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2024-12-31

Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Accelerating the Comprehensive Green Transformation of Agricultural Development and Promoting Rural Ecological Revitalization

Nong Gui Fa [2024] No. 27



To all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, and cities specifically designated in the state plan for agriculture and rural areas (agriculture and animal husbandry), animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, fishery departments (bureaus, committees), Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Agriculture and Rural Bureau, Beidahuang Agricultural Reclamation Group Co., Ltd., Guangdong Provincial Agricultural Reclamation Bureau, various departments, bureaus, dispatched agencies, and directly affiliated units:

Accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of agricultural development, promoting efficient and intensive resource utilization, low-carbon and circular industrial models, livable rural environments, and promoting rural ecological revitalization are important tasks for promoting comprehensive rural revitalization and accelerating the construction of an agricultural power. They are objective requirements for promoting harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. In order to implement the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Accelerating the Comprehensive Green Transformation of Economic and Social Development" and the various deployment requirements of the central government on rural revitalization, promote the comprehensive green transformation of agricultural development, and promote rural ecological revitalization, this opinion is formulated.

一、 Overall requirements

 Adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 2nd and 3rd Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and General Secretary Xi Jinping's important discourse on agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, anchor the goal of building a strong agricultural country, firmly establish and practice the concept that green mountains and clear waters are as valuable as mountains of gold and silver, take the carrying capacity of agricultural resources and environment as the benchmark, focus on strengthening the intensive utilization of agricultural resources, reducing and increasing the efficiency of input products, utilizing waste resources, and promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of industries, strengthen scientific and technological integration innovation, improve incentive and restraint mechanisms, perfect the mechanism for realizing the value of ecological products, improve the high-level protection mechanism of agricultural ecological environment, enhance the level of green development of agriculture, To provide solid resource and environmental guarantees for promoting comprehensive rural revitalization and accelerating the construction of an agricultural powerhouse.

Adhere to the coordination of production ecology.Optimize the agricultural production structure and regional layout, rationally develop and protect resources, integrate the concept of green development throughout the entire agricultural production process, develop resource-saving and environmentally friendly agriculture, and achieve an organic unity of increasing supply, increasing income, and protecting ecology.

Adhere to both increasing production and efficiency.On the basis of promoting stable and increased agricultural production, increasing the supply of green and high-quality agricultural products, reducing excessive consumption of water and soil resources, improving resource utilization and land output, promoting industrial ecology and ecological industrialization, and transforming ecological value into economic value.

Adhere to the guidance of technological innovation.Taking innovation as the primary driving force for development, cultivating new quality productivity in agriculture, accelerating the promotion of innovation in agricultural green development models, integrated technology innovation, and institutional mechanism innovation, enhancing the momentum of green development, tackling prominent problems and shortcomings, and exploring agricultural green development models suitable for different regions and ecological types according to local conditions.

Adhere to government market synergy.Give full play to the role of the government in planning, market supervision, policy support, and other aspects, fully leverage the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, mobilize the enthusiasm of producers, operators, consumers, etc., and achieve common goals, joint efforts, and coordinated measures.

By 2030, the level of green development in agriculture will significantly improve, the efficiency of agricultural resource utilization will steadily increase, the level of waste resource utilization will significantly improve, the level of environmental protection in agricultural production areas will continue to increase, a green, low-carbon and circular agricultural industry system will be initially constructed, positive progress will be made in the comprehensive green transformation of agricultural development, the rural ecological environment will significantly improve, and rural ecological revitalization will be effectively promoted. By 2035, the level of green development in agriculture will significantly improve, green production methods will be basically formed, the efficiency of agricultural resource utilization will reach the international advanced level, the environment of agricultural production areas will be comprehensively improved, the development cycle of agricultural industry will be smooth, the production and living ecology will be coordinated, the green and low-carbon circular agricultural industry system will be more perfect, the rural ecological revitalization will reach a new level, and the beautiful countryside with livable ecology will be basically achieved.

