I am very happy to attend the report on the economic situation in China hosted by the Organizing Committee of the World Economic Declaration, and to interpret China's economic development with you. Below, I would like to briefly introduce the development of agriculture and rural economy in China.

Introduce three questions. First, China's agricultural and rural economic development has made new achievements. China is a developing country with a population of 654.38+0.3 billion, most of which are in rural areas. A large population and a small population are basic national conditions. Improving the comprehensive agricultural production capacity, ensuring food security and increasing farmers' income are always the primary tasks of China's economic development. The State Council, the CPC Central Committee, has always attached great importance to agriculture, insisted on putting agriculture in the first place in the development of national economy, and emphasized the work concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers as the top priority of all work. Farmers in China have worked hard for a long time, realizing the historic transformation from the long-term shortage of grain and other major agricultural products to the basic balance of the total amount and then to the surplus, and the farmers' life has achieved a historic leap from food and clothing to a well-off society. China solved the problem of food and clothing for nearly 2 1% of the world's population with less than 9% of the world's arable land, which not only laid a solid foundation for China's reform and development, but also made great contributions to human development.

Since the second half of 2003, in view of some outstanding problems in economic development, the government of China has made decisions and plans to strengthen macro-control, taking strengthening agriculture, especially grain production, as the primary task of macro-control, and implemented a series of more clear, direct and powerful measures to protect and mobilize farmers' enthusiasm. New achievements have been made in the development of agriculture and rural economy, mainly in the important turn of grain production. Farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain has been significantly improved, and the grain level has been restored. Last year, the output of early rice and summer grain increased, most of the main producing areas and non-main producing areas increased, and the total grain output and output per unit area increased simultaneously. The total grain output and average yield per unit area reached the highest level in history. At present, the planting area of grain, especially wheat, has increased in autumn and winter compared with the previous year. Second, the income of farmers has increased rapidly.

Last year was the best year to increase farmers' income in China since 1997. The income of attaching importance to agriculture has increased substantially, which is also the year in which the rural poor population has dropped the most in the past five years. Third, new progress has been made in the structural adjustment of agriculture and rural economy. Four dominant grain industrial belts have taken shape, and three high-quality cotton areas make cotton area and total output account for about 99% of the country. The area and output of the two dominant apple producing areas account for more than 80% of the country, beef production in the northeast accounts for 66% of the country, four mutton sheep producing areas in the northwest account for 8 1% of the country, and aquatic products exports in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River account for 98% of the country. The varieties of agricultural products and agricultural industrial structure were further optimized, and high-quality agricultural products developed rapidly. The output value of animal husbandry exceeded the trillion-dollar mark for the first time. A major victory was achieved in the prevention and control of avian influenza, and contract farming continued to develop, initially forming a multi-level agricultural industrialization development pattern. The import and export of agricultural products and the opening up of agriculture have been further expanded, and agriculture and rural economy have shown a good trend of overall growth. Fourth, the progress of agricultural science and technology has been significantly accelerated, and new achievements have been made in the research of super rice, with excellent products and strong disease resistance. Last year, the average yield per mu of rice in the demonstration area of science and technology promotion action increased by 10%. The yield per mu of winter wheat has increased by 15%, and the agricultural management level has improved obviously. Fifth, significant progress has been made in rural reform.

