Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs： In the past year, agricultural and rural development has achieved more than expected results.

　　CCTV News:On January 18th, the State Council Press Office held a press conference to introduce the operation of agriculture and rural economy in 2022 and answer questions from reporters.

　　Zeng Yande, chief agronomist of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and director of the Development Planning Department, briefly reported the operation of the agricultural and rural economy in 2022.

　　2022 is an extraordinary year. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the National Rural Revitalization Bureau conscientiously implemented the spirit of the important speech and instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary, implemented the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, effectively responded to the epidemic situation and serious natural disasters in COVID-19, went all out to ensure supply, overcome difficulties and keep the bottom line, made concerted efforts to promote revitalization, and fully completed the annual goals and tasks, providing a solid foundation and strong support for the overall stability of the economy and society.

　　First, grain production has achieved another bumper harvest, and the supply security foundation has remained stable. Grain output reached a record high. The sown area of grain was 1.775 billion mu, an increase of 10.52 million mu over the previous year, and the output was 1,373.1 billion Jin, an increase of 7.4 billion Jin, which remained above 1.3 trillion Jin for eight consecutive years. The effect of soybean oil seed expansion is obvious. The soybean area was 154 million mu, an increase of 27.43 million mu over the previous year, the highest year since 1958. The output was 20.28 million tons, an increase of 3.89 million tons. The rape area reached 109 million mu, an increase of nearly 4 million mu, and the total output of oil crops was 36.53 million tons, an increase of 1.1% over the previous year. Due to the increase in supply and consumption saving, the self-sufficiency rate of edible vegetable oil increased by 1.6 percentage points. The production of live pigs developed steadily. By the end of 2022, the number of fertile sows in China was slightly higher than the green and reasonable regional upper limit of capacity regulation. The annual pork output was 55.41 million tons, an increase of 4.6% over the previous year. At the same time, the production of beef, mutton, milk and aquatic products increased in an all-round way, and the supply of vegetables and fruits was stable.

　　Second, the industrial employment belt has been strengthened, and the results of poverty alleviation have been continuously consolidated. Monitoring assistance is further optimized. Farmers who are at risk of returning to poverty should do their best and help them. More than 65% of the monitored objects have eliminated the risk of returning to poverty, and the rest have also implemented assistance measures. The effect of industry leading agriculture is obvious. The proportion of subsidy funds for rural revitalization promoted by the convergence of central finance for industrial development exceeds 55%, and every poverty-stricken county has cultivated 2-mdash; Three characteristic leading industries, nearly 3/4 of the people out of poverty have established a close interest relationship with new business entities. Going out to work remains stable. In the whole year, the employment scale of poverty-stricken laborers was 32.78 million, exceeding the annual target of 2.59 million.

　　Third, science and technology and equipment are strongly supported, and modern agricultural construction continues to advance. The revitalization of seed industry has been further promoted. The general survey of agricultural germplasm resources was basically completed, and 120,000 agricultural germplasm resources were newly collected, 330,000 livestock and poultry germplasm resources and 78,000 aquatic germplasm resources were collected and produced. Key agricultural core technologies have been tackled in an orderly manner, major agricultural biological breeding projects have been launched and implemented, and the pilot application of genetically modified corn and soybean industrialization has progressed smoothly. The protection of cultivated land has been intensified. The task of building 100 million mu of high-standard farmland in the whole year was overfulfilled, and the cumulative construction target of 1 billion mu was achieved as scheduled. The implementation of conservation tillage covers an area of 83 million mu, and the pilot task of the third national soil survey was generally completed. Breakthrough in the creation of agricultural machinery and equipment. 240 horsepower stepless speed change tractors, rape transplanters and other short-board machines were successfully mass-produced, and the loss rate of grain machinery was controlled within 3%.

