my country's summer grain output in the first half of the year hit a record high of 294.8 billion catties

　　China News Service, July 20. On the 20th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the operation of the agricultural and rural economy in the first half of the year. Zeng Yande, chief agronomist and director of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced that the agricultural and rural economy continued to improve in the first half of the year. It is mainly manifested in the following seven aspects:

　　First, the production of summer wheat has increased, and there is a foundation for a bumper grain harvest throughout the year.

Adhere to the bottom line task of ensuring that the annual grain output remains above 1.3 trillion catties, and promote the implementation of various measures with extraordinary and super strength to promote the stable development of grain production.

Summer grain production hit a record high.

Summer grain production has withstood multiple tests such as the rare autumn flood last year, the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and the rising prices of agricultural materials, and achieved another bumper harvest on the high base last year.

The increased production and bumper harvest of summer grain wheat has become a highlight of the development of agriculture, rural areas and even economic and social development in the first half of the year.

The foundation for a bumper harvest of early rice and autumn grains is good.

It is expected that the area of ​​early rice will increase steadily. At present, the harvest is over 60%, and a bumper harvest is in sight.

The area of ​​autumn grain exceeds 1.3 billion mu, and the growth is generally normal.

Soybean oil plant expansion has achieved remarkable results.

More than 15 million mu of soybean and corn belt composite planting has been implemented, and the soybean area is expected to increase more.

This will be another highlight of agricultural production this year.

　　Second, the supply of "vegetable basket" products is sufficient, and the market is running smoothly on the whole.

The production capacity of live pigs returned to a reasonable range.

At the end of June, there were 42.77 million breeding sows nationwide, equivalent to 104.3% of the normal population of 41 million.

Production of meat and aquatic products has increased across the board.

In the first half of the year, the output of pork, beef, mutton and poultry increased by 5.3% year-on-year, of which pork output increased by 8.2%.

Milk output increased by 8.4%, and domestic aquatic product output increased slightly.

The vegetable and fruit market is in sufficient supply, and prices have fallen seasonally.

The level of quality and safety is stable and improving.

The pass rate of routine monitoring of the quality and safety of agricultural products was stable at over 97.5%, and the cumulative number of green, organic and geographically indicated agricultural products reached 62,000.

　　Third, the industry's ability to drive employment and increase income has been enhanced, and the achievements in poverty alleviation have continued to be consolidated.

Adhere to the focus on promoting the upgrading and upgrading of industries in poverty alleviation areas, strengthen guidance services, strengthen policy support, and consolidate the foundation for no large-scale return to poverty.

Characteristic industries in poverty alleviation areas developed steadily.

Each of the 832 poverty alleviation counties has initially cultivated 2-3 leading industries with outstanding advantages and strong driving ability, and the proportion of the central government's linking and promoting rural revitalization subsidy funds for industrial development has increased to more than 50%.

In the first half of the year, 41.55 billion yuan of micro-credit was newly issued to the poverty-stricken people, supporting 945,000 poverty-stricken households and the monitoring objects to prevent their return to poverty in the development of production.

Employment assistance is over-completed.

While guiding the out-of-poverty population to go out to work, guide more out-of-poverty population to find employment in various project constructions.

As of the end of June, 33.23 million people were working out of poverty, completing 106.7% of the annual target.

In addition, east-west cooperation and social assistance have been carried out in depth.

　　Fourth, the foundation of agricultural machinery for seed arable land has been further consolidated, and the comprehensive agricultural production capacity has been continuously improved.

The revitalization of the seed industry has been steadily advanced.

The resource census task is more than halfway through, and 110,000 copies of crop germplasm resources, 60,000 copies of livestock and poultry genetic materials, and 50,000 copies of aquatic genetic materials have been collected.

We carried out research on key agricultural technologies, and approved a batch of green, special-purpose and saline-alkali-tolerant wheat varieties for the first time.

The construction of high-standard farmland was accelerated.

