General Office of the State Council forwarded to the Ministry of Finance.
Notice on Several Opinions on Comprehensive Agricultural Development
Guo Ban Fa [2002] No.13
People’s governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, ministries and commissions and institutions directly under the State Council:
The Ministry of Finance’s "Several Opinions on Comprehensive Agricultural Development" has been approved by the State Council and is hereby forwarded to you, please implement it carefully.
the General Office of the State Council
February 11th, 2002
Some opinions on comprehensive agricultural development
(Ministry of Finance, February 7, 2002)
Comprehensive agricultural development is an important means for the state to support agricultural development, an effective measure to consolidate and strengthen the basic position of agriculture and improve the comprehensive agricultural production capacity, and an important way to support China’s agriculture to participate in international competition and promote agricultural modernization. In order to sum up the experience of comprehensive agricultural development, adapt to the needs of agricultural development in the new stage and further improve the level of comprehensive agricultural development, the following opinions are put forward on comprehensive agricultural development.
I. Guiding ideology, objectives and tasks of comprehensive agricultural development
(A) the guiding ideology of comprehensive agricultural development. Adapt to the requirements of agricultural development in the new stage, focus on the main agricultural producing areas, focus on strengthening agricultural infrastructure construction, improve agricultural production conditions, improve agricultural comprehensive production capacity and protect agricultural ecological environment; Efforts will be made to promote the strategic adjustment of agricultural and rural economic structures, improve the comprehensive benefits of agriculture and increase farmers’ income.
(2) The objectives and tasks of comprehensive agricultural development. Adhere to the transformation of low-and medium-yield fields as the focus, strengthen the basic construction of farmland water conservancy, build high-quality, high-yield, stable-yield, water-saving and efficient farmland, enhance the ability of agriculture to resist natural disasters, and improve the production capacity of basic farmland in China, especially the grain production capacity in major producing areas; Market-oriented, give full play to the comparative advantages of agricultural regions, actively cultivate rural pillar industries, develop industrialized management, promote the strategic adjustment of agricultural and rural economic structure, and comprehensively improve the quality of agricultural products, the degree of organization of agricultural production and the ability of agriculture to resist market risks; Implement comprehensive management of landscape fields and roads, strengthen the construction of farmland forest network, promote the conversion of farmland to forests, increase the support of ecological projects and ecological projects, control soil erosion, effectively improve the ecological environment and promote the sustainable development of agriculture; Actively promote the revolution of agricultural science and technology, strengthen farmers’ technical training, increase the promotion of new agricultural varieties and technologies, promote the construction of agricultural informatization and standardization of agricultural production, promote the process of agricultural modernization in the project area, and improve the international competitiveness of agriculture.
Two, the comprehensive agricultural development support scope and construction content
(A) the scope of support for comprehensive agricultural development. First, land resources development and management projects, including the transformation of low-and medium-yield fields, grassland improvement and reclamation of industrial and mining wasteland, developing water-saving agriculture and ecological agriculture, and building high-quality grain bases and high-quality feed crops bases; Second, a variety of business projects, including planting, aquaculture, storage and transportation of agricultural products, preservation, processing and wholesale market construction; Third, demonstration projects, including high-tech demonstration, comprehensive demonstration of science and technology promotion, and demonstration of agricultural modernization.
(2) Construction contents of comprehensive agricultural development. It mainly includes small reservoirs, dams, irrigation and drainage stations, electromechanical wells, irrigation and drainage canal systems (below 5 flows), soil improvement, tractor roads, farming and animal husbandry machinery, grassland fences, livestock and poultry sheds, aquaculture ponds and equipment, farmland shelterbelts, improvement of agricultural support service system, workshops and equipment for agricultural products processing and production, and wholesale markets for agricultural products producing areas.
Iii. Principles to be followed in comprehensive agricultural development
(1) Highlight key points. Focus on major agricultural producing areas, especially major grain producing areas.
(2) selecting the best project. Give priority to places or projects with superior agricultural resources, great development potential, voluntary development by farmers and strong matching ability of funds, and include them in the scope of support for comprehensive agricultural development.
(3) Comprehensive development. According to local conditions, we will implement comprehensive development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and by-fishing, and comprehensively manage landscape fields and roads.
(4) Overall planning. Development zones and projects should be scientifically evaluated and demonstrated, carefully designed and implemented.
(5) contiguous development. Land development should follow the overall land use planning, unified planning according to the river basin or irrigation area, concentrated investment, contiguous development and management, and strive to improve the land output rate and water resources utilization rate. Focus on the transformation of low-and medium-yield fields within the basic farmland protection areas, and protect the transformed cultivated land according to law.
(6) industrialized operation. To develop diversified economy, we should give full play to the advantages of regional resources and comparative advantages, cultivate pillar industries and leading products, focus on supporting "leading" industrialization projects, and improve the level of agricultural industrialization.
(7) Science and technology and system innovation. Relying on the progress of agricultural science and technology, promoting the innovation of agricultural comprehensive development mechanism.