　　Fourth, the transformation of production methods was accelerated, and the green transformation of agriculture continued to advance. Collaborative promotion of agricultural non-point source pollution control. The utilization rates of chemical fertilizers and pesticides all exceeded 41%, and the utilization rates of livestock manure, straw and agricultural film exceeded 78%, 88% and 80% respectively. The ecological environment in key river basins has been improved rapidly. The ten-year ban on fishing in the Yangtze River has been vigorously promoted, and the protection of aquatic biological resources has continued to improve. The effect of deep water saving in the Yellow River basin has begun to show, and the agricultural ecological environment problems have been treated. The supply of green and high-quality agricultural products increased. Agricultural production and the "three products and one standard" of agricultural products have been further promoted. The output of green, organic and geographical indications has reached 11%, and the pass rate of routine monitoring of agricultural products quality and safety has reached 97.6%.

　　Fifth, rural industries have been cultivated and expanded, and channels for increasing farmers’ income have been continuously broadened. The processing and circulation of agricultural products has developed steadily. It is estimated that the operating income of agricultural products processing industry above designated size will exceed 18.5 trillion yuan, an increase of about 4%, and support various market entities to build more than 16,000 cold storage and preservation facilities for agricultural products. The development of new industries and formats in rural areas was accelerated. Rural leisure tourism has resumed development, and the online retail sales of agricultural products are expected to increase by about 10%. Rural employment and entrepreneurship have a good momentum, and the local employment rate is over 90%. Upgrading the construction of agricultural parks. 40 new industrial clusters with advantages and characteristics, 50 national modern agricultural industrial parks and 200 strong agricultural towns will be built, and the rural industrial base will be further consolidated. Driven by industry and employment, the annual per capita disposable income of rural residents reached 20,133 yuan, a real increase of 4.2%, and the per capita income ratio of urban and rural residents was 2.45, which was 0.05 lower than that in 2021.

　　Sixth, rural construction has been carried out in an all-round way, and the living conditions of farmers have been continuously improved. Renovation and improvement of rural human settlements. The penetration rate of sanitary toilets in rural areas in China exceeds 73%, more than 90% of domestic garbage in natural villages has been collected and transported, and 95% of villages have carried out cleaning operations. The construction of rural public facilities was promoted in an orderly manner. The construction of industrial roads, resource roads and tourist roads in rural areas was accelerated, water supply and power supply, network communication, farmers’ housing and other facilities were gradually improved, and the level of public services such as rural education, medical care and old-age care was steadily improved. The effectiveness of rural governance has been continuously enhanced. A total of 199 demonstration villages and towns and 1992 demonstration villages have been established nationwide, and governance methods such as point system, list system and digitalization have been comprehensively promoted.

　　Seventh, the expansion of rural reform has deepened, and the kinetic energy of rural development has continued to increase. The key reform tasks have been steadily advanced. After the expiration of the second round of land contract, the pilot project was extended to 21 provinces for another 30 years. Two pilot projects, namely, the reform of homestead system and the special rectification of rural land occupation and housing construction, were carried out in an orderly manner, and the results of the reform of rural collective property rights system were consolidated and improved. The main body of new agricultural management has developed and expanded. Family farms and farmers’ cooperatives reached 3.9 million and 2.22 million respectively. Agricultural socialization service covers an area of 1.87 billion mu and drives more than 89 million small farmers. Trade in agricultural products grew rapidly. The total import and export volume reached $334.32 billion. Among them, imports were US$ 236.06 billion, up by 7.4% over the previous year, and exports were US$ 98.26 billion, up by 16.5% over the previous year.

　　Generally speaking, the agricultural and rural economic development in the past year has withstood multiple tests, achieved more than expected results, stabilized the basic disk and consolidated the ballast stone. This year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the National Rural Revitalization Bureau will fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, conscientiously implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, anchor the goal of building an agricultural power, fully adhere to the two bottom lines of ensuring national food security and not returning to poverty on a large scale, solidly promote key tasks such as rural development, rural construction and rural governance, build a livable and beautiful countryside, and make new progress in comprehensively promoting rural revitalization and accelerating agricultural and rural modernization.