The 2017 central doc no 1, says Tang Renjian 唐仁建 Central Rural Work Leading Group office director, adheres to the same conclusions reached by the Central Rural Work Conference; primarily, agricultural supply-side structural reform must adhere to the three bottom lines of
- maintaining grain production capacity
- supporting increases to farmers’ income
- rural stability
The document, says Tang, identifies
- the main objective as increasing farmers' income and ensuring efficient supply
- the main direction as improving quality of agricultural supply
- the fundamental requirement as institutional reform
Agricultural supply-side structural reform will be promoted through platforms, he says, noting
- ‘three areas’
- grain production functional area
- important agricultural production protected area
- characteristic agricultural product advantage area
- ‘three parks’
- modern agricultural industrial parks
- science and technology parks
- entrepreneurial parks
- ‘one unit’
- integration of farming, land, and leisure agriculture
Measures for agricultural supply side structural reform are divided into two parts, Tang says, noting
- agricultural supply-side structural adjustment
- includes product structure, production method, industry system, science and technology support, basic support
- agricultural supply side structural reform, focusing on the relationship between government and market, and realisation of the ‘three activations’
- activate market by implementing ‘market dictated prices and subsidies'
- activate essential factors via innovation in resource allocation, and employment of under-utilised rural resources
- activate entities by promoting agricultural management system reform, and promoting talent and entrepreneurship in rural and agricultural areas