The "report card" has been released, and the momentum of development is good! In the first quarter, the agricultural and rural economy got off to a "steady start" and a "good start"

On the morning of April 19, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a press conference. In the first quarter, the mainland'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 the country has increased slightly steadily, and the proportion of first- and second-class seedlings is 91%, and the growth is better than that of the previous year and better than that of the normal year; The area of winter rape increased slightly, and the proportion of first- and second-class seedlings was 85.1%, which was better than that of the previous year and comparable to that of normal years. At present, nearly 20 percent of the country's spring sowing grain has been completed, and the progress is slightly faster than the same period last year, of which 70 percent of early rice has been planted, and 10 percent of corn and soybean have been sown.

The supply of "vegetable basket" products in the country is abundant, and the production capacity of pigs has been adjusted and optimized. As of the end of March, the national breeding sow herd was 39.92 million, a pullback for 9 consecutive months. The production of meat, eggs and milk has increased in an all-round way, the supply of vegetables and fruits is stable, the quality and safety are guaranteed, and the price fluctuates seasonally.

In the first quarter, the agricultural and rural economy maintained a good momentum of development

On the morning of April 19, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference. According to a relevant responsible person of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in the first quarter, the mainland's agricultural and rural economy maintained a good momentum of development.

Since 2024, the mainland has made every effort to do a good job in agricultural production in winter and spring, and the foundation for a bumper harvest of summer grain and summer oil crops has been gradually solidified. The area of winter wheat increased slightly in a stable manner, and the proportion of first- and second-class seedlings was 91%, and the growth was better than that of the previous year and better than that of the normal year. The area of winter rape increased slightly, and the proportion of first- and second-class seedlings was 85.1%, which was better than that of the previous year and comparable to that of normal years. At present, nearly two percent of the country's spring sowing grain has been completed, and the progress is slightly faster than that of the same period last year.

In the first quarter, the mainland's achievements in poverty alleviation continued to consolidate and expand. By the end of March, about 60 percent of the monitored subjects had eliminated the risk of returning to poverty. The number of people lifted out of poverty was 30.487 million, reaching the annual target.

The development momentum of rural industries is good, and the processing industry of agricultural products (5.880, 0.14, 2.44%) is developing steadily. From January to March, the added value of the agricultural and sideline food processing industry 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, an increase of 7.7 percent in real terms after deducting price factors, 2.4 percentage points higher than the growth rate of urban residents' income.

The agricultural and rural economy got off to a steady start in the first quarter

The Information Office of the State Council held a press conference on the morning of April 19, at which the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs introduced the operation of the agricultural and rural economy in the first quarter of 2024. In the first quarter, the mainland's agricultural and rural economy achieved a steady start.

Nearly 20 percent of the country's spring grain sowing has been completed, and the progress is slightly faster than that of the same period last year

Since 2024, the mainland has made every effort to do a good job in agricultural production in winter and spring, and the foundation for a bumper harvest of summer grain and summer oil crops has been gradually solidified. Up to now, the area of winter wheat has increased slightly in a stable manner, and the proportion of first- and second-class seedlings is 91%, and the growth is better than that of the previous year and better than that of the normal year. The area of winter rape increased slightly, and the proportion of first- and second-class seedlings was 85.1%, which was better than that of the previous year and comparable to that of normal years. At the same time, we should do a good job in spring plowing and spring sowing, and at present, the country's spring sowing grain has been completed by nearly 20 percent, and the progress is slightly faster than that of the same period last year.

The "vegetable basket" product is in abundant supply

In the first quarter, the supply of "vegetable basket" products was abundant. The production capacity of 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 achievements of poverty alleviation continued to consolidate and expand. By the end of March, about 60 percent of the monitored subjects 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 that as of the end of March, the number of migrant workers who have been lifted out of poverty across the country was 30.487 million, reaching the annual work target.

In the first quarter, the development momentum of rural industries in the mainland was good, and the added value of the agricultural and sideline food processing industry above designated size increased by 3.3 percent year-on-year. In March, the purchasing managers' index of the national key leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization was 56.5%, and the confidence in the development of enterprises increased. 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 more than 1.78 billion mu

On the morning of April 19, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference. According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in 2024, the state will continue to increase support for grain production, and the intended planting area of grain will increase compared with 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 across the country 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 support for grain production and stabilize farmers' expectations for grain income.

