Shanghai's nine agriculture-related districts are the main battlefield of rural revitalization, and the District Agriculture and Rural Committee is an extremely important part of Shanghai's joint efforts to promote rural revitalization, which plays a key role in the creative work of each agriculture-related area in combination with the actual situation and creating more highlights of rural revitalization. We plan to launch a series of special reports on the "Dialogue with the Director of the District Agriculture and Rural Committee", and reveal the way to solve the major proposition of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization in Shanghai through the dialogue with the "construction captain" of rural revitalization.
Today, the Matsue chapter is launched↓
Yu Yugen, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Songjiang District Agriculture and Rural Committee: The new journey and doing a good job in the "three rural" work are of great significance and glorious mission. Looking back on the past, Songjiang has made some progress in agriculture, rural areas, and peasant work, but there is still a lot of room for progress in comparison with the goal of taking the lead in basically realizing the modernization of agriculture and rural areas and in line with the needs of the broad masses of peasants for a better life. Looking forward to the future, we will thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 2nd and 3rd Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, take the construction of Punan's green development practice area as the engine, pay close attention to the gap and shortcomings of urban and rural development, adhere to the two-wheel drive of science and technology and reform, give full play to our characteristic advantages, unite our efforts, and strive to develop Songjiang's green agriculture into a demonstration highland with strong competitiveness, build the beautiful countryside into a characteristic model that matches the development orientation of a megacity, and build rural governance into a vivid practice with creativity and modernization. It fully demonstrates the economic, ecological, social and cultural value of the countryside, and strives to write a new chapter in the high-quality development of Songjiang's agriculture and rural areas.
Director's Quotes
Explore the formation of megacities
Stabilize grain production and increase farmers' incomes
An effective path to fusion
From 2013, when the Songjiang family farm model was written into the No. 1 document of the central government, to 2022, when the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the China Agricultural Green Development Research Association jointly released the "China Agricultural Green Development Report 2021", Songjiang District's agricultural green development index ranked first in the country. In the past ten years, Songjiang has successively won a series of national honors such as the National Rural Revitalization Demonstration County, the National Agricultural Modernization Demonstration Zone, the National Agricultural Science and Technology Modernization Pilot Zone, the National Agricultural Green Development Pilot Zone, the National Agricultural Product Quality and Safety County, the National Key County of Leisure Agriculture, the National Typical County of the Whole Agricultural Industry Chain, the National Advanced Collective of Grain Production, the National Demonstration County for Green Prevention and Control of Crop Diseases and Pests, and the National Demonstration Unit for Comprehensive Agricultural Administrative Law Enforcement, many of which are closely related to ensuring food security. From the perspective of ensuring food security, it can be said that Songjiang's achievements have demonstrated a kind of sustainable development and vitality for the construction of a modern agricultural power. What do you mean?
Yu Yugen: Food security is the "great power of the country" and an important foundation for achieving economic development, social stability and national security. In the past, Songjiang was a large agricultural county, but now, as a suburb of a megacity, the district party committee and district government have always been committed to the important task of stabilizing food security. In 2007, Songjiang was the first in the country to establish a family farm for food production, and we have been moving forward in exploration and developing in innovation since then. After 17 years of hard work, an effective way to ensure the safety of grain production has been developed in megacities. Three main problems were solved.
First, it solves the problems of "who will farm the land" and "how to farm the land". We uphold the principle of "family management, moderate scale, and intensive production", and the scale of family farm operation is generally controlled at 100~250 acres, which not only takes into account fairness, but also ensures that the scale of production is compatible with the level of productivity. At present, there are 784 family farms in the region, with a total operating area of 133,000 mu (169 mu per household), accounting for 87% of the grain production area, and the grain planting team is more stable. The implementation of the "separation of three rights" of farmland ownership, contracting rights, and management rights has significantly improved the land output rate, labor generation rate, and resource utilization rate. The average grain yield per mu in Songjiang has been the first in the city for five consecutive years, the certification rate of green food for real estate agricultural products has been the first in the city for four consecutive years, and the average labor output value of the primary industry has ranked first in the city.
Second, we have solved the problem of stabilizing and increasing grain output and increasing peasants' income. We strictly implement the responsibility of the party and government for food security, and insist on both the quantity and quality of cultivated land protection. Pay attention to improving the quality of grain production, build a total of 138,000 acres of high-standard grain fields, improve and improve agricultural supermarkets, agricultural machinery 4S stores, agricultural big data information and other socialized service systems. Pay attention to improving quality and increasing capacity, actively cultivate the "Songjiang Rice" geographical indication brand, promote the transformation of selling rice to selling rice, set up 13 rice industrialization consortiums, sign contracts with 405 family farms, drive the marketing area of 57,500 mu, increase the income of family farms per mu in the consortium by about 300 yuan, and increase the operating income of family farms from 46,000 yuan per household to 193,900 yuan at present, effectively realizing that farmers have a "decent income".
