The first PPP guidance document issued in agriculture

Agricultural PPP guidance document released

Wang Dongyang, director of the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said in an interview with the Shanghai Securities Journal that it is expected that next year's agricultural policy will focus on improving the supply of agricultural products, opening up the supply chain of production and consumer markets, and agricultural products. Three aspects of the supply of construction sites.

The reform of agricultural subsidy system is guided by green ecology

It is understood that agricultural subsidies are a basic policy tool widely adopted by countries around the world to improve the international competitiveness of their agricultural products, protect the interests of farmers and promote agricultural development. Over the years, China has adopted a variety of agricultural subsidies to promote the development of agriculture, but there are also many problems.

Focusing on ensuring the security of food supply such as grain, the steady increase of farmers' income and the protection of agricultural ecological environment, the "Proposal" proposes that by 2020, the agricultural subsidy policy based on green ecology and promoting the rational use of agricultural resources and ecological environment protection will be basically established. System and incentive constraint mechanisms.

“This program illustrates a fundamental shift in agricultural support policies. Unlike previous extensive developments, the future will focus on intensive development, all around sustainable development goals.” Wang Dongyang said.

"Playing the role of the market to form a price" is one of the main points of the "Program". The "Proposal" proposes to make full use of the domestic and international markets and two resources, mobilize the polarities of farmers and all sectors of society, and improve the efficiency of the use of subsidy funds.

In this regard, Chen Xiwen, former member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former deputy head of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, pointed out that promoting the structural reform of the supply side of agriculture is essentially to improve the overall efficiency of agriculture and improve the international competitiveness of agricultural products. Mainly determined by the market.

The "Proposal" also proposed to implement a strict system of farmland protection. At the same time, on the basis of maintaining the stability and continuity of the stock subsidy policy, optimize the expenditure structure, strengthen overall coordination, and improve the orientation of the use of subsidy funds; incremental funds focus on resource-saving and environment-friendly agriculture, and promote agricultural structure. Adjust and accelerate the transformation of agricultural development methods.

"In the future, agricultural subsidies will not be reduced, but the incremental part will focus on eco-environmental protection." Wang Dongyang believes.

PPP in the agricultural sector

Since the second half of the year, PPP has been in full swing throughout the country. In this context, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Agriculture issued a document on the 19th to vigorously promote the development of PPP in the agricultural sector. It is reported that this is also the PPP guidance document in the agricultural field.

“This document is a powerful exploration of agricultural and rural infrastructure and public services, and has released a positive signal for social capital to enter the agricultural sector.” Tong Zaijun, deputy director of the PPP Research Center of Guoxin Tendering Group Co., Ltd. said.

In terms of key areas, the Opinions clearly stated that it will focus on supporting social capital to develop high-standard farmland, seed engineering, modern fishing ports, agricultural product quality and safety testing and traceability systems, animal and plant protection and other agricultural infrastructure construction and public services; and guide social capital participation. Projects such as agricultural waste resource utilization, agricultural non-point source pollution control, large-scale large-scale biogas, agricultural resource environmental protection and sustainable development; encourage social capital to participate in modern agricultural demonstration zones, agricultural internet of things and information, agricultural products wholesale markets, tourism Leisure agriculture development.

In terms of path, the Opinions require scientific definition of the rights and responsibilities of government and social capital, standardize project investment management and implementation procedures, and clarify operational rules and mechanisms. Local governments are encouraged to invest in PPP projects in the agricultural sector by means of capital injection, and to clarify the representatives of investors and participate in project preparation and implementation. Local governments are leading the work, actively promoting institutional innovation and policy creation, and creating conditions for social capital to obtain reasonable returns. All kinds of qualified state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises, mixed-ownership enterprises, and other investment and business entities enjoy the right to participate in equal participation according to law.

The "Opinions" clearly demonstrates the feasibility of establishing a major agricultural infrastructure that has been built. The assets formed by government investment are collectively owned by members of rural collective economic organizations, and the assets of social capital investment are owned by investors.

In this regard, a number of experts said that the "Opinions" clearly divided the ownership of assets, which is a measure that has never been seen before, and actually gave the investment parties a "reassuring".