Guang Defu, spokesperson and director of the general office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (photo by Liu Jian)
CCTV News:The State Council Information Office held a routine briefing on the State Council policy on the morning of 25th, introducing the Opinions of General Office of the State Council on Strengthening the Construction of High-standard Farmland to Enhance the National Food Security Capacity (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions"). Guang Defu, spokesperson and director of the general office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, answered questions from reporters on how to give full play to the working mechanism of central planning, overall responsibility of provinces, implementation by cities and counties, and mass participation in the construction of high-standard farmland.
Guang Defu introduced that farmland construction needs the joint efforts of all levels and departments, and at the same time, it is necessary to actively mobilize the enthusiasm of the people in the project area. Only in this way can the benefits of high-standard farmland construction be better brought into play. Mainly from four aspects:
First, strengthen organizational leadership. It is necessary to improve the working mechanism in which the top leaders of provincial governments take overall responsibility and the leaders in charge are directly responsible, and do a good job in overall planning, task implementation, fund guarantee, supervision and evaluation, and post-construction management and protection. It is necessary to speed up the task decomposition and compact the responsibilities layer by layer.
The second is to further strengthen the regular scheduling of farmland construction projects. According to the climatic conditions, agricultural production and engineering construction cycle, strictly implement the regular scheduling system, timely analyze and judge the construction progress, and adopt notification, interview and on-site supervision to promote the completion of annual tasks.
The third is to strictly implement the evaluation and incentive measures for high-standard farmland construction. Combined with the assessment of the governor’s responsibility system for food security, we will carry out comprehensive evaluation on the completion of tasks, capital investment, post-construction management and protection, and implement rewards and punishments.
The fourth is to do a good job in coordination and promote the formation of synergy. The agricultural and rural departments should fully perform the responsibilities of centralized and unified management of farmland construction, and the relevant departments such as development and reform, finance, natural resources, water conservancy, People’s Bank of China, banking and insurance supervision should cooperate closely in accordance with the division of responsibilities, do a good job in planning guidance, capital investment, approval of new cultivated land, utilization and management of water resources, financial support, etc., and jointly promote the construction of high-standard farmland. At the same time, we should sum up and popularize good experiences and practices in time, give full play to the role of the media, strengthen public opinion propaganda, and create a good public opinion atmosphere.