The State Council published the Agricultural Science and Technology
Development Program (2001-2010) on April 28.
The Program consists of five parts: 1. Pushing forward the new
agricultural science and technology revolution, bringing about
a leap from traditional agriculture to modern agriculture; 2.
the policy, principle, target and task for agricultural science
and technology development; 3. The focus of agricultural science
and technology work during the "10th Five-year Plan period;
4. Establishing a new agricultural science and technology innovative
system; 5. Setting up a strong agricultural science and technology
security system.
Over the past 20-odd
years of reform and opening up, China's agriculture has scored
achievements of world interest. A historic change from long-term
shortage to a basic balance between supply and demand with
surplus in good years has been realized for agricultural products,
China's countryside has, as a whole, entered the stage of
advancing from having enough food and clothing to a comfortable
life, a socialist market economic structure has been basically
established in rural areas. The development of China's agriculture
and the rural economy has entered a new stage, to readjust
the agricultural structure, enhance agricultural efficiency,
increase farmers' income, improve the rural ecological environment
and bring about a sustained and stable development of agriculture
and the rural economy, it is necessary to push forward a new
agricultural science and technology revolution.
In order to clearly
define the orientation and tasks for agricultural science
and technology development in the new stage, set the focus
of the "10th Five-year Plan and the 2010 target for agricultural
science and technology work, conscientiously advance the new
agricultural science and technology revolution and speed up
agricultural modernization, the State Council has mapped out
this "Program".
(People's Daily 05/24/2001)
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