In the first half of the year, 73.77 million mu of high-standard farmland was completed and under construction, accounting for 74% of the annual task volume of 100 million mu.

Conditions of agricultural machinery and equipment continued to improve.

Accelerate the promotion of agricultural machinery and equipment to make up for shortcomings, and start the pilot project of integrating the research, development, manufacturing, promotion and application of agricultural machinery.

Propulsion machine harvesting was reduced, and the wheat machine harvesting loss rate was controlled within 2%.

　　Fifth, the rural industries that enrich the people have developed steadily, and the channels for increasing rural employment and income have been continuously expanded.

The agro-processing industry is recovering well.

In the first half of the year, the added value of the national agricultural and sideline food processing industry increased by 3.3% year-on-year. In June, the purchasing manager index (PMI) of key national leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization was 52%, 1.8 percentage points higher than that of the manufacturing industry.

The e-commerce of agricultural products developed rapidly, and the online retail sales of agricultural products reached 290 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.4%.

Rural leisure tourism is gradually recovering.

Rural employment and entrepreneurship have a good momentum.

Build 50 national modern agricultural industrial parks, 40 advantageous and characteristic industrial clusters, and 200 strong agricultural industrial towns to promote local employment of farmers.

As of the end of June, the employment rate of returning migrant workers was 90.7%, a year-on-year increase of 2 percentage points.

Driven by industry and employment and entrepreneurship, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in the first half of the year was 9,787 yuan, a real increase of 4.2%.

　　Sixth, the rural construction was steadily advanced, and the rural reform continued to deepen.

The China Office and the State Office issued the implementation plan for the rural construction action, established a special promotion mechanism, and promoted the orderly promotion of rural construction in all regions.

The rural living environment continued to improve.

Coordinate and promote the improvement of toilets, domestic sewage and garbage treatment in rural areas, and promote the creation of beautiful and livable villages.

This year, 20 cities and counties that have achieved remarkable results have been given supervision and incentives.

The construction of refrigerated and fresh-keeping facilities in production areas will be accelerated.

The central government has allocated 5 billion yuan to build a batch of cold storage and fresh-keeping facilities in the production areas in important circulation nodes, main agricultural production areas and advantageous areas of characteristic agricultural products.

Reforms in key rural areas were further advanced.

After the second round of land contracts expired, the pilot program for an extension of 30 years was carried out in an orderly manner, the pilot program for the reform of homesteads was carried out steadily, the reform of the collective property rights system continued to deepen, and new types of agricultural business entities developed and expanded.

At present, there are more than 6.1 million farmers' cooperatives and family farms nationwide, and more than 955,000 agricultural social service organizations.

　　Seventh, the investment in agriculture and rural areas has grown steadily, and the rural consumption market has gradually recovered.

Agricultural and rural investment channels have been expanded.

We will carefully implement a package of policy measures to stabilize the economy, and make every effort to promote the implementation of major policies and the commencement of construction of major projects.

In the first half of the year, the investment in fixed assets in the primary industry was 682.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4%.

Rural consumption continued to recover.

The retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas was 2.77 trillion yuan, basically the same as last year, and recovered to 98% of 2019.

The import and export of agricultural products maintained a growth momentum.

The total import and export volume reached 161.68 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%.

　　In general, the agricultural and rural economy maintained a good momentum of development in the first half of the year, providing solid support for stabilizing prices, ensuring people's livelihood, and stabilizing the broader economy.

However, it should be noted that the development of the agricultural and rural economy is still faced with many challenges, such as increasing disaster threats, increasing pressure on farmers to increase employment and income, and slowing down the growth rate of agricultural and rural investment.

In the next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will, in accordance with the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and in accordance with the requirements of "prevent the epidemic, stabilize the economy, and secure development", go all out to win a bumper harvest of grain, do everything possible to increase farmers' income, and continue to make efforts to promote Rural revitalization.

(Zhongxin Finance)