二、 Promote resource conservation and reduce the use of inputs

(1) Strengthen the protection and utilization of arable land resources.Strengthen farmland management. Promote the improvement of the "three in one" protection system for the quantity, quality, and ecology of arable land, and implement the assessment of the responsibility system for arable land protection and food security. Improve the quality of arable land. Promote the improvement of organic matter in arable land, comprehensively adopt measures such as returning straw, livestock manure, and planting green manure to improve the soil fertility and output capacity of arable land. We will deepen the implementation of the National Black Soil Protection Project and the Northeast Black Soil Conservation Cultivation Action Plan, and carry out the construction of farmland infrastructure, soil erosion prevention and control, and cultivation of fertile farming layers in different zones and categories. Carry out pilot projects for comprehensive utilization of saline alkali land, promote the combination of "planting suitable land" and "planting suitable land", and explore different types of saline alkali land management and utilization models and technical paths. Continuously promote the safe utilization of polluted farmland. Accelerate the management of acidified farmland in key areas. Improve the efficiency of farmland utilization. Reasonably arrange planting and breeding modes and farming systems based on different regional resource conditions. Promote the planting of rice oil and rice oil tankers in the Yangtze River Basin, expand the planting of rapeseed in winter fallow fields, promote grain soybean rotation in the Northeast region, and promote intercropping of wheat, corn, soybeans and other crops in the Huang Huai Hai and Northwest regions. Develop three-dimensional and efficient farming models such as solar greenhouses, plant factories, and fish vegetable symbiosis according to local conditions. Revitalize and utilize abandoned land.

(2) Promote agricultural water conservation and efficiency.Promote agricultural water-saving. We will deepen the promotion of agricultural water conservation, increase production and efficiency, extensively promote efficient water conservation technologies such as water fertilizer integration in irrigated land, and implement technical measures such as water storage and soil moisture preservation, rainwater harvesting and water-saving irrigation, and soil moisture exploration and sowing in dry farmland to improve precipitation utilization efficiency. We will also select and promote a number of water-saving and drought resistant new varieties. Promote engineering water conservation. Strengthen the construction of high standard farmland, improve field irrigation and drainage facilities, coordinate the development of efficient water-saving irrigation, and increase the area of efficient water-saving irrigation by about 60 million mu from 2025 to 2030. Promote water conservation management. Implement a rigid constraint system for water resources, develop water-saving industries, and strengthen the utilization of unconventional water sources. Accelerate the comprehensive reform of agricultural water prices, guide socialized service providers to carry out water-saving irrigation services, and drive small farmers to save agricultural water. Promote agricultural water-saving monitoring, carry out soil moisture and drought prediction and forecasting, provide guidance for soil moisture measurement and irrigation, and scientifically evaluate water conservation efficiency.

