China News Service, Hefei, March 2 (Reporter Wu Lan) The main party and government leaders who have not completed the target tasks of arable land retention and permanent basic farmland protection area during their term of office will be "held accountable for life", and those who illegally occupy permanent basic farmland will be held accountable for life. Strict punishment in accordance with the law... The reporter learned from the Anhui Provincial Department of Natural Resources on the 2nd that Anhui recently issued "Several Measures for the Implementation of the Strictest Cultivated Land Protection System in Anhui Province" (referred to as "Several Measures"), using "long teeth" hard measures, Resolutely hold the red line of arable land protection.
The "Several Policies" put forward 9 "long teeth" in terms of implementing the same responsibility of the party and the government, curbing "non-agriculturalization", preventing "non-food production", severely investigating and punishing illegal acts, recalling lost farmland, and improving the accountability mechanism for interviews. hard measures.
The "Several Measures" resolutely implement the same responsibility of the party and the government for farmland protection, and firmly shoulder the political responsibility of farmland protection and food security.
In terms of resolutely curbing the "non-agriculturalization" of cultivated land, it is strictly forbidden to occupy permanent basic farmland to develop forestry and fruit industry, dig ponds for fish farming, dig lakes for landscaping, build green belts, and plant seedlings, turf and other plants for green decoration and other damage to the cultivation layer. It is strictly forbidden to newly occupy permanent basic farmland to build livestock and poultry breeding facilities, aquaculture facilities and planting facilities that destroy the ploughing layer.
In terms of preventing the "non-grain transformation" of cultivated land, resolutely prohibit the occupation of cultivated land for non-agricultural construction in the name of land transfer, and prevent the unauthorized change of use of cultivated land into forest land, grassland, garden land and other agricultural land or land for the construction of agricultural facilities.
The "Several Measures" made it clear in the strict assessment of cultivated land protection objectives that "one-vote veto" was implemented for cities and counties that did not fulfill their annual cultivated land protection responsibility goals, and they were not allowed to participate in the evaluation for the current year.
"Lifelong accountability" will be implemented for the main party and government leaders who fail to complete the objectives and tasks of arable land retention and permanent basic farmland protection area during their term of office.
The development of cultivated land protection work is included in inspections, economic responsibility audits of leading cadres, and natural resource asset departure audits, and relevant results are used as an important basis for assessment, appointment and dismissal, and rewards and punishments for leading cadres.
According to the data of the third national land survey of Anhui Province, the total area of cultivated land in Anhui Province is 83.2 million mu, accounting for 4.3% of the total cultivated land in the country, ranking 8th in the country.
It is reported that rich arable land resources have effectively guaranteed food production and made significant contributions to national food security.
In 2021, the total grain output in Anhui Province will reach 81.752 billion catties, a year-on-year increase of 1.372 billion catties, accounting for 5.1% of the national increase.