China will comprehensively raise the quality of its agricultural products during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, according to a plan recently issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
The National Plan for Improving Agricultural Product Quality During the 15th Five-Year Plan Period outlines key tasks including strengthening the guidance of high-quality standards, advancing the transition toward green production, increasing the supply of premium agricultural products, tightening quality and safety supervision, reinforcing technological empowerment, and enhancing international cooperation and exchange, so that the public can enjoy safe, reassuring, nutritious, and healthy food.
The plan sets a target that by 2030, China's high-quality agricultural development standards system will be more robust, the capacity for standardized and green production of agricultural products will improve markedly, a market-demand-oriented quality evaluation and quality grading system will be basically established, the full-chain quality management system and regulatory mechanism will be further refined, and the supply of green and premium agricultural products will rise significantly.
The pass rate of routine monitoring of national agricultural product quality and safety will remain stable at above 98%, and the total number of green, organic, famous, special, excellent, and new agricultural products as well as geographical indication agricultural products will reach 130,000, according to the plan.
To achieve these goals, the plan specifies a series of concrete measures, including implementing an agricultural standardization improvement initiative to strengthen the guiding role of standards; promoting the safe utilization and strict control of contaminated farmland; building a diversified supply system for green and premium agricultural products to continuously expand the production scale of green, organic, famous, special, excellent, and new products as well as geographical indication agricultural products, and accelerating the development of green and premium livestock and poultry products, aquatic products, and deeply processed agricultural products; and improving the national agricultural product quality and safety risk assessment system.
Shares of Shenzhen Agricultural Power Group Co.,Ltd. (ASX: 000061) are among the market participants that may be affected by these policy developments.
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