China uses less pesticide
BEIJING — China’s pesticide use has dropped in the past three years amid a campaign to ensure zero growth in pesticide use by 2020, an official said Monday.
Zeng Yande, head of the crop production department of the Ministry of Agriculture, said the ministry tightened market access and punished unlicensed companies as well as the makers and sellers of fake pesticides this year.
Besides the drop in pesticide use, China has also raised the efficiency of pesticide use and stepped up the use of biological pesticides, Zeng said.
China’s average annual pesticide use in 2012-2014 rose 9.2 percent from the 2009-2011 level, weighing on production costs and food safety.
In early 2015, the ministry started a campaign to ensure zero growth in pesticide application by 2020.
Zeng said more efforts will be made as part of the campaign, including popularizing green pest control technology, supporting professional crop protection organizations and increasing the efficiency of pesticide application.
Tariff for Whisky to enter China reduces from 10% to 5%, effective from 1 December 2017
Tariff for Whisky to enter China reduces from 10% to 5%, effective from 1 December 2017.
China’s State Council has reduced import tariff of 187 products, among which, liquor has seen the largest tariff reduce.
For Vermouth and other mix liquor packaged under 2 Liters, the tariff rate for the most favoured nations will reduce from 65% in 2017 to 14% starting from 1 December 2017. Tariff for Brandy and whisky will reduce from 10% in 2017 to 5% starting from 1 December 2017.
Securities Daily
Farmhouse tourism brings tourists to east China’s Qianchuan Town
Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2017 shows a garden in Zhongjianqiao Village, Qianchuan Town of Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Qianchuan Town has developed farmhouse tourism in recent years and attracted many tourists. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
A villager carrying a visitor enjoy the scenery in Qianchuan Town of Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, Nov. 28, 2017. Qianchuan Town has developed farmhouse tourism in recent years and attracted many tourists. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 28, 2017 shows the Zhongjianqiao Village in Qianchuan Town of Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Qianchuan Town has developed farmhouse tourism in recent years and attracted many tourists. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2017 shows the scenery in Qingshandian Village, Qianchuan Town of Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Qianchuan Town has developed farmhouse tourism in recent years and attracted many tourists. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
SOURCE:Xinhua News Agency
China, Slovenia to cooperate more in agriculture, tourism and auto-making
Premier Li Keqiang said China would like to import more agricultural goods and boost cooperation in tourism and automotive manufacturing with Slovenia, when meeting Tuesday with his Slovenian counterpart Miro Cerar in the Hungarian capital Budapest.
Li said the cross-region economic cooperation mechanism between China and Central and Eastern European countries is a key part of China-Europe ties and is beneficial to the healthy development of globalization. The two countries should work together to promote cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries as well as China-European cooperation, he said.
Li said both countries have made accomplishments cooperating in agriculture, tourism and scientific and technological research. China would like to import more competitive agricultural goods from Slovenia and support more Chinese tourists traveling to Central and Eastern European nation, he said. China has strong capacities in auto manufacturing and is willing to encourage Chinese automakers to participate in the industry in Slovenia, he said.
Cerar said Slovenia would like to strengthen cooperation in fields such as agriculture, auto manufacturing, tourism and winter sports, increasing the value added through collaboration. Cultural and educational exchanges should also be expanded to increase people-to-people exchanges, he said.
