plans, and major project initiatives.
　　(35) Improve the mechanisms for advancing rural revitalization. Strengthen accountability by fully implementing the Measures for Implementing the Rural Revitalization Responsibility System, and enhance policy and operational coordination. Reinforce incentives and constraints by conducting performance assessments at the provincial level on Party committees and governments’ implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, and organizing comprehensive oversight and inspection of rural revitalization efforts. Launch targeted inspections and incentive measures to promote key tasks such as revitalizing rural industries and improving the rural living environment. Advance demonstration initiatives by establishing a new batch of national-level model counties for rural revitalization, and guiding eligible localities to initiate, in accordance with regulations, the creation of model townships and villages. Conduct research to develop an objective set of indicators and a statistical system that accurately reflect progress in rural revitalization.
　　(36) Expand effective investment in agriculture and rural areas. Strengthen fiscal support by ensuring a steady increase in government spending on agriculture, and fully implement policies that raise the share of land‑transfer revenue allocated to agriculture and rural development. Expand the issuance of rural revitalization bonds and include eligible rural revitalization projects within the scope of local government bond financing. Leverage financial investment by continuing to roll out the “Credit Express” service for agricultural business entities, accelerating the development of an agricultural production and operation information database, and supporting the growth of digital inclusive finance in rural areas. Encourage financial institutions to increase lending for rural revitalization, with a particular focus on constructing high‑standard farmland, facility‑based agriculture, and cold‑chain logistics infrastructure for storing, preserving, and transporting agricultural products. Guide social capital into the sector by formulating guidelines for private‑sector investment in agriculture and rural development, clearly identifying priority industries and areas. Improve the coordination mechanism among government investment, financial institutions, and social capital, refine the project pool for financing agricultural and rural infrastructure, and attract greater capital inflows into agriculture and rural areas.
　　(37) Strengthen talent support for rural revitalization. Enhance the cultivation of high-level professionals, fostering a cohort of leading agricultural science and technology experts and outstanding young innovators. Establish and effectively utilize high-quality institutions for training rural revitalization talent, and intensify efforts to educate and develop exceptional professionals in agriculture and forestry. Cultivate high-caliber farmers by implementing the High-Caliber Farmer Training Program and the Academic Qualification Enhancement Initiative, with a strong focus on nurturing leaders of new types of business entities and large-scale producers and operators. Launch the “Leading Goose” Project to train pioneers in rural industrial revitalization, integrating returning and resettled entrepreneurs into the training system and cultivating approximately 20,000 individuals annually. Optimize the Rural Practical Talent Leader Training Program and carry out the “Cultivator” Revitalization Initiative to train leaders of new agricultural business entities. Promote the flow of talent to rural areas by establishing a robust, long-term mechanism for attracting talent, streamlining channels for talent mobility to the countryside, and systematically guiding university graduates to return to rural areas, skilled individuals to come back home, migrant workers to relocate, and entrepreneurs to invest in rural development.
　　(38) Strengthen the rule of law in agriculture and rural areas. Improve the legal and regulatory framework by accelerating the enactment of the Law on Food Security Assurance, the Law on Farmland Protection, and the Law on Rural Collective Economic Organizations; revising the Fisheries Law and the Regulations on the Protection of New Plant Varieties; and refining supporting systems in such areas as revitalizing the seed industry, ensuring biosafety, and preventing and controlling animal diseases. Enhance the quality and effectiveness of law enforcement by thoroughly implementing initiatives to bolster comprehensive agricultural administrative law enforcement capacity, launching demonstration projects and training competitions, and establishing a national information system for comprehensive agricultural administrative law enforcement. Intensify law enforcement in key areas, including plant variety rights protection, agricultural input quality, agricultural product safety, and animal and plant quarantine. Promote the dissemination of laws at the village and household levels, explore innovative mechanisms for legal education in rural areas, accelerate the cultivation of model households that learn and apply the law, and strengthen the development of rural legal education bases. Organize the creation and promotion of legal‑education materials that reflect local cultural characteristics and are widely appreciated by the public, and carry out campaigns to showcase short legal‑education videos. Advance governance based on the law by continuously deepening the “delegation, regulation, and service” reform in the agricultural and rural sectors, implementing list‑based management of administrative licenses and departmental lists of powers and responsibilities, and conducting social stability risk assessments for major policies.

　　Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

　　February 3, 2023