(3) Promote the reduction of agricultural inputs.Promote the control of fertilizer quantity and increase efficiency. Implement scientific fertilization and efficiency improvement actions, continue to promote soil testing and formula fertilization, explore the management of nitrogen fertilizer application quotas for major crops, formulate fertilization guidance opinions based on zoning and classification, promote efficient fertilization modes and equipment such as deep fertilization, seed fertilization and co sowing, and unmanned aerial vehicle fertilization. By 2030, the fertilizer utilization rate of the three major grain crops in China will reach over 43%. Promote the reduction of pesticide application and increase efficiency. Implement scientific drug use and efficiency improvement actions, accelerate the integration and promotion of a number of economically practical, simple and effective green prevention and control, pesticide reduction and efficiency improvement technology models that farmers are willing to accept, support the development of a group of well-equipped, standardized and high-quality professional prevention and control organizations, vigorously promote unified prevention and control, and incorporate green prevention and control measures such as biological control, physical and chemical induction control, and efficient low-risk pesticides into the content of unified prevention and control services, promoting the integration of green prevention and control with unified prevention and control. By 2030, the green prevention and control coverage rate of major crops will reach over 60%, and the comprehensive prevention and control coverage rate of the three major grain crops will reach over 50%. Promote the scientific use of plastic film. Strengthen the supervision of the production, sales, use, and recycling of plastic film in conjunction with relevant departments, promote the scientific use of plastic film in suitable areas and crops, and guide localities to establish a sound system for the resource utilization and harmless disposal of waste plastic film according to local conditions. Carry out the application of high net yield residual film recycling machinery. Promote the reduction and increase in the use of animal feed drugs. Deeply implement the grain saving action in the breeding industry, vigorously promote low protein diet technology, research and develop green and efficient feed additives, and promote the conservation and consumption reduction of feed grains. Focusing on livestock and poultry breeds such as pigs, laying hens, broiler chickens, and beef cattle, we will implement a reduction in the use of veterinary antibiotics, promote alternative products, and strictly adhere to prescription drugs and rest periods. By 2030, the proportion of large-scale aquaculture farms implementing the "reducing resistance" action will reach over 65%. Strengthen the monitoring of aquatic seedling diseases, carry out the construction of unregulated aquatic animal disease seedling farms, enhance the popularization of standardized drug use in aquaculture, and promote the reduction of drug use in aquaculture.

三、 Promote the utilization of waste resources

(4) Strengthen the utilization of livestock and poultry manure in the field.Promote source reduction. Optimize feed ratio and composting methods, promote practical technologies such as dry cleaning, and reduce nutrient loss from livestock and poultry manure. Promote the scientific return of farmland to the local area. Implement the county wide promotion project for the resource utilization of livestock and poultry manure, support the construction and upgrading of manure treatment facilities and equipment for livestock and poultry farms (households), and improve field storage tanks, transportation pipelines, etc., integrating and promoting the technology mode of returning livestock and poultry manure to the field. Deepen the pilot program of green planting, breeding, and circular agriculture, cultivate a group of socialized service entities that provide services such as manure returning to the field, and establish a manure returning organization and operation mode at the county level to form a technical model, organizational approach, and long-term mechanism for the development of green planting, breeding, and circular agriculture. By 2030, the comprehensive utilization rate of livestock and poultry manure will reach over 85%.

(5) Strengthen the comprehensive utilization of straw.Promote the utilization of straw returning to the field. Promote straw returning technology models such as plowing, crushing, mixing, and composting by region and crop, establish a number of scientific straw returning models, and increase the development and application of straw bio agents, enzyme preparations, and other supporting products. Promote the utilization of straw out of the field. Strengthen the development of the entire industry chain including straw collection, storage, processing, and utilization, develop industries such as molded fuels, edible mushroom substrates, and artificial boards, and cultivate a group of straw collection, storage, and utilization entities. Accelerate the utilization of straw feed, encourage specialized production service organizations to collect, store, process and produce feed products, and enhance the value and utilization rate of feed. Improve management level. Guide various regions to establish straw resource accounts and further understand the resource base. By 2030, the comprehensive utilization rate of straw will remain above 88%.

(6) Accelerate the comprehensive utilization of organic waste in rural areas.Promote on-site consumption. Steadily promote the renovation of rural toilets, coordinate the treatment of rural household waste and sewage, promote the establishment of a system for the recycling and utilization of organic waste, and encourage the coordinated treatment and resource utilization of perishable waste and rural toilet manure. Promote diversified disposal. Villages around urban areas can be included in the integrated urban-rural waste disposal system nearby. Villages with concentrated population can be comprehensively treated through the construction of facilities such as reactors and composting. Small scale composting facilities can be built in villages with small permanent populations and scattered residences, and after harmless treatment, they can be utilized locally for resource utilization. Improve the operational mechanism. Guide village collectives, farmer cooperatives, and other organizations to participate in the operation and management of comprehensive disposal facilities for organic waste in rural areas. Utilize points systems, recycling exchanges, and other methods to mobilize farmers' enthusiasm for participation, improve the ability to classify and recycle organic waste in rural areas, and promote the improvement of village appearance.