SOURCE:China Daily
Farm at sea in Xiapu, China’s Fujian
A fisherman harvests the seaweed in Sansha township in Xiapu County, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Nov. 26, 2017. In recent years, the seaweed industry grew rapidly and became the pillar industry in Xiapu County. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
A seaweed harvest boat sails at a seaweed farm in Sansha township in Xiapu County, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Nov. 26, 2017. In recent years, the seaweed industry grew rapidly and became the pillar industry in Xiapu County. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Fishermen harvest the seaweed in Sansha township in Xiapu County, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Nov. 26, 2017. In recent years, the seaweed industry grew rapidly and became the pillar industry in Xiapu County. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Aonong plan to cooperate with Guizhou Wuling Group and build a new feed company-Tongren Aonong in Tongren city, Guizhou province
Aonong plan to cooperate with Guizhou Wuling Group and build a new feed company-Tongren Aonong in Tongren city, Guizhou province. Aonong will invest CNY 7 million and hold 70% share of the joint venture feed company. The total registered capital is CNY 10 million.(source: Exchange announcement)
Political advisors offer suggestions to China’s grain pricing reform
BEIJING, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — China’s political advisors met Thursday to discuss ways to reform the country’s grain pricing system.
The bi-weekly consultation session was chaired by Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
Political advisors said grain security is an issue of strategic importance. China has achieved steady growth in grain production in recent years and its food security has been effectively safeguarded.
However, the current grain pricing and storage policies must be improved to address many problems, such as weakened role of the market, a large inventory build-up and high fiscal burdens.
The advisors put forward proposals including measures to reform the country’s minimum procurement price system by making it more flexible and letting the market play a more decisive role in the pricing of grain.
Measures should also be taken to improve ways to subsidize the grain growers in order to prevent a drop in their income, they suggested, while saying reforms should also be conducted on grain procurement and storage enterprises.
The consultation sessions are used by political advisors to study major issues with experts and officials.
Sum-up meeting of EU young farmers’ mission to China held in Beijing
Bi Meijia, MOA Senior Advisor and Director General of the Department of Personnel and Labor, addressed the meeting and presented certificates to the first group of 9 EU young farmers to China for exchanges and learning.
These 9 members from Greece, Italy and other EU member states, visited farms, cooperatives, universities, and agricultural enterprises in Beijing, Guangdong and Guangxi over the past two weeks. They exchanged views with Chinese counterparts on challenges and opportunities facing agriculture in the future.
The EU farmers’ mission to China is part of activities to implement the Joint Declaration on the Establishment of an EU-China Project on Capacity Building for Young Professional Farmers and Agricultural Professionals signed by the EU and the MOA in April this year. The Project aims at providing a platform for mutual learning for Chinese and EU young farmers
SOURCE:Information Office, MOA
Minister Han Changfu meets his Canadian counterpart
Minister Han welcomed Mr. McCauley and stated that being big agricultural countries, China and Canada enjoy great complementarities and thus broad prospect for cooperation in agriculture. He hoped that the two sides could strengthen S&T exchanges and cooperation that highlights green agriculture to promote sustainable agricultural development as China is advancing green development in agriculture. Minister Han also proposed that the two sides strengthen fisheries cooperation, conduct research collaboration in soybean and rice, and promote agricultural trade and investment.
Canadian Minister fully agreed with Minister Han. He expressed that the Canadian side is willing to work with China to further bilateral agricultural cooperation for win-win outcome.
After the meeting, the two sides signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Agricultural Biotechnology between the Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, pledging further cooperation in agricultural biotechnology.
SOURCE:Information Office, MOA
China, ROK reach agreement on fishing access arrangement for 2018
The 17th Annual Meeting of China-ROK Joint Fisheries Committee was held in Chongqing, China on 16 November 2017.
Delegations of China and ROK respectively reviewed the implementation of the China-ROK Fisheries Agreement in 2017. The two sides discussed fishing access arrangement in waters within the jurisdiction of China and Korea’s exclusive economic zones (EEZ), the maintenance of order in offshore operations, among other important issues for 2018, reached consensus and signed Minutes of the meeting. Under the Minutes, 1,500 vessels (auxiliary vessels excluded) shall be allowed to enter each other’s EEZ for finishing within a quota of 57,750 tons for 2018.
After the meeting, the two sides held the 8th China-ROK high-level meeting on fisheries and exchanged views on bilateral fisheries cooperation, sustainable development of global fisheries and other issues of common interests.
