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| 中华人民共和国农业农村部 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Nóngyè Nóngcūnbù | |||||||
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| Formed | March 19, 2018; 7 years ago (2018-03-19) | ||||||
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| Type | Constituent Department of the State Council (cabinet-level executive department) | ||||||
| Jurisdiction | Government of China | ||||||
| Headquarters | Beijing | ||||||
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| Parent agency | State Council | ||||||
| Website | english | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中华人民共和国农业农村部 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中華人民共和國農業農村部 | ||||||
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TheMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China is thecabinet-level executive department of theState Council which is responsible foragriculture andrural affairs in the country. The ministry is headquartered in Beijing. It was formed on March 19, 2018, as the agency superseding the formerMinistry of Agriculture.
On March 19, 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was created at the first session of the13th National People's Congress as part of thedeepening the reform of the Party and state institutions, superseding theMinistry of Agriculture. That same day,Han Changfu was elected Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.[1] It was also announced that some of its additional responsibilities come from the agricultural investment projects of theNational Development and Reform Commission, theMinistry of Finance, theMinistry of Land and Resources, and theMinistry of Water Resources.[2]
The Ministry stated in late 2020 that it would designate 6.6 million hectares of prime agricultural land as grain zones to be farmed with high production methods and which could not be converted to other crops.[3]: 245 It also raised subsidies for rice, corn, and soybean growing.[3]: 245
In March 2023, it gained responsibilities related to rural science and technology from theMinistry of Science and Technology as part of theplan on reforming Party and state institutions. It also absorbed the National Rural Revitalization Administration.[4]
The Ministry is responsible for handling the "three rural issues"; namely agriculture, rural areas, and farmers. It is responsible for managing fisheries, animal husbandry, farmland resources, irrigation projects, land reclamation and agricultural mechanization, checking agricultural product quality and safety, and managing agricultural investments. It also houses the Office of theCentral Rural Work Leading Group.[4]
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