The Third Session of the Eleventh National People's Congress yesterday, around the "continue to maintain sustained and steady development of agriculture and rural economy" theme held a press conference, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Wei Chao-an answered a reporter's questions.
Wei Chao-an said that urbanization should be actively and steadily push forward. China to implement the most stringent farmland protection system, China's red line is 18 million mu of cultivated land, and last year a total of 18.26 million mu of cultivated land, close to the red line, so in advancing the process of urbanization must be more strictly enforced and cultivated protection system. It should be said, urbanization healthy and stable manner, not because of land issues, land problems had been seriously affected, "This is something we are confident, and 18 million mu of cultivated land of the red line, will strictly hold, we should observe very to live. "
Shortage of migrant workers:
Persistent oversupply in the future
On the "labor shortage" problem, Wei Chao-an, said the number of China's rural labor force, the total is very large, long-term employment is not sufficient, plus an annual increase of labor, and technological advances in agriculture to release more labor, making our country the rural labor oversupply situation not only now exist, we still have a long time. According to statistics, in 2008 the number of surplus rural labor in China there are about 9 million people in 2009, the country of migrant workers is the total 229.78 million, an increase of 4.36 million, increasing 1.9%. What is the total of migrant workers out of which 145.33 million, an increase of 4.92 million over the previous year, an increase of 3.5%.
Hainan cowpea:
Has a larger sales volume and price recovery
For Hainan, "cowpea" problem, Wei Chao-an interpretation of individual farmers in the vegetable growing process, in order to pest control illegal use of restricted pesticides Isocarbophos caused by the drug are not allowed in the vegetables. After the problem occurs, Hainan increased detection efforts, will acquire points, 100% integrated into the detection range, is strictly prohibited without detection or detection of pesticide residues exceeding the cowpea sold out of the island. At present the relevant measures are being paid off, out of the island has detected certification cowpea, cowpea sales and fuel prices are relatively large rebound from the previous month.
Food Safety:
Vegetables, aquatic animal products of more than 96% pass rate
Wei Chao-an also describes, through the efforts of the past few years, China's agricultural product quality and safety continues to increase. In 2009, vegetables, livestock, and aquatic monitoring of all the qualified rate reached 96%, and overall quality of China's agricultural products are safe, the quality is good.
Genetically modified food seeds:
They never allowed commercial cultivation of
The Ministry of Agriculture recently approved the two kinds of genetically modified rice production safety certificate, which mean that the Ministry of Agriculture prepared to release of genetically modified foods in the Chinese commercial operation? Wei Chao-an that promote the application of transgenic biotechnology research is the general trend of China's agriculture through the implementation of science and technology an important strategic initiatives. He stressed that scientists have issued a security certificate is a work of transgenic biotechnology research and its results of evaluation and recognition is not the same to allow commercial production. "Ministry of Agriculture has never approved any genetically modified food seeds imported into the territory of China commercial cultivation in the country there is no planting of genetically modified food crops."