四、 Promote the stability and diversity of agricultural ecosystems

(7) Promote ecological protection and restoration in key river basins.Promote agricultural ecological restoration in the Yangtze River Basin. We will resolutely promote the ten-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River, fully implement the policy of resettling and ensuring the safety of fishermen who have returned from fishing, strengthen dynamic monitoring, and enhance employment assistance and bottom line guarantees. Continuously carry out normalized joint law enforcement and supervision, timely clean up risks and hidden dangers related to fishing vessels with "three no" status, and severely crack down on all types of illegal fishing activities. Implement the Yangtze River Biodiversity Conservation Project, evaluate the effectiveness of fishing bans and the integrity index of aquatic organisms, implement the action plan for rescuing rare and endangered species with a focus on the Yangtze River Basin, and accelerate the restoration of important habitats for aquatic organisms. Strengthen agricultural ecological protection in the Yellow River Basin. Promote ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, strictly implement the principle of determining land and production based on water, coordinate the comprehensive management of groundwater overexploitation, and promote deep water conservation and control in the Yellow River Basin. Upgrade and upgrade the construction of silt dams on the Loess Plateau, and promote innovation in soil erosion control models. Implement the Yellow River fishing ban system and strengthen the conservation of aquatic biological resources in the Yellow River Basin.

(8) Enhance the ecological value of agriculture.Promote energy conservation and carbon reduction in agriculture, research and develop greenhouse gas emission reduction technologies for the production process of planting and breeding industries, develop energy-saving equipment for factory agriculture, new energy agricultural machinery, initial processing and storage transportation of agricultural products, innovate the technology system for resource and energy utilization of agricultural waste, and enhance the ability of agricultural production to adapt to climate change. Develop biogas and biogas, and promote the high-value utilization of agricultural waste such as straw and livestock manure. Steadily promote the substitution of clean energy in rural areas and promote green energy consumption models such as biomass energy and solar energy in rural areas. Establish a protection and management system focusing on flagship species, and comprehensively strengthen the protection and management of aquatic wildlife and plants. Improve the monitoring and early warning system for invasive alien species in agriculture, and strictly control the risk of invasive alien species.

五、 Promote the green and low-carbon transformation of the entire industry chain

(9) Promote green circulation.Promote the adoption of green circular technology. Intensify the training of knowledge related to green development in agriculture, guide farmers, farmer cooperatives, family farms, agricultural enterprises and other business entities to establish the concept of green development, promote the application of green technologies such as water-saving irrigation, scientific fertilization and medication, consciously cultivate soil fertility, use green production materials, clean the production environment, and promote the widespread application of green production methods. Promote the integration of planting and breeding. Guide various regions to refer to the technical guidelines for calculating the carrying capacity of livestock and poultry manure land, optimize and adjust the layout of animal husbandry development, scientifically calculate the scale of breeding, guide livestock and poultry farms (households) to improve the land for manure consumption, build a number of ecological farms that combine planting and breeding, promote agricultural and animal husbandry cycles, and achieve on-site conversion of waste. Implement the action of expanding the scope and improving the quality of agricultural socialized services, support service providers with conditions to build agricultural service centers, and carry out green production services. Promote the balance between food and forage. On the basis of consolidating and improving grain production capacity, we will stabilize the production of cotton, oil, sugar, and "vegetable basket" products, promote the transformation of grain to feed according to local conditions, develop high-quality forage such as silage corn and alfalfa, support the construction of stable and high-yield forage bases in saline alkali land, northern agricultural and pastoral transitional zones, and southern grassland areas, and promote the coordinated development of grain, economic crops, and forage. Promote integrated farming and aquaculture of rice and fish. We will focus on developing the production of rice fish and shrimp in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the production of rice fish and rice snails in the southwest and southern regions, and the production of rice crabs and rice fish in the northeast, northwest, and northern regions. Promote the integrated farming model of rice, fish, duck, fish, and vegetables to improve the comprehensive production capacity of rice and aquatic products. By 2030, the comprehensive planting and breeding area of rice and fishery will remain stable at around 50 million acres. Promote the organic connection and circulation of production and life. Promote the agglomeration and development of green processing logistics, waste recycling, and other business formats, accelerate the smooth circulation of agriculture and secondary and tertiary industries, and accelerate industrial linkage and mutual promotion, as well as circular value-added. We will comprehensively promote industrial development, farmers' livelihoods, and ecological construction, form a modern composite circular economy industrial system that integrates planting, breeding, and sales, combines agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery, and promotes the coordinated development of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries. We will build livable, business friendly, and beautiful rural areas that integrate industry and ecology, and promote the organic unity of production, life, and ecology.

