Ministry of Agriculture: Energetically Developing Agricultural Products Processing Industry is Imperative

According to the Ministry of Agriculture's website on the 16th, Zhang Tianzuo, director general of the Agricultural Products Processing Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture (13.77, -0.15, -1.08%), said that due to the low level of development of China's food processing industry, the loss of waste is very serious. The annual economic loss is equivalent to about 180 billion yuan. It is equivalent to the annual investment and output of 140 million mu of cultivated land. It is imperative to vigorously develop agricultural products processing industry. It is expected that during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, China's agricultural product processing industry can maintain an average annual growth rate of over 13%. By 2015, the total output value of agricultural products processing industry above designated size will double on the basis of the present.

Zhang Tianzuo said at the high-level forum on modern agricultural development held by the Ministry of Agriculture in Zhumadian, Henan Province that due to the backward methods and poorly equipped facilities for early processing, such as post-harvest storage, preservation, and drying of agricultural products, the loss and waste are very serious. According to expert calculations and empirical analysis The average loss of grain stored by farmers in China is 7%-10%. The annual grain loss caused by farmer households accounts for 300-45 billion kilograms; the loss of post-harvest vegetables is 15-20%, the fruit is 10-15%, and the potato is 15-25%. After the birth, about 100 million tons of vegetables, about 14 million tons of fruit, and about 16 million tons of potatoes are lost each year. If grain, fruits and vegetables are calculated at 2,000 yuan per ton, and the potato is calculated at 1,000 yuan per ton, equivalent to an economic loss of about 180 billion yuan. Calculated at the current level of yield, it is equivalent to the annual input and output of 140 million mu of cultivated land. In addition, China still has about 700 million tons of straw, 10 million tons of corn cob, 10 million tons of rice bran, 10 million tons of wheat bran, and 7 million tons of bagasse fiber and other plant fiber resources and peels, pomace, and animal bones. The processing and by-products such as blood need to be further developed and utilized. It is imperative to develop agricultural products processing industry with great potential.

The Ministry of Agriculture stated at the forum that with the increase in the income level of urban and rural residents in China and the rapid changes in consumption structure and consumption patterns, consumers’ demand for processed agricultural products, fast foods, and snack foods is strong, driving the rapid development of China's agricultural product processing industry. It is expected that China's agricultural product processing industry can maintain an average annual growth rate of over 13% during the 12th Five-Year Plan period. By 2015, the total output value of agricultural product processing industries above designated size will double on the basis of the present, agricultural product processing and agricultural output value. The ratio will exceed 2:1.

Zhang Tianzuo pointed out that the agricultural product processing industry is one of the basic and strategic pillar industries of the national economy, an important indicator for the strategic adjustment of the agricultural structure and the construction of modern agriculture, and an important guarantee for increasing the employment of peasants and meeting the living needs of urban and rural residents. . The current consumer pull has provided a strong impetus for the continuous growth of the agricultural product processing industry in China. The policy promotion has created a good macro environment for the development of the agricultural product processing industry. Modern agriculture has driven the development of the agricultural product processing industry and laid a solid foundation. New technology drives the promotion of agricultural product processing technology. The equipment level provides important conditions.

According to Zhang Tianzuo, in 2010, the output value of the agricultural product processing industry above designated size exceeded 10 trillion yuan, and the number of employees in the enterprise reached more than 25 million, of which more than 15 million were employed by rural laborers, and 280 million yuan was directly increased by farmers; the output value of agricultural products processing industry and agriculture The ratio of output value increased from 1.1:1 at the end of the “Tenth Five-Year Plan” period to about 1.6:1, and the proportion of the food industry increased from 40% at the end of the “Tenth Five-year Plan” to 47%, initially forming rice processing in the Northeast and Yangtze River basins, and the quality of the Huanghuaihai Sea. Specialized wheat processing, corn and soybean processing in the northeast, high quality rapeseed processing in the Yangtze River Valley, processing of beef and mutton in the Central Plains, apple processing in the northwest and around the Bohai Sea, and processing of high-quality aquatic products along the coast, and more than 200 agricultural products processed by the Ministry of Agriculture Based on the technology R&D center, it initially established the national agricultural product processing technology R&D system framework, broke through a batch of common key technologies, and promoted a number of advanced and applicable technologies; in accordance with the company’s peasant households, leading bases and other forms, a number of Large-scale, standardized and specialized agricultural product production bases have brought in more than 100 million farmers.

Experts at the meeting believe that the current rapid development of the agricultural product processing industry globally shows the scale of the company's development, globalization, the gradual advancement of processing technology, the development of a supernormal in the energy sector, the gradual realization of sustainable development methods, the implementation of quality control standards, etc. Obviously trending characteristics. However, there are two major problems in China's agricultural product processing industry that must cause great concern. First, from the perspective of the internal industry, large but not strong, industrial concentration is not high, industrial chain is not perfect, resources are not fully utilized, and secondly, from the external development environment, The influence of constraints on production factors has become increasingly prominent, production costs have increased rapidly, pressures for energy conservation and emission reduction have been high, and international competition has intensified.