On October 31, the fifth press conference of the “Series of Press Conferences to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the Corps” was held. The relevant person in charge of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of the Corps introduced the achievements of the Corps in the aspects of “agriculture, rural areas and farmers” over the past 70 years since its establishment.
The fifth press conference of the “Series of Press Conferences to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the Corps” was held (Photo by Huaihe, Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Corps)
The XPCC started as a farmer, and agriculture is the XPCC’s basic and advantageous industry. Over the past 70 years, the Corps has always adhered to the path of agricultural modernization. Several generations of Corps members have taken root in the border areas and continued to carry out large-scale, mechanized and modern state-owned farm construction, turning ancient wastelands into oasis fertile fields, and taking the lead in building a national agricultural water-saving irrigation demonstration base, agricultural The mechanized promotion base and modern agricultural demonstration base, guided by scientific and technological innovation, have achieved seven firsts through independent innovation, introduction, digestion and reinvention, optimized and integrated six precision agricultural technologies and ten main technologies, and built a mature set of High-yield technology system.
Feng Tianhua, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Bureau of the Corps, said at the press conference that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Corps has made ensuring national food security and the supply of important agricultural products a top priority, making industrial development a top priority, and strengthening scientific and technological innovation. and institutional innovation as a powerful driving force, accelerate the promotion and application of advanced agricultural production technologies, make every effort to shape new agricultural advantages of the Corps, comprehensively carry out high-yield creation, focus on improving unit yield levels, strengthen technical guidance, increase the rate of key technologies in place, and continue to contribute to ensuring national food security Improvement, the status of the country’s high-quality commodity cotton production base has been continuously consolidated. In 2023, the XPCC produced nearly one-third of the country’s cotton, and its main quality indicators continued to lead the country.
“The Corps has solidly promoted the construction of high-standard farmland. The comprehensive mechanization level of crops has reached 95.5%. The application of integrated water and fertilizer technology for major crops has basically achieved full coverage. The fertilizer utilization rate, residual film recovery rate, and straw comprehensive utilization rate are all among the best in the country.” Feng Tianhua According to the introduction, as of 2023, the Corps has built 3 national-level modern agricultural industrial parks, 4 advantageous and characteristic industrial clusters, 11 strong agricultural industry towns, and built 10 Corps-level modern agricultural industrial parks, 4 advantageous and characteristic industrial clusters, and agricultural industries. There are 20 industrially strong (regiment) towns, 166 key leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization at or above the Corps level have been cultivated, and companies with an output value of 100 million yuan account for nearly one-third of the total number of companies in the Corps. The process of industrial integration development continues to accelerate.
The XPCC has lifted all impoverished people out of poverty, removed all impoverished regiments, and withdrawn all impoverished companies. In 2023, the employment rate of the XPCC’s poverty-stricken workforce will exceed 98%, and the per capita income of collectively owned companies will increase by 36.9% compared with the previous year. Remarkable results have been achieved in building a suitable place for living and working and a beautiful company. The infrastructure of the Corps’ regiments and companies is increasingly improving. All qualified regiments and companies have access to hardened roads and buses. The penetration rate of tap water in the companies has reached 99.3%. 12 regiments have been rated as advanced counties in the country’s village cleaning action, and 9 companies have been included in the National Beautiful Country. Livable villages are created.
Feng Tianhua said that the Corps will anchor the goal of building an agricultural power, take the lead of learning and applying the experience of the “Ten Million Project”, implement the “Ten Major Actions” in the agricultural field, provide the Corps’ experience and export the Corps’ plans for national agricultural development, and strive to promote Chinese-style modernization Corps practice.