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 will be increased, and subsidies for corn and soybean producers will be stabilized. We will expand the scale of funds for grain yield improvement projects, and continue to implement subsidies for the full coverage of wheat "one spray and three preventions" and the construction of centralized rice seedling raising facilities in southern China. According to the agricultural dispatch, in 2024, the intended planting area of grain will be more than 1.78 billion mu, an increase from the previous year.

Pan Wenbo said that in 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will insist on focusing on increasing grain production on a large area to increase yields. Anchor a new round of 100 billion catties of grain production capacity improvement action goals, focus on soybeans, corn, wheat, rice, rape and other major crops, promote the integration of good land, good seeds, good opportunities, good laws, and good systems, and carry out large-scale yield improvement actions in the main producing counties.

The meteorological department predicts that the overall deviation of the agricultural meteorological year in 2024 will be more severe than that of drought, and extreme weather events will be frequent. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in conjunction with meteorological, water conservancy, emergency response and other departments, shall formulate disaster prevention and mitigation plans and technical plans for different regions, crops and disaster types. In particular, we will speed up the construction of regional agricultural emergency response centers, strengthen disaster relief machinery and equipment, build and strengthen agricultural machinery emergency operation service teams, and improve the disaster prevention, mitigation and relief capabilities of food and agricultural production.

The mainland has accelerated the improvement of the level of rural construction and has 614,000 projects in storage

Improving the level of rural construction is a key task to promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. At the press conference of the Information Office of the State Council on April 19, 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 focus of improving the level of rural construction is to rely on "one library and one order" to strengthen management, accelerate construction, and promote the implementation of projects. "One library" refers to the rural construction project library, which undertakes the functions of project reserve, layout coordination, progress scheduling and so on; "One list" refers to a list of tasks, which objectively reflects the construction needs of the peasant masses, including basic elements such as construction tasks, construction goals, and responsible departments.

Li Jinghui introduced that as of the end of March, 614,000 projects had been put into storage, and 250.74 billion yuan of project funds had been implemented. 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 learning and applying the "Ten Million Project" as the guide, give full play to the functional role of the rural construction project library and task list, concentrate resources, accelerate breakthroughs, and do a good job of doing a number of practical things that can be felt and reached by the masses.

Li Jinghui said that first of all, we will find out the construction needs, organize farmers to start from the urgent and difficult problems, focus on the needs of roads, safe drinking water, reliable power supply, mail and logistics, garbage and sewage and toilet fecal treatment, child care and elderly care, etc., so as to build according to the needs. Next, determine the construction tasks, promote the inclusive, basic, and comprehensive livelihood construction projects, and refine the tasks to the villages. Raise funds from various sources, promote construction in an orderly manner, and achieve the goal of building one and becoming one.

On the whole, the prices of agricultural products are 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 the price of agricultural products, on the whole, is a staged fluctuation under the effect of the law of market supply and demand, and it is expected to gradually stabilize and rebound in the later period.

Affected by the superposition of multiple factors at home and abroad, in the first quarter of 2024, the prices of most agricultural products in the mainland will be weak. Under the circumstance that the production and supply of important bulk agricultural products such as grain and pigs in China have increased steadily year after year, the impact of changes in the situation of consumption and imports on prices has become relatively obvious.

On the one hand, the consumption of agricultural products is still in the process of recovery, and the comprehensive processing enterprises and wholesale markets have reflected that at present, the consumption of some agricultural products has not yet recovered to the expected level. On the other hand, the transmission of international market prices, international prices of bulk agricultural products have continued to fall sharply since the second half of 2022, which has reduced the momentum of domestic agricultural product prices to a certain 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, storage and transportation, which has compressed the expected space for price increases to a certain 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 to adjust and optimize production capacity, increase reserve purchases, and promote processing and transformation. At present, certain results have been achieved, 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 implementation of various macro policy combinations, the economy continues to recover, the demand for agricultural products will continue to pick up, market expectations will be further improved, and the overall price of agricultural products is expected to gradually stabilize and rise and remain in a reasonable range. (Source: CCTV)