(10) Develop a green and low-carbon agricultural industry chain.Promote processing to reduce losses and increase value. Coordinate the production capacity of agricultural product processing raw materials, initial processing, and deep processing, promote the agglomeration and development of industries such as green processing and waste recycling, and promote the reduction of processing losses, cost savings, and efficient utilization of resources. Promote circulation to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Implement the construction project of agricultural product storage and preservation cold chain logistics facilities, build a number of refrigerated preservation facilities and cold chain distribution centers in production areas, improve circulation efficiency, and reduce circulation costs. Promote the improvement of quality and safety level. Revise the intelligent, green, and high-quality development standards urgently needed for the high-quality development of agriculture, accelerate the development of new industries, new formats, and new models with a green and low-carbon orientation, promote the establishment of planting and breeding density standards that are compatible with quality and safety carrying capacity, and lead the optimization and upgrading of traditional industries through standard upgrading. Implement the management of drug residues in key problem varieties, strengthen the monitoring and evaluation of agricultural product quality and safety, promote the application of new rapid testing technologies such as colloidal gold, implement the commitment to meet the standard certificate system, and establish a classification supervision system for production areas. Carry out cross disciplinary residual risk assessment of agricultural and veterinary drugs, strengthen quality and safety traceability management of key agricultural products and branded agricultural products, promote the construction of high-quality agricultural product production areas, implement actions to improve agricultural product quality, improve agricultural product quality evaluation and grading rules, and strengthen comprehensive quality management of agricultural products in reclaimed land. Strengthen the cultivation and development of green, organic, famous, excellent, new and geographical indication agricultural products, and establish a system for identifying and cultivating the origin of geographical indication agricultural products. Carry out activities to promote the consumption of high-quality agricultural products and guide urban and rural residents to purchase green and high-quality agricultural products.

六、 Strengthen organizational implementation

(11) Strengthen overall coordination and collaboration.Strengthen work coordination. Establish a mechanism to accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of agricultural development and promote rural ecological revitalization, organize the development of work ledgers, clarify responsibilities, regularly track and dispatch, and promote implementation item by item. Strengthen the linkage between the upper and lower levels. Agricultural and rural departments at all levels should clarify key tasks based on actual conditions, refine work measures, strengthen departmental collaboration, enhance fund coordination, clarify the "roadmap" and "timetable", effectively and orderly promote the comprehensive green transformation of agricultural development, and promote rural ecological revitalization.

