1. Ministry of Agriculture (MOA)
| Minister: | Sun Zhengcai |
| Vice Ministers: | Yin Chengjie Zhang Baowen Fan Xiaojian Wei Chao'an Niu Dun Gao Hongbin |
| Address: | 11 Nongzhangguan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100026 |
| Telephone: | 86-10-6419-3366 |
| Facsimile: | 86-10-6419-2468 |
| Website: | www.agri.gov.cn |
| Departments: | General Office; Industrial Policy, Laws, and Regulations; Market and Economic Information; Finance; Science, Technology, and Education; Agricultural Mechanization Management; Veterinary Medicine; Township and Village Enterprises; CCP Committee; Representative Office of PRC in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization; Personnel and Labor; Rural Economic System and Business Management; Development and Planning; International Cooperation; Crop Planning Management; Animal Husbandry; Land Reclamation; Fisheries Industry; Bureau of Retired Officials |
- Draft agricultural and rural development strategies, programs, and policies and supervise their implementation
- Draft laws and regulations on animal and plant quarantines
- Organize veterinary administration and undertakes anti-epidemic work
- Recommend policies for agricultural prices, tariffs, rural credit, taxation, fiscal support, and the distribution of bulk agricultural products
- Promote markets for bulk agricultural goods and production means
- Handle foreign cooperation and exchanges related to agriculture
MOA is responsible for the administration of the agricultural economy and management of crop planting, animal husbandry, agricultural land reclamation, township enterprises, animal feed industry, and agricultural mechanization.
MOA's main responsibility is to direct the agricultural industrial structure and ensure smooth allocation of resources. Specifically, it formulates strategies on agricultural development and the rural economy, recommends agricultural policies regarding structuring and resource allocation in the industry, and makes policy suggestions on the prices of agricultural products and the means of agricultural production. MOA's other major responsibilities are to study rural industrial policies and oversee the progress of rural economic reform, including plans to industrialize and commercialize agricultural production in China.
MOA cooperates with NDRC's Grain Reserve Administration, which oversees grain reserves, distribution, and purchasing, and the China Agricultural Development Bank, which extends credit for grain purchases. In agriculture reform, MOA disseminates information on how to grow and market new crops. It also helps farmers shift to export-oriented, labor-intensive sectors like animal husbandry and fisheries, and promotes growing cash crops instead of traditional grains.
In working to relieve rural poverty, MOA relies on designated funds, subsidized loans, relocation programs, and food-for-work projects. It has ordered local governments to slash excessive and illegal fees levied on farmers, but rural unemployment remains a serious issue.
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