China News Agency, Beijing, February 16. China plans to launch the third national soil census.
The State Council of China recently issued the "Notice on Carrying out the Third National Soil Census", and decided to carry out the third national soil census from 2022, and use four years to comprehensively check the soil quality of agricultural land.
Among them, the preparation of census technology, specifications, materials, etc. will be completed in 2022, and a national pilot will be carried out; the census will be fully rolled out from 2023 to 2024, and phased results will be formed; in 2025, census data review, results summary, acceptance and summary will be carried out, and the full completion will be completed. census task.
According to the deployment, the object of the census is the soil of agricultural land such as cultivated land, garden land, forest land, grassland and some unused land.
Among them, the forest land and grassland will focus on the land related to food production, and the unused land will focus on the land related to reclaimable arable land resources, such as saline-alkali land.
The contents of the census include soil properties, types, site conditions, and utilization conditions.
Among them, the character census includes field soil surface sample collection, physicochemical and biological character index analysis and testing, etc.; type census includes profile excavation observation, sampling and testing of main soil types, etc.; site condition census includes topography, hydrogeology, etc.; utilization status census Including infrastructure conditions, vegetation types, etc.
Soil census is an important survey of national conditions and national strength, involving a wide range, many participating departments, heavy tasks and high technical requirements.
The notice pointed out that in order to strengthen organizational leadership, the State Council's third national soil census leading group was established to be responsible for research and decision-making on major issues in the organization and implementation of the census.
Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua served as the team leader, and the deputy team leaders included Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Tang Renjian, Minister of Natural Resources Lu Hao, and Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council Guo Wei.
The leading group office is located in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and is responsible for the specific organization and coordination of the census work.
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