The ＂report card＂ is released and the development momentum is good! In the first quarter, the agricultural and rural economy ＂opened the door steadily＂ and ＂made a good start＂

　　CCTV News:On the morning of April 19th, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a press conference. In the first quarter, China’s agricultural and rural economy maintained a good momentum of development.

　　According to the latest agricultural dispatch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the area of winter wheat in China has increased steadily and slightly, and the proportion of first-class and second-class seedlings is 91%, which is better than last year and better than normal. The area of winter rape increased slightly, and the proportion of first-class and second-class seedlings was 85.1%, which was better than that of last year and equivalent to that of normal years. At present, nearly 20% of the national spring sowing grain has been completed, and the progress is slightly faster than that of the same period of last year. Among them, 70% of early rice has been planted and 10% of corn and soybeans have been planted.

　　The national "food basket" products are abundant in supply, and the pig production capacity is adjusted and optimized. By the end of March, the number of fertile sows in China was 39.92 million, which was adjusted for nine consecutive months. The production of meat, eggs and milk increased in an all-round way, the supply of vegetables and fruits was stable, the quality and safety were guaranteed, and the price fluctuated seasonally.

　　The agricultural and rural economy maintained a good momentum of development in the first quarter.

　　On the morning of April 19th, the State Council Press Office held a press conference. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs introduced that in the first quarter, China’s agricultural and rural economy maintained a good momentum of development.

　　Since 2024, China has made every effort to do a good job in agricultural production in winter and spring, and gradually laid a solid foundation for the harvest of summer grain and summer oil crops. The area of winter wheat increased steadily and slightly, and the proportion of first-class and second-class seedlings was 91%, which was better than last year and normal. The area of winter rape increased slightly, and the proportion of first-class and second-class seedlings was 85.1%, which was better than that of last year and equivalent to that of normal years. At present, nearly 20% of the national spring sowing grain has been completed, and the progress is slightly faster than that of the same period last year.

　　In the first quarter, China’s achievements in tackling poverty continued to consolidate and expand. By the end of March, about 60% of the monitored objects had eliminated the risk of returning to poverty. The employment scale of the poverty-stricken population nationwide is 30.487 million, reaching the annual work target.

　　The rural industry has a good momentum of development, and the agricultural product processing industry has developed steadily. 1— In March, the added value of agricultural and sideline food processing industries above designated size increased by 3.3% year-on-year. Rural leisure tourism continues to heat up, and e-commerce of agricultural products grows rapidly. In the first quarter, the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 6,596 yuan, a real increase of 7.7% after deducting the price factor, which was 2.4 percentage points higher than that of urban residents.

　　The agriculture and rural economy started steadily in the first quarter.

　　The State Council Press Office held a press conference on the morning of April 19th, and the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs introduced the operation of agriculture and rural economy in the first quarter of 2024. In the first quarter, China’s agricultural and rural economy achieved a steady start.

　　Nearly 20% of the national spring sowing grain has been completed, and the progress is slightly faster than that of the same period last year.

　　Since 2024, China has made every effort to do a good job in agricultural production in winter and spring, and gradually laid a solid foundation for the harvest of summer grain and summer oil crops. Up to now, the area of winter wheat has increased steadily and slightly, and the proportion of first-class and second-class seedlings is 91%, which is better than that of last year and normal years. The area of winter rape increased slightly, and the proportion of first-class and second-class seedlings was 85.1%, which was better than that of last year and equivalent to that of normal years. At the same time, we should do a good job in spring ploughing and sowing. At present, nearly 20% of the national spring sowing grain has been completed, and the progress is slightly faster than that of the same period last year.

　　The supply of "vegetable basket" products is abundant

　　In the first quarter, the supply of "vegetable basket" products was abundant. The production capacity of live pigs has been adjusted and optimized, the production of meat, eggs and milk has increased in an all-round way, and the supply of vegetables and fruits has been stable.

　　The achievements of poverty alleviation continued to consolidate and expand.

　　In the first quarter, the results of poverty alleviation continued to consolidate and expand. By the end of March, about 60% of the monitored objects had eliminated the risk of returning to poverty.

　　Li Jinghui, a member of the Party Group of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced the campaign to prevent returning to poverty and employment. By the end of March, the employment scale of the poverty-stricken population nationwide was 30.487 million, reaching the annual work target.

　　In the first quarter, China’s rural industries developed well, and the added value of agricultural and sideline food processing industries above designated size increased by 3.3% year-on-year. In March, the purchasing managers’ index of national key leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization was 56.5%, which enhanced the confidence of enterprises in development. Rural leisure tourism continues to heat up, and e-commerce of agricultural products grows rapidly.

　　In 2024, the intended planting area of grain will be over 1.78 billion mu.

　　On the morning of April 19th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference. According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in 2024, the state continued to increase its support for grain production, and the intended planting area of grain increased over the previous year.