Third, it has solved the problem of agricultural industrialization and green production. Relying on the family farm model, two whole industrial chains of rice and pigs have been formed. In terms of rice, the development system of the whole industrial chain of Songjiang rice has been basically formed, such as the cultivation of improved varieties, green planting, mechanized production, drying and processing, and storage. In terms of pigs, relying on Songlin Group, a leading enterprise in animal husbandry, it has built a whole industrial chain from sow breeding, feed production, pig breeding, slaughtering and processing, and market sales. At the same time, through the implementation of green manure, the development of family farms combining planting and breeding, and the introduction of the country's first cultivated land quality insurance, the combination of land use and land cultivation has been effectively promoted, which has effectively promoted the improvement of the ecological environment, and successfully established a national agricultural green development pilot area and a national demonstration county for green prevention of rice diseases and pests.
Regarding family farms, what are the next development priorities of Songjiang?
Yu Yugen: We are working hard to take the lead in basically realizing agricultural modernization, and the next step will be to continue to do a good job in family farms from three aspects.
First, technology empowerment. Focusing on the improvement of labor productivity and rice quality, we will cooperate with scientific research institutions, colleges and universities, agricultural enterprises and other entities to carry out technical research, equipment research, and model innovation, accelerate the formation of a number of independent innovation achievements, and lead and support the higher-quality development of family farms.
The second is management empowerment. Vigorously cultivate a new type of agricultural socialized service subject, provide family farms with professional services before, during and after production, and improve the whole process service system from seed to rice sales; We will continue to strengthen policy supply and financial support, create a good social atmosphere, and guide all kinds of innovative elements to gather in agriculture and rural areas.
The third is talent empowerment. As the cornerstone and engine of the construction of an agricultural power, we will further mobilize the enthusiasm of talents, through the establishment of a flexible talent training system, strengthen targeted policy guidance and encouragement and support, and carry out practical technology and management training, so that all kinds of talents can show their strengths.
Realize the rural collective economy
"Deepening Reform", "Optimizing Supervision" and "Strengthening Development"
A three-step path to practice
To achieve common prosperity in urban and rural areas in megacities, it is necessary to ensure that collective members can share, share and obtain the dividends of collective asset appreciation in a fair and transparent manner through the protection of the rural collective property rights system. In 2013, Songjiang was the first administrative region in Shanghai to fully complete the reform of the property rights system of rural collective economic organizations at the town and village levels. For more than 10 years, Songjiang has taken the initiative to push itself into the deep-water area of reform, explored the establishment and improvement of the "three capitals" supervision system of rural collectives, and formed a virtuous circle of rural collective economic supervision, management and development and growth. These practices have also become typical cases of the Shanghai Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision to carry out special rectification in rural revitalization related fields, and have been promoted to the whole country. What do you think of Songjiang's innovation in these areas?
Yu Yugen: The rural collective economy is an important component of the socialist public-owned economy. The Third Plenary Session of the 20 th CPC Central Committee once again stressed the need to attach great importance to the development of the rural collective economy. Songjiang has always attached importance to the development of a new type of rural collective economy. For more than ten years, Songjiang has continued to explore the multiple paths and model innovation of the collective economy, and has taken multiple measures to empower the transformation and upgrading of the collective economy, realizing the "three-step" practice path of Songjiang's collective economy.
The first step is to take the road of "deepening reform". Since 2008, Songjiang has taken the lead in exploring the reform of the rural collective asset property rights system in Xinqiao Town and Zhongshan Street in Xinqiao Town and Zhongshan Street, focusing on the town-level and promoting the two-level simultaneous promotion of towns and villages, and in 2011, it was fully launched in all agriculture-related streets and towns in the district, and by the end of 2013, the city took the lead in completing the reform of rural collective assets at the town and village levels. Fourteen town-level cooperatives and 107 village-level cooperatives were newly established, a "three-meeting" deliberative system consisting of the members' congress, the board of directors and the board of supervisors was established, and a "membership certificate" was issued to each member of a collective economic organization according to the age of the farmer and the share of land, defining 570,100 members and owning 30,504,900 town-level shares. Through the reform, we have found out the family background and clarified the property rights, which has laid a solid foundation for the subsequent development and growth.
The second step is to take the road of "optimizing supervision". Since 2014, Songjiang has continued to deepen reform and standardize management, and has effectively optimized the form of collective asset supervision by strengthening system construction, implementing the record management of major events at the district and town levels, and taking the lead in establishing a financial "three-year round review" mechanism in the city, so that the standardized management of rural collective assets has taken another step forward. In particular, in 2018, it joined hands with the District Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision to build the "Songjiang District Rural Collective Assets Management Platform", as the first business supervision platform suitable for collective assets in Shanghai, which is connected with the data of the collective "three capitals" supervision platform, and has become a new starting point for the daily supervision of Songjiang collective assets.
