Press Conference on the Purchase of Summer Grain in Henan Province in 2020
At 15: 30 on June 3, 2020, the Information Office of the People’s Government of Henan Province held a press conference on "Summer Grain Purchase in Henan Province".
Release content:This paper introduces the policy measures and preparations for summer grain purchase in our province this year.
Published by:
Member of the Party Group, Deputy Director and First-class Inspector of Liu Dagui Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau
Member of the Party Group and Chief Agronomist of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Wang Junzhong Province
Deputy General Manager of Zhuge Ningjun Central Grain Storage Henan Branch
Vice President of Henan Branch of Wang Fuli Agricultural Development Bank
Director, Reserve Management Department, Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, Ligang Province
Director, Law Enforcement Supervision Department, Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, Huangjie Province
Moderator:
Chang Yiyuan, Director of Press Release Office of Propaganda Department of Provincial Party Committee
Moderator Chang Yiyuan
Ladies and gentlemen, friends from the media,
Good afternoon everyone! Welcome to the press conference held by the Information Office of Henan Provincial People’s Government.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council attach great importance to national food security. When General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited the economic members attending the CPPCC meeting this year, he stressed: "The basic position of agriculture cannot be ignored or weakened at any time, and it is true to have food in hand and not panic at any time." At present, under the situation of promoting the prevention and control of normalized epidemic situation and economic and social development as a whole, it is of great political and practical significance to do a good job in purchasing summer grain to ensure national food security, boost confidence in economic and social development and realize the comprehensive construction of a well-off society. The provincial party committee and government conscientiously implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, focus on the "six guarantees" and implement the "six guarantees" task, hold several meetings to study the food security situation in our province, and put the summer grain purchase in a prominent position, and pay close attention to all the work. In order to give you a more comprehensive understanding of the policies and measures of summer grain purchase in our province this year, today, we specially invited responsible comrades of relevant units to attend the press conference, asking them to introduce the summer grain purchase in our province and answer questions from reporters.
First of all, let me introduce the publisher who attended today’s conference:
Mr. Liu Dagui, member of the party group, deputy director and first-class inspector of the Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau;
Mr. Wang Junzhong, member of the party group and chief agronomist of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs;
Mr. Zhuge Ningjun, Deputy General Manager of China Grain Storage Henan Branch;
Mr. Wang Fuli, Vice President of Henan Branch of Agricultural Development Bank;
Mr. Li Gang, Director of Reserve Management Department of Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau;
Mr. Huang Jie, Director of Law Enforcement Supervision Department of Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau;
First of all, we ask Mr. Liu Dagui to introduce the relevant work;
Liu dagui
Dear media friends:
Good afternoon everyone! Thank you very much for attending today’s press conference, and for your continued concern and support for Henan’s grain work. The National People’s Congress and the National People’s Congress have just concluded successfully, and how to ensure national food security under the new situation has become a topic of great concern to the society. The CPC Central Committee attaches great importance to food work. During the two sessions this year, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader once again stressed the need to ensure the production and supply of major agricultural products such as grain, strengthen the assessment of the "rice bag" governor’s responsibility system, strengthen the monitoring and supervision of grain market prices, and accelerate the implementation of the strategy of "storing grain on the ground and storing grain in technology". In his government work report, Premier Li Keqiang also explicitly demanded that the job security of 1.4 billion Chinese must be firmly in his own hands. On May 30th, the provincial party committee held a meeting of leading cadres in the whole province, demanding to stabilize the overall situation, maintain the stability of grain production and further enhance the core competitiveness of the grain industry. In accordance with the decision-making arrangements of the Central Committee, the Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government on the purchase of summer grain, we conducted research on the purchase of summer grain together with relevant departments, adhered to the problem orientation, and took various measures to make solid preparations for the purchase of summer grain. A press conference is held here today to brief you on the relevant situation.
First, improve the political position and strictly implement the national grain purchase policy
In view of the impact of the epidemic on the global economy, the central government has put forward "six guarantees", one of which is to ensure food and energy security. Whether the harvested grain can be stored and stored well is directly related to food security, so it is of great practical significance to do a good job in purchasing summer grain this year. This year, the state continues to implement the policy of minimum purchase price of wheat and rice in our province, and at the same time, it is clear that the grain purchase is market-oriented. By optimizing the business environment, strengthening safeguard measures, and taking targeted measures, we will guide multiple entities to actively enter the market, continuously increase the proportion of market-oriented purchases, and promote the formation of a new pattern of market-oriented purchases with multiple entities, diverse channels and excellent prices.
Under the premise of market-oriented acquisition, when the market acquisition price is lower than the minimum purchase price level, policy acquisition will play a supporting role to ensure farmers’ basic grain income. Let me briefly introduce this year’s minimum purchase price policy to you. According to the national plan, the implementation subject of the minimum purchase price policy of wheat is China Grain Storage Henan Branch. This year’s minimum purchase price policy will be implemented from June 1 to September 30, 2020. Minimum purchase price The listed purchase price of wheat (national third-class quality standard) remains unchanged in 2019, which is 1.12 yuan per catty, and the price difference between adjacent grades is 0.02 yuan per catty. The minimum purchase price of grain purchased and put into storage should be produced in 2020 and meet the national standards of third-class and above, and the grain of fourth-class and below should be organized and guided by local governments to implement market-oriented acquisition. During the execution time of the plan, according to the listing and market monitoring of new grain, it will be purchased in different regions and batches, and the provincial development and Reform Commission will be responsible for monitoring the daily purchase price of the grain market. When the market purchase price is lower than the lowest purchase price announced by the state for three consecutive days, the "Plan" can be started; When the market purchase price is higher than the lowest purchase price announced by the state, the implementation of the "Plan" will be stopped in time and announced through the websites of major news media and departments, and notices will be posted at relevant storage points. In view of the shortage of warehouse capacity in some areas, relevant central enterprises are encouraged to carry out warehouse leasing and acquisition to alleviate the contradiction between purchasing and storage.