　　According to the agricultural dispatch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, at present, the area of grain crops sown in spring in China is 190 million mu, accounting for 19.8% of the planned area, and the sowing progress is 0.5 percentage points faster than the same period in 2023. In 2024, the state will continue to increase its support for grain production and stabilize farmers’ income expectations from grain production.

　　Pan Wenbo, director of the Planting Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced that the minimum purchase price of wheat and early indica rice should be increased and subsidies for corn and soybean producers should be stabilized. We will expand the scale of funds for the project of increasing grain yield per unit area, and continue to implement the "one spraying and three prevention" full coverage of wheat and subsidies for the construction of centralized rice seedling raising facilities in southern China. According to the agricultural situation, in 2024, the intended planting area of grain will be more than 1.78 billion mu, an increase over the previous year.

　　Pan Wenbo said that in 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs insisted on focusing on increasing grain production in a large area. Anchor a new round of action target of increasing grain production capacity by 100 billion Jin, focus on major crops such as soybeans, corn, wheat, rice and rape, promote the integration of fertile fields, improved varieties, good opportunities, good laws and good systems, and carry out large-scale unit yield improvement actions in the whole system of major producing counties.

　　The meteorological department predicts that in 2024, the overall deviation of agro-meteorological year, flood disaster may be heavier than drought, and extreme weather events occur frequently. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shall, jointly with meteorological, water conservancy and emergency departments, formulate disaster prevention and mitigation plans and technical schemes by region, crop and disaster species. In particular, we will speed up the construction of regional agricultural emergency relief centers, equip them with disaster relief machines and equipment, build a strong agricultural machinery emergency operation service team, and enhance the disaster prevention, mitigation and relief capabilities of grain and agricultural production.

　　There are 614,000 warehousing projects to speed up the improvement of rural construction in China.

　　Improving the level of rural construction is the key task to promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. At the press conference of the State Council Press Office on April 19th, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that in 2024, solid measures will be taken to accelerate the improvement of rural construction.

　　The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that the key to improving the level of rural construction is to strengthen management, speed up construction and promote the implementation of the project by relying on "one library and one order". "One library" refers to the rural construction project library, which undertakes the functions of project reserve, overall layout and progress scheduling. "One order" refers to the list of tasks, which objectively reflects the construction needs of farmers, including basic elements such as construction tasks, construction objectives and responsible departments.

　　Li Jinghui introduced that by the end of March, 614,000 projects had been put into storage, and the project funds were 250.74 billion yuan. In the next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will aim at the goal of "rural areas basically have modern living conditions", take the experience of "Ten Million Projects" as the guide, give full play to the functions of rural construction project library and task list, concentrate resources, speed up breakthroughs, and do a good job in making a group of tangible things.

　　Li Jinghui said that first of all, we will find out the construction needs, organize farmers to start with urgent problems, and focus on village roads, safe drinking water, reliable power supply, delivery logistics, garbage sewage and toilet manure treatment, and child care and old-age care, so as to meet the needs. Next, determine the construction tasks, promote the inclusive, basic and comprehensive livelihood construction projects, and refine the tasks to the village. Raise funds in various ways, promote construction in an orderly manner, and build one and become one.

　　The overall price of agricultural products is expected to gradually stabilize and rebound.

　　The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that the current decline in agricultural product prices, on the whole, is a staged fluctuation under the law of market supply and demand, and it is expected to gradually stabilize and rebound in the later period.

　　Affected by multiple factors at home and abroad, in the first quarter of 2024, the prices of most agricultural products in China were weak. With the domestic production and supply of grain, pigs and other important bulk agricultural products increasing steadily year after year, the influence of changes in consumption and import on prices has become relatively obvious.

　　On the one hand, the consumption of agricultural products is still in the process of recovery. According to the comprehensive processing enterprises and wholesale markets, at present, the consumption of some agricultural products has not yet recovered to the expected level. On the other hand, due to the transmission of international market prices, the prices of international bulk agricultural products have continued to fall sharply since the second half of 2022, which has reduced the driving force for domestic agricultural product prices to some extent. At the same time, under the psychological influence of buying up and not buying down, some market players have also adjusted their business strategies such as buying, selling, storing and transporting, which has reduced the expected space for price increases to some extent.

　　Lei Liugong, director of the Department of Market and Information Technology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that in order to promote the smooth operation of the agricultural product market and stabilize farmers’ income expectations, the relevant state departments have taken a series of measures in a timely manner, such as adjusting and optimizing production capacity, increasing reserve purchases, and promoting processing and transformation. At present, some achievements have been made, and the market prices of some varieties such as corn and pork have stabilized recently.

　　Lei Liugong said that from the later trend, with the effectiveness of various macro-policy combinations, the economy will continue to recover, the demand for agricultural products will continue to pick up, and the market expectation will be further improved. The overall price of agricultural products is expected to gradually stabilize and rebound and remain within a reasonable range.