Sum-up meeting of EU young farmers’ mission to China held in Beijing
The sum-up meeting of EU farmers’ mission to China under the China-EU Project on Capacity Building for Young Professional Farmers and Agricultural Professionals was held in Beijing on 17 Nov. 2017.
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
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.
Recycling farming developed in central China's Henan
Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2017 shows a cow breeding farm in Pingdingshan City, central China's Henan Province. As an effort to promote the recycling farming, the cow dung works well as a fertilizer for local farmers. The animal husbandry plays an important role in the green and efficient development of agriculture in Pingdingshan. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
A worker drives a machinery to dry the cow dung in Pingdingshan City, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 5, 2017. As an effort to promote the recycling farming, the cow dung works well as a fertilizer for local farmers. The animal husbandry plays an important role in the green and efficient development of agriculture in Pingdingshan. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
A farmer picks peanuts at the Chunxiao recycing farming demonstration garden in Pingdingshan City, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 5, 2017. As an effort to promote the recycling farming, the cow dung works well as a fertilizer for local farmers. The animal husbandry plays an important role in the green and efficient development of agriculture in Pingdingshan. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2017 shows the agricultural wastes disposal station of Kanglong Group in Pingdingshan City, central China's Henan Province. As an effort to promote the recycling farming, the cow dung works well as a fertilizer for local farmers. The animal husbandry plays an important role in the green and efficient development of agriculture in Pingdingshan. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Red cows are seen at a breeding center in Jiaxian County of Pingdingshan City, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 6, 2017. As an effort to promote the recycling farming, the cow dung works well as a fertilizer for local farmers. The animal husbandry plays an important role in the green and efficient development of agriculture in Pingdingshan. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
A farmer irrigates the walnut fields with water full of fertilizer in Pingdingshan City, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 6, 2017. As an effort to promote the recycling farming, the cow dung works well as a fertilizer for local farmers. The animal husbandry plays an important role in the green and efficient development of agriculture in Pingdingshan. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
A facility works automatically to clear the cow dung at a breeding farm in Pingdingshan City, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 5, 2017. As an effort to promote the recycling farming, the cow dung works well as a fertilizer for local farmers. The animal husbandry plays an important role in the green and efficient development of agriculture in Pingdingshan. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
GreatWall removes 40% SKU
GreatWall removes 40% SKU
Starting from 13 November 2017, Chinese company GreatWall removes products with unsatisfied market performance for a better products package. 407 SKU was removed from the total of 1061 GreatWall products, representing 40% of the total SKU. Annual sales lower than RMB 0.5 million is one of the main decision making point.
Source: Beijing Business Today, 15 November 2017
Vice Minister Qu Dongyu attends China-US Business Dialogue
Vice Minister Qu Dongyu attended the China-US Business Dialogue in Beijing on 9 November 2017. The meeting gathered over 150 government officials and business representatives from both countries.
In his speech, Vice Minister Qu introduced the prospects of China’s agricultural market and the major policies of foreign investment. He also exchanged views with other representatives on China-US agricultural trade and agro-market access, pledging to promote sound and sustainable development of agricultural trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.
New Hope (Liuhe) and COFCO signed 2018 strategic agreement
New Hope (Liuhe) and COFCO signed 2018 strategic agreement. According to the cooperation agreement, the two sides will carry out all-round and friendly cooperation in terms of strategic resources sharing, information sharing, business cooperation and supply chain construction, and deepen the industrial chain and business resources of both sides so as to achieve the alliance and complement each other.(Source: China Feedtrade)
Luzhou Laojiao joins hands with Esquire, men’s fashion
Recently, baijiu company Luzhou Laojiao has signed a three year strategic cooperation agreement with Esquire magazine. These two companies believe that they are targeting same group of consumers. A custom-tailor product will be made to respond to fashionista’s taste and preference. Luzhou Laojiao is a baijiu brand that inherits a history of more than 690 years, while Esquire is a leading magazine in men’s fashion.
Source: tjkx.com, 9 Nov. 2017
The first China farm animal welfare industry standards passed review
General Rules for Animal Welfare Evaluation - China's first farm animal welfare industry standards- was reviewed and passed by the expert of National animal husbandry standardization technical committee. Animal welfare branch of China veterinary association has successful completed the standard system formulation (repair) tasks of Ministry of Agriculture.
It is reported that it spent 2 years to draft General Rules for Animal Welfare Evaluation from 2015. During the term, Animal welfare branch carried out a lot of theory and application experiments.
(Source: China Agricultural News )
A wine company launches an activity which is 11,111 Yuan free drink for whole life
Recently, some netizens found that on a certain e-commerce platform, a liquor merchant launched "a lifetime of wine". Customers pay 11,111 Yuan on the day of double 11, and can receive a box of wine sent by the merchant every month until Customer passed away.
Source: Xinhua NEWS
The Chinese government has lifted Australian meat companies
The Chinese government has lifted the meat imports ban on 6 Australian meat companies, in which 3 are Australian companies: Australian Country Choice, Northern Rivers Co-operative and Thomas Food. The other 3 are foreign-funded enterprises, two of which are two beef processing plants owned by the Brazilian meat giant JBS and one owned by Chinese agricultural enterprises. The 6 companies account for 30% of the total Australian ‘s beef exports. (Source: Sohu)