The third step is to take the road of "strengthening development". At present, the collective economic development of Songjiang District mainly covers six types of development, namely property leasing, land flow transformation, asset trusteeship, cooperative development, asset revitalization and group development. By the end of 2023, the total assets of rural collectives will reach 75.18 billion yuan, and the operating fixed assets will reach 11.938 billion yuan, an increase of 129.06% and 107.0% respectively compared with the reform, and the collective assets will grow year after year.
What are the next development priorities?
Yu Yugen: The People's Republic of China Rural Collective Economic Organization Law will come into force on May 1, 2025, and as a pioneer area of reform, we will conscientiously implement it and continue to promote the high-quality development of the new rural collective economy from three aspects.
First, it is necessary to deepen the reform of the system of collective property rights in rural areas and earnestly straighten out the governance model of separating politics from the economy. Promote the common development of collectives and members by continuously deepening the reform of the property rights system, standardizing the transfer registration of rights holders, standardizing the management of the share of members of collective economic organizations, and strengthening the democratic decision-making on the cost of entering the market for collectively operated construction land.
The second is to optimize the supervision of the "three capitals" of collective assets, and constantly improve the supervision system that combines internal and external assets. Encourage collective units to find new business models in light of actual conditions, increase the rate of return on assets, and promote the diversified development of income. We should give better play to the role of the "three capitals" supervision platform and the "Songjiang District Rural Collective Assets Management Platform", and strengthen the risk prevention and control of the whole process before, during and after the event.
The third is to strengthen the development and growth of the collective economy and steadily expand the path to achieve high-quality development of the collective economy. Improve the operational efficiency of the district-level collective economic development platform, increase the overall planning and integration of district-level rural collective assets, and revitalize the use of high-quality resources.
Vigorously promote the "bull's nose" project of rural revitalization
In the process of urban-rural transformation of an international metropolis, it is also an important dimension to understand the rural development of Songjiang by paying attention to and understanding the form of urban-rural integration. Let us see that under the form of beautiful countryside, Songjiang has the vitality of industry, people, and the continuous activation of rural civilization by the circulation of urban and rural resources. What do you think of Songjiang's efforts to promote rural construction?
Yu Yugen: Building livable, workable and beautiful villages is an important part of China's modernization, and it is also the proper meaning of building an agricultural power. Since 2019, Songjiang has focused on solving the problems of the people's urgency, hardship and longing, scientifically grasped the connotation of rural construction from the three aspects of life, production and ecology, and strived to improve the level of rural construction.
Since 2019, Songjiang has vigorously promoted the relatively concentrated residence of farmers in accordance with the principle of "people-oriented, respecting wishes, seeking truth from facts, and adapting measures to local conditions", with the path of translational merger, upstairs into the town and paid withdrawal of homesteads, and vigorously promoted the relatively concentrated residence of farmers. The allocation of resources has been more efficient, and the coordinated development of urban-rural integration has been further deepened.
The second is to build a high-quality rural revitalization demonstration village. Since 2018, Songjiang has focused on the general requirements of rural revitalization, strictly controlled the selection in terms of industrial development, planning and positioning, and regional layout, and carefully created a number of replicable and promotable samples with "industrial prosperity" as the focus, prominent leading industries, distinctive development characteristics, obvious demonstration effects, and strong driving radiation. For example, Dongxia Village cooperates with Sierten to develop the cultural tourism industry, so that the people can realize the "hardware" income of "salary + rent + stock + tax + public welfare fund"; Zhuding Village combines the theme of "medicine and food homology" in front of the house to develop a new economy of leisure agriculture; Huangqiao Village has built a R&D and innovation park, and built a Lingang Huangqiao Modern Craftsman Park. At present, five batches of a total of 9 rural revitalization demonstration villages have been successfully established.
The third is to comprehensively improve the living environment in rural areas. In accordance with the principle of adapting measures to local conditions and implementing policies by category, Songjiang adheres to the principle of high-level promotion, high-efficiency promotion, and high-quality implementation of various tasks such as the improvement, optimization, and improvement of the rural living environment, and does a good job of practical things that can be felt by the masses with strong financial guarantees, a promotion mechanism of the same frequency resonance, and systematic planning and design.
What are the next development priorities?
Yu Yugen: We will continue to work towards the goal of building a modern and beautiful agricultural and rural life, fully respecting the wishes of farmers, focusing on the most urgent issues of agricultural and rural development and the strongest needs of farmers, and creatively carrying out various tasks.
The first is to continue to promote the expansion and increment of the construction of demonstration villages, focus on group construction and continuous development, further realize the linkage development between towns and villages, form characteristic plates, give full play to scale effects, and build a rural economic development circle. Second, we should continue to encourage and guide peasants to live in relatively concentrated areas, save intensive land resources, and earnestly improve their living conditions, enhance the ecological environment, and optimize the human environment. The third is to adhere to the industry to enrich the people, expand the channels of industrial integration and cooperative development, realize the development of multiple functions of agriculture and rural areas, grasp the industry, promote employment, and comprehensively drive the increase of farmers' income.
Text: Jia Jia and Zhang Ziyi