Nancai fast comments: the construction of agricultural modernization demonstration zone needs to expand investment and financing channels

Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a response to the Fifth Session of the 13th National People's Congress that "it will increase the central financial support for the agricultural modernization demonstration zone, strengthen communication and coordination, and broaden investment channels." Promoting the construction of agricultural modernization demonstration zone is an important measure to promote the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization and accelerate the modernization of agricultural rural areas. It should broaden the channels for investment and financing and promote the high -quality development of the demonstration zone.

The construction initiative of the Agricultural Modernization Demonstration Zone can be traced back to the "Fourteenth Five -Year Plan" planned in 2020. Among them, it is proposed that "strengthen green orientation, standard leadership, and quality and safety supervision, and build an agricultural modernization demonstration zone." In 2021, the Central Document No. 1 clearly pointed out that the agricultural modernization demonstration zone should be used as "an important starting point for promoting agricultural modernization" and put forward the goal of "creating about 500 demonstration zones by 2025".

The construction of a demonstration zone of agricultural modernization is conducive to giving full play to its role in leading local agricultural modernization. On the one hand, the demonstration zone has a rainbow effect on advanced agricultural production factors such as talents, funds, and technology under the policy tilt. Its operating results and development models can directly become advanced models for radiation to drive the surrounding areas. On the other hand, the new technologies and new standards in the demonstration area will also directly promote the agricultural development of the surrounding areas with the flow of production factors.

The main construction content of the Agricultural Modernization Demonstration Zone can be summarized as four aspects. The first is the construction of modern agricultural industry. It is required to extend the industrial chain for its own advantages in the demonstration area, promote the integration and development of the first, secondary and tertiary industries, and build a modern industrial system. The second is modern technology construction. It is required to improve the level of agricultural production technology in the demonstration area, and promote advanced production methods including facilities agriculture, digital agriculture and green agriculture based on the overall production conditions, and improve the efficiency and refinement of agricultural production. Third, the construction of a modern management system. It is required to expand the main body of agricultural operations in the demonstration area, focusing on supporting the construction of family farms, cooperatives, professional social service organizations and leading enterprises, and lay the foundation for the deepening development of modern agriculture. Fourth, modern standard construction. It is required to improve and improve the agricultural standard system in the demonstration area, strengthen the supervision of the quality and safety of agricultural products, and maximize the positive brand effect of agricultural production in the region.

In July 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the "Notice on the Establishment of Agricultural Modernization Demonstration Zone", marking the official start of the construction of my country's agricultural modernization demonstration zone. Under the conditions of comprehensive consideration of factors such as agricultural resource endowments, infrastructure conditions, and development of characteristic industries in various places, after the process of independent declaration, selection, and judging and defense, in November 2021 The first batch of 100 agricultural modern demonstration zones, including the district, were selected in 31 provincial administrative districts. In April 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the "Notice on the Establishment of Agricultural Modernization Demonstration Zone in 2022", requiring localities to combine the current status of its own agricultural development to begin the application of the second batch of 100 agricultural modern demonstration zones. On the whole, the construction of my country's agricultural modernization demonstration zone is in a steady advancement stage. It has achieved a certain stage of results and has obtained the positive support and cooperation of local governments.

In a good state of stable development, there are also some problems in the construction of the agricultural modern demonstration zone. First, in the context of the influence of the new crown epidemic and the weak global economic development, the overall investment scale of my country's agricultural field is difficult to continue to expand, while the demand for related investment in modern agricultural construction is high, and the supply and demand between the two is not balanced. Secondly, since the summer of this year, there have been extreme weather such as high -temperature precipitation in my country's major agricultural production areas. A large number of agricultural investment is used to overcome such unfavorable factors under the context of stable production and guarantee. Support of construction work. Third, the construction of the relevant investment and financing system of the demonstration zone needs to be improved. The longitudinal and horizontal connections of the central government, local governments and related enterprises are not close enough, and higher -level cooperation is still needed.

In response to existing problems, strengthening the financial support of the construction of the demonstration area, and actively expanding investment and financing channels is an important direction to promote the construction of the demonstration area. Specifically, you can start from the following aspects. The first is to do a good job of guiding the policy of building investment and financing in the demonstration area. It is necessary to attract more financial resources through a more relaxed and humanized service model, but also to ensure that the investment and financing support method is matched with the actual situation of the construction of the demonstration area. Key nodes such as industrial construction and farmers' income increase. The second is to strengthen the connection between government agencies, agricultural universities, leading enterprises, and bank insurance industries during the construction of the demonstration area. On the one hand, it has directly expanded possible investment and financing channels through the addition of bank companies, and on the other hand, it is more conducive to giving full play to the role of government institutions such as institutions such as government colleges and universities. The third is to improve the efficiency of funds for the construction of the demonstration area. It is necessary to make a detailed assessment of the flow of funds and the actual effects, and at the same time strengthen the construction of the investment and financing supervision system of the demonstration area, and prevent accountability and accountability for possible illegal crimes.

(Li Chunding is a professor at the School of Economics and Management of China Agricultural University and the director of the Department of Economic and Trade. Zhang Qiwei is a research assistant for the Institute of International Economics of the School of Economics and Management of China University of Agricultural University. ).)

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