(12) Strengthen monitoring and evaluation.Improve the standard system. Focusing on input control, processing, storage, and transportation, we will accelerate the development of a batch of resource-saving and environmentally friendly agricultural standards, improve the agricultural green development standard system covering the entire industry chain, and encourage local governments to explore and revise a batch of relevant standards. Build a monitoring system. Accelerate the collaborative transformation and development of digital greening, explore the establishment of efficient monitoring, proactive warning, scientific analysis, and intelligent decision-making systems for agricultural environmental pollution and meteorological disasters. Carry out a new round of preliminary research on agricultural resource zoning and encourage areas with conditions to conduct agricultural resource zoning surveys. Establish a sound system for recording important agricultural resources, improve the national agricultural resource data sharing platform, and build a number of agricultural green development monitoring stations. Establish a sound agricultural ecological environment monitoring system, optimize the layout of monitoring points, and carry out monitoring of the environment of agricultural product production areas. Carry out monitoring and evaluation of the level of agricultural green development, and promote the increase of the weight of agricultural green development related indicators in the performance assessment of local party committees and governments in promoting rural revitalization strategies. Strengthen technical guidance. Focus on key areas and weak links, accelerate the integration and innovation of green technologies, and support leading enterprises and research institutions to carry out joint research and development. Relying on public institutions, research institutes, and colleges, leveraging the advantages of policies, resources, technology, and talent, we provide policy consultation, technical guidance, and other services to assist in solving difficult issues related to green agricultural development. Organize experts in the field of agricultural green development to provide technical services and promote advanced technology applicable equipment.

(13) Strengthen policy guidance.Fiscal tilt support. We will coordinate the comprehensive treatment of agricultural non-point source pollution, promote the resource utilization of livestock and poultry manure throughout the county, comprehensively utilize straw, and pilot green planting and breeding circular agriculture projects, and tilt towards key areas that implement green agricultural development and promote rural ecological revitalization. Financial and social investment support. Encourage eligible projects such as agricultural green development and rural living environment improvement to be included in the financing project library for agricultural and rural infrastructure. Deepen financing docking services, guide financial institutions to create exclusive green credit products and insurance products related to farmland quality, give full play to the role of rural revitalization funds at all levels, support the comprehensive green transformation of agricultural development, and promote rural ecological revitalization. Strengthen regulatory constraints. Promote the revision of laws, regulations, and rules related to green development in agriculture, and increase efforts to investigate and hold accountable illegal activities that damage resources and the environment. Guide localities to strengthen the management of contracts for the transfer of rural land management rights, guide business entities to strengthen the protection and utilization of transferred land, and compensate for damages caused to land and land ecological environment in accordance with the law.

(14) Promote value transformation.Promote emission reduction and carbon sequestration. Implement agricultural and rural carbon reduction and sequestration actions, and strengthen the carbon sequestration function of farmland and soil. Improve the methods for confirming, quantifying, and evaluating the ownership of agricultural ecological products, promote the establishment of a mechanism for realizing the value of agricultural ecological products, and explore the path for realizing the ecological value of green and high-quality agricultural products. Explore the development of agricultural carbon trading in tea gardens, orchards, biogas, farmland, livestock and poultry breeding, and explore the management of agricultural product carbon footprint. Develop the ecological service industry. Develop industries such as the production of organic and microbial fertilizers, plastic transformation of agricultural films, and extraction of natural pigments to increase the added value of recycled products. Deeply explore various functions such as ecological conservation, agricultural experience, and healthy elderly care, and accelerate the development of new formats such as agroforestry and forest tourism.

(15) Strengthen summary and promotion.Summarize experience patterns. Timely summarize the good experiences and practices of promoting comprehensive green transformation of agricultural development and rural ecological revitalization in various regions, promote a number of advanced and applicable agricultural and rural green production technology and equipment, summarize a number of promotion paths and typical models in different regions and ecological types, extract a number of effective long-term mechanisms, and form a demonstration and driving role. Strengthen publicity and promotion. Strengthen the guidance and skill training of farmers' resource conservation and green development concepts. By comprehensively utilizing traditional and new media, we will carry out activities such as mode release, example exchange, and on-site observation, tell the story of comprehensive green transformation of agricultural development and promotion of rural ecological revitalization, and create a good social atmosphere of public participation, co construction, and sharing.




Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs




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