Two, compaction work responsibility, to ensure the smooth and orderly purchase of summer grain.
On May 14th, the National Development and Reform Commission and other five departments jointly issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job in Grain and Oil Purchase in Summer 2020, requiring all localities to improve their political positions and do a good job in grain and oil purchase in summer. On May 19th, the State Grain and Material Reserve Bureau held a national video conference on summer grain purchase, analyzed and judged the summer grain purchase situation this year, and demanded that the summer grain purchase work be placed in a prominent position, maintain the grain market order, and resolutely hold the bottom line of farmers’ "growing grain and selling it".
The provincial party committee and government attached great importance to this year’s summer grain purchase. Secretary Wang Guosheng and Governor Yin Hong went to the front line many times to investigate and guide the grain work. On May 14th, the provincial government held a teleconference on the "Three Summers" work in the whole province, demanding that all localities improve their political positions, strengthen their overall awareness and sense of responsibility, and earnestly do a good job in purchasing summer grain. On May 25th, Vice Governor Wu Guoding went to Zhumadian and other places to investigate the acquisition situation, and asked all relevant departments to make good preparations to ensure that summer grain purchased "grain such as warehouse, money and others".
Our bureau conscientiously implements the decision-making arrangements of the state, the provincial party committee and the provincial government, regards the purchase of summer grain as a specific starting point for doing a good job of "six guarantees" and implementing the task of "six guarantees", plans in advance, organizes the investigation of the wheat market in the whole province, analyzes and judges the purchase situation, and conducts a thorough investigation of the warehouse capacity in various places. Strengthen communication and coordination with China Grain Storage Henan Branch, Agricultural Development Bank Henan Branch and other departments, adhere to the problem orientation, study and formulate practical acquisition measures, form a work pattern of joint management and overall promotion, and ensure the implementation of various policies and measures. At the same time, in accordance with the requirements of the grain safety responsibility system, the direct responsibility of specific purchasing and storage enterprises, the main responsibility of policy implementation of China Grain Storage Company, local administrative supervision and territorial management responsibility are strictly implemented to effectively protect the interests of grain farmers and ensure the smooth purchase of summer grain.
Third, strengthen work measures and make solid preparations for the purchase of summer grain.
In order to ensure a good start and a good step in this year’s summer grain purchase, we put the summer grain purchase work in a prominent position and do a good job in all preparations for the summer grain purchase with "five in place". First, the work plan is in place. Actively establish a coordination and consultation mechanism with China Grain Reserve and Agricultural Development Bank, scientifically formulate the Work Plan for the Minimum Purchase Price of Grain in Henan Province in 2020, further compact the territorial supervision responsibility of the county-level government, and improve the normalized coordination and consultation mechanism led by the competent leaders of the county (city, district) government, in which the six departments of grain and reserve, development and reform, finance, agriculture and rural areas, China Grain Reserve and Agricultural Development Bank are responsible for the division of labor, and relevant departments participate, so as to solve the acquisition and management in time. Study and establish a long-term mechanism for the disposal of over-standard grain with relevant departments. Once the over-standard grain is found, it will be properly disposed in time to ensure that it does not flow into the ration market. Second, the acquisition funds are in place. According to the comprehensive calculation of the grain commodity volume and the national minimum purchase price policy over the years, the Henan Branch of the Agricultural Development Bank has raised 50 billion yuan of credit funds for the purchase of summer grain, and will apply to the head office for additional scale at any time according to the needs of the purchase progress, so as to ensure the full supply of summer grain purchase funds and achieve "money and other grain". At the same time, improve the quality of service, open up a green channel for summer grain acquisition enterprises, give priority to acceptance, simplify procedures, and ensure that the supply of acquisition funds is uninterrupted and the acquisition of enterprises is uninterrupted. Third, the warehouse equipment is in place. From March, we began to investigate the situation of warehouse preparation in the province and regularly update the statistics, urging all localities to speed up the construction of new warehouses.Increase the policy of grain sales out of the warehouse, do everything possible to expand storage capacity, and do a good job in summer grain purchase equipment, personnel training and flood control. According to statistics, the province is expected to have an effective storage capacity of 15.7 billion Jin (including enterprises directly under China Grain Storage). All localities have prepared 12,877 conveyors, 10,113 sets of testing instruments, 3,915 cleaning screens, 11,649 ventilators, 1,895 truck scales, 2,482 tons of plastic sheets, 14,667 bundles of linoleum, 12.39 million sacks and 5,214 tarpaulins, providing sufficient material support for the purchase of summer grain. Fourth, monitoring