The reform of rural taxes and fees has entered a new stage of canceling agricultural specialty taxes, reducing agricultural taxes and supporting reforms. The agricultural tax system is undergoing fundamental changes. The reform of the grain circulation system was accelerated, and the degree of marketization of grain purchase and sale was further improved. The reform of special land system has been steadily advanced, and the marketization of agriculture has been further accelerated. Market mechanism has played an effective role in agricultural allocation. Sixth, important progress has been made in rural social work, with various inputs and expenditures increasingly tilted towards rural areas, farmers' enjoyment of public services has undergone positive changes, and the development of education, health and culture in rural areas has accelerated. The quality of farmers has improved. The legitimate rights and interests of farmers have been effectively protected, and the relationship between cadres and the masses in rural areas has improved significantly. The good situation of China's agricultural and rural economic development has made good contributions to stabilizing the overall situation of the national economy and has become the highlight of this national macro-control. The most critical and decisive factor of these new achievements is that a series of measures to support agriculture introduced by the central government have played a great role. These policies and measures promulgated by the central government are very predictable and fundamental, and they are pragmatic and effective. In particular, in the process of conscientiously implementing various measures of the central government, agricultural departments in various localities have further deepened their understanding of the laws governing the development of agriculture and rural economy and gained many useful experiences and profound enlightenment.

Mainly manifested in insisting on using Scientific Outlook on Development to guide the overall situation of agriculture and rural economy, and running Scientific Outlook on Development through the whole work process. Promote the comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development of agriculture and rural economy. Adhere to the full implementation of the central government's policies to support agriculture as the driving force for development, maximize the enthusiasm of farmers, accelerate the development of agriculture and rural economy, adhere to the goal of increasing grain production and farmers' income, and carry out various work around these two goals to ensure national food security and improve farmers' living standards. Adhere to the ideas and mechanisms of innovative agriculture and rural economic work. Adapt to the requirements of agricultural marketization and internationalization. Renew ideas, change ideas, improve methods and approaches, and effectively enhance the pertinence, predictability and timeliness of all work. Enhance the ability to solve new contradictions and problems in rural work, study new situations in a timely manner according to changes in the situation, strengthen legal means, promote linkage between the upper and lower levels, and make every effort to solve new contradictions and problems encountered in work, including the healthy development of agriculture and rural economy.

Second, the main problems faced by China's agricultural and rural economic development Faced with the marketization and internationalization of agriculture, China's agricultural and rural economic development also faces many difficulties and problems, mainly in the following three aspects. First, the task of large-scale grain production and development is still very arduous. Cultivated land and fresh water resources in China are very scarce, and the potential of expanding cultivated land area is limited. The potential of increasing grain planting area is limited, and the infrastructure of grain production is still relatively weak. Much depends on the weather. The potential for increasing production per unit area is limited, and the grain output fluctuates greatly. Last year, there was a big gap between the total grain output and the highest level in history 1998. It is difficult to improve the comprehensive grain production capacity in the short term. It is very difficult to further expand grain production. Second, the mechanism of increasing farmers' income continuously has not been established. The price of agricultural products is limited, the dual structure of urban and rural areas seriously restricts the rational flow of various factors between urban and rural areas, the transfer of rural surplus labor is limited, and it is difficult to broaden farmers' employment channels. On the whole, the obstacles to the sustained growth of resource income have not been eliminated, and it is very difficult to ensure the sustained and rapid growth of farmers' income. Third, agricultural development is facing more intense market competition. China's agriculture is still the weakest link in the national economy, and some aspects can not meet the higher requirements of rapid economic growth and rapid changes in people's consumption. Insufficient agricultural investment, shortage of rural funds, continuous outflow of production factors, weak agricultural extension system and animal epidemic prevention system, imperfect agricultural socialized service system and state support and protection system for agriculture, especially in the late transitional period after China's accession to the World Trade Organization, agricultural and rural economic development is facing intensified market resource restraint mechanism, and domestic and international market competition is more intense, which makes it very difficult to further improve agricultural competitiveness. Solving these problems is an important task for China's agricultural and rural economic development in the coming period.