(8) Combination of development and protection. The development of agricultural resources is combined with the protection of agricultural ecological environment.
Fourth, the investment mechanism of comprehensive agricultural development
Farmers are the direct beneficiaries of comprehensive agricultural development. It is necessary to adhere to and improve the investment mechanism of comprehensive agricultural development with "national guidance, supporting investment, private office assistance and rolling development". In addition to the central government’s special arrangements for comprehensive agricultural development funds, local governments at all levels should implement matching funds accordingly, and farmers’ financing and labor investment should comply with relevant policies and regulations. Some financial funds will be paid for, and the repayment responsibility will be implemented according to the principle of "whoever benefits will repay" to ensure timely and full repayment. The recovered financial paid funds will continue to be used for comprehensive agricultural development.
V. Investment policies for comprehensive agricultural development
(1) Finance at all levels should gradually increase investment in comprehensive agricultural development funds. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan and in the future, the growth rate of financial funds for comprehensive agricultural development should be higher than that in the Ninth Five-Year Plan.
(two) the comprehensive factor method is adopted to allocate the central financial funds for comprehensive agricultural development. Where the comprehensive agricultural development potential is great and the development effect is good, the investment of the central government’s comprehensive agricultural development funds will be increased accordingly.
(three) clear the proportion of central financial funds and local financial funds. According to the financial situation of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and cities under separate state planning, the matching proportion of local financial funds is determined (separately stipulated). In principle, areas with good financial conditions should be provided with more facilities, while areas with financial difficulties should be provided with less facilities. The matching funds undertaken by the provincial finance shall not be less than 70% of all matching funds. If the matching funds of local finance are not implemented, it is necessary to appropriately reduce the capital input of the central government in the next year.
(four) to ensure the focus of investment in comprehensive agricultural development. In principle, 70% of the financial funds are used for land management projects and 30% for diversified business projects. According to the different resource conditions of each project area, the investment ratio can be appropriately adjusted.
(5) Increase investment in science and technology. Gradually increase the proportion of scientific and technological investment in financial funds to 10%.
(six) reasonably determine the proportion of financial funds paid and unpaid, and the repayment period of financial paid funds. In principle, the financial funds invested in public welfare shall be used for free, and the financial funds invested in non-public welfare shall be used for compensation. Effectively strengthen the management of financial paid funds to prevent the formation of debt risks.
(seven) multi-level and multi-channel financing for development. By arranging loan discount funds, we will guide banks to increase investment in agricultural comprehensive development loans. Actively explore open development, commercial development and joint-stock development, attract all kinds of social investment and foreign investment, and increase investment in comprehensive agricultural development.
Six, comprehensive agricultural development projects and fund management
(A) the organic combination of project and fund management. Determine the project scale with capital investment, and manage the funds according to the project.
(2) The project shall be organized in a unified way and managed at different levels. Agricultural comprehensive development projects should be declared step by step from the bottom up, and the national agricultural comprehensive development office (or authorized provincial agricultural comprehensive development office) will organize the evaluation, examination and approval.
(3) Improve the project supervision and management system. Strengthen scientific project establishment in the early stage, supervision and inspection in the middle stage, project acceptance and monitoring and evaluation in the later stage. We will fully implement the expert evaluation system, the project legal person system, the bidding system and the project supervision system.
(4) Strengthen the operation and management of the project. For completed projects, agricultural comprehensive development offices should be responsible for clarifying the ownership of property rights, implementing the main body of management and protection, and establishing the necessary operation management system to ensure the normal operation of the project.
(five) establish and improve the fund management and supervision system. Agricultural comprehensive development funds shall be managed by special personnel, accounted for in special accounts and earmarked for special purposes. We will fully implement the county-level reimbursement system for financial unpaid funds, the entrusted bank lending system for financial paid funds and the announcement (publicity) system for project funds. Strengthen financial inspection and audit supervision, and prohibit misappropriation of funds for comprehensive agricultural development; Those who violate the regulations should be corrected and severely punished.
(six) improve the management level of projects and funds. Establish and improve the management responsibility system combining power and responsibility and reward the excellent and punish the poor, and constantly improve the management level of comprehensive agricultural development.
Seven, the organization and leadership of comprehensive agricultural development work
Local people’s governments at all levels should earnestly strengthen their leadership over the work of comprehensive agricultural development and put this work in an important position in the whole agricultural and rural economic work. Strengthen and enrich the offices for comprehensive agricultural development. Agricultural comprehensive development offices should make plans, do a good job in comprehensive coordination, guide the preferred options, and guide and manage the implementation of agricultural comprehensive development projects. All relevant departments should support each other, cooperate closely, form a joint force and creatively do a good job in comprehensive agricultural development in the new stage.
This opinion shall come into force as of the date of promulgation. Other measures or regulations for the management of comprehensive agricultural development are inconsistent with this opinion, and this opinion shall prevail.