Chinanews.com, March 4th. According to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Implementation of Agricultural Machinery Retirement Renewal Subsidies" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions"). Responsible comrades from the three departments answered questions from reporters on issues related to the Opinions. According to reports, the implementation scope of subsidies for agricultural machinery renewal has been extended from some provinces to the whole country, and the types of scrap machinery have been increased from the original 2 to 7 types. At the same time, the funding subsidy standards have been appropriately raised.
Data chart: Large-scale agricultural machinery is used for spring ploughing. Photo by Ren Wei
In response to the background and significance of the "Opinions", the person in charge introduced that in recent years, with the effective implementation of national policies to strengthen agriculture and benefit farmers, such as subsidies for purchasing agricultural machinery, the total amount of agricultural equipment in China has increased rapidly, the level of agricultural machinery operations has increased rapidly, and the socialization of agricultural machinery The continuous development of services provided a strong mechanized support for the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy and the modernization of agriculture and rural areas.
At the same time as the rapid development of agricultural mechanization, it is also facing the problem of a large number of old agricultural machinery out of service, which has a certain impact on production safety and environmental protection. It is urgent to take effective measures to accelerate the high energy consumption, heavy pollution and safety performance through policy support. Low outdated agricultural machinery progress, strive to optimize the structure of agricultural machinery equipment, promote the transformation and upgrading of agricultural mechanization and agricultural green development.
According to the "Regulations on the Safety Supervision and Management of Agricultural Machinery" issued by the State Council and the "State Council's Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Advancement of Agricultural Mechanization and the Transformation and Upgrade of Agricultural Machinery Equipment Industry", relevant requirements for promoting the retirement and renewal of old agricultural machinery have been implemented since 2012 in some provinces. The pilot work of renewing subsidies for scrapping agricultural machinery has been welcomed by the grassroots and the peasants, and now has the conditions to implement it nationwide. Therefore, on the basis of summing up the experimental work experience, according to the new situation and new requirements, we have researched and issued a new "Opinions", expanded the implementation scope from some provinces to the whole country, and expanded the types of scrap machinery from the original 2 to 7 At the same time, the funding subsidy standards have been appropriately raised.
Talking about the policy support in the "Opinions", the person in charge said that the central government arranges funds from agricultural machinery purchase subsidies, and gives appropriate subsidies to individuals engaged in agricultural production and agricultural production and operation organizations to retire old agricultural machinery. Agricultural machinery scrap renewal subsidy consists of scrap subsidy and renewal subsidy. Partial subsidies for scrapping are fixed subsidies. The amount of subsidies is determined by the commercial and financial departments of the provincial agricultural and rural departments. The update of some subsidy standards is implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the subsidy policy for agricultural machinery purchases.
The types of machinery covered by the subsidy policy include tractors, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, motorized sprayers (powder), motorized threshers, feed (grass) shredders, and mowers, etc. The specific subsidy types are selected and determined by the provinces based on actual conditions. . With regard to the management of subsidized funds, the Opinions emphasized the need to strengthen the supervision of funds and strengthen the role of policy support by strengthening information verification, standardizing recycling and dismantling, compacting supervision responsibilities, and strengthening violation handling.
Regarding how farmers apply for scrapping and renewal subsidies, the person in charge said that the "Opinions" clarified the corresponding conditions and procedures. First, in terms of conditions, discarded agricultural machinery should reach a certain useful life or have large safety risks, high failure rates, severe damage, and high maintenance costs. The source of the equipment should be clear and legal, and the machine mainly makes written commitments on the source and ownership of the equipment. The agricultural machinery included in the license management needs to provide the license issued by the supervision agency. If there is no license or is not included in the license management, it should have the equipment identification information such as nameplate or factory number and frame number.
Second, in terms of procedures, the owner sells the scrap agricultural machinery to a recycling company. After checking the information of the owner and the machine, the recycling company issues a recycling confirmation form of the scrap agricultural machinery to the owner; the owner submits the recycling confirmation form of the scrap agricultural machinery to the local agricultural and rural department. After reviewing and applying for subsidies in accordance with relevant local regulations, the local agricultural and rural departments in conjunction with the finance department will determine and approve the subsidy funds to the owners who meet the requirements in a timely manner. For tractors and combine harvesters managed by licenses, the procedures for cancellation of licenses must be handled.
What kind of enterprises and business entities can undertake the agricultural machinery recycling business? The person in charge said that the scrap agricultural machinery recycling enterprises are mainly qualified scrap motor vehicle recycling and dismantling enterprises in various places, and other enterprises or cooperatives with agricultural machinery recycling dismantling business can also undertake agricultural machinery recycling business, specifically by the provincial agricultural and rural departments in accordance with the " The Regulations on Agricultural Machinery Safety Supervision and Management were determined and announced to the public. Recycling enterprises shall abide by national regulations on fire protection, safety and environmental protection, and carry out the recycling and dismantling of scrap agricultural machinery in accordance with the "Technical Specifications for the Recycling and Disassembly of Scrap Agricultural Machinery".
In terms of how to implement the "Opinions" in various places, the person in charge pointed out that in order to implement the "Opinions", local governments must focus on the following tasks. The first is to develop an implementation plan. The agricultural, rural, financial, and commercial departments of various places must effectively strengthen the organizational leadership of the subsidy for agricultural machinery scrap replacement and update, clarify the division of responsibilities, form a joint effort, and timely formulate the implementation plan for the provincial agricultural machinery scrap replacement subsidy in accordance with the actual situation, and refine and improve the operational measures.
The second is to carry out advocacy training. In response to the implementation of the "Opinions", this year we will organize a meeting to promote subsidies for agricultural machinery scrap updates. Localities should also strengthen policy publicity, raise policy awareness, organize training in subsidy operations, and improve staff quality and capabilities.
The third is to promote convenience services. Localities should improve the information platform for purchase subsidies as soon as possible, increase the content of scrapped subsidies, improve the efficiency of checking subsidy application materials, and take convenient measures such as “one-stop” services and online processing to improve service levels.
The fourth is to strengthen supervision and management. All localities should strengthen the supervision of subsidies for the renewal of agricultural machinery scraps, strictly investigate violations and severely punish the violating subjects, and include the implementation of the subsidies for renewal of scraps of agricultural machinery into the extended performance management assessment of agricultural machinery purchase subsidies to strengthen the use of results.