Third, the objectives and priorities of China's agricultural and rural development. China is in an important stage of building a well-off society in an all-round way and accelerating socialist modernization, and it is also in a new stage in which industry feeds back agriculture and cities drive rural areas. President Hu Jintao pointed out that in the early stage of industrialization, the general trend was that industry supported agriculture, and China's agricultural and rural development was in the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way. He profoundly implemented President Hu Jintao's important exposition on "Two Directions", comprehensively implemented Scientific Outlook on Development, persisted in coordinating urban and rural development, vigorously strengthened the construction of comprehensive agricultural production capacity, made in-depth suggestions on the strategic structural adjustment of agricultural and rural economy, continued to change the mode of agricultural growth, promoted grain production, increased agricultural efficiency and increased farmers' income, and ensured the sustained, rapid and healthy development of rural economy. The basic goal is the steady growth of grain output, the continuous increase of farmers' income and the all-round development of agriculture and rural economy.

The specific tasks are as follows: First, strengthen the protection and quality construction of cultivated land, and vigorously improve the grain production capacity. Conscientiously implement the land management law and other laws and regulations, implement the strictest farmland protection system, continue to stabilize rural land contract relationship, encourage farmers to raise land with land, build a long-term mechanism for farmland quality construction, and accelerate the construction of national high-quality grain industry. Focus on production in major producing areas, steadily increase grain area, strive to increase grain yield per unit area, further increase support for grain production, and enhance farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain. Second, deepen the strategic adjustment of agricultural and rural economic structure, optimize product structure, and focus on developing ecological, efficient and safe agricultural products. Accelerate the development of characteristic agriculture, comprehensively promote the construction of high-quality agricultural products industrial belt, vigorously develop animal husbandry and aquaculture, promote the transformation of growth mode, improve the ability of sustainable development, accelerate the development of township enterprises, actively promote agricultural products processing industry, strengthen the skills training of migrant workers, further improve the environment for farmers to go out to work, and promote farmers to transfer employment through multiple channels. Accelerate the progress and innovation of agricultural science and technology, vigorously enhance the market role of agricultural science and technology, intensify technical research, focus on tackling super rice, and introduce a number of leading technologies. In-depth implementation of agricultural science and technology projects and organization of major science and technology promotion actions. We will build demonstration areas for leading varieties and supporting technologies in major grain producing areas, strengthen comprehensive prevention and control of crops and major pests and diseases and promote agricultural mechanization, and adopt multi-channel training around major varieties and technologies. Fourth, vigorously improve the level of agricultural industrialization, further improve and support leading enterprises, continue to develop contract agriculture, improve the effective interest linkage mechanism between leading enterprises and farmers, actively promote the development of agricultural cooperative organizations in accordance with the principle of private interests, strengthen the marketing of agricultural products, build green channels, implement the strategy of going global, and improve the level of opening up. Fifth, strengthen the quality and safety management of agricultural products. Gradually establish a unified and standardized agricultural product quality and safety standard system, promote the construction of comprehensive demonstration zones and export bases for agricultural product standardization, accelerate the development of pollution-free agricultural products, green food and organic food, and comprehensively carry out quality supervision. Focus on the supervision of seed market and pesticide feed market. Sixth, strengthen the construction of agricultural infrastructure, strengthen the support and guarantee system for agricultural development, speed up the construction of seven agricultural systems, such as agricultural science and technology innovation and application, animal and plant protection, agricultural product quality and safety, agricultural product market information, agricultural resource ecological protection and agricultural socialized service management, and build a new agricultural security system with reasonable structure, complete functions, clear division of labor and efficient operation, laying a solid foundation for improving agricultural comprehensive production capacity. Deepen rural reform and promote the sustained and healthy development of rural economy and society. Deepen the reform of rural taxes and fees, ensure the reduction of agricultural tax to households, promote the reform of grain production system, develop new rural medical care, strengthen the construction of political civilization and spiritual civilization while strengthening the construction of rural material civilization, carry out rural legal education, promote the development of advanced rural culture, enrich farmers' cultural life, improve farmers' ideological, moral, scientific and cultural health quality, and realize the all-round development of rural economy and society.

We firmly believe that through the unremitting efforts of the China Municipal Government and hundreds of millions of farmers, the level of agricultural modernization in China will be steadily improved, the rural society in China will be more prosperous, and the lives of farmers in China will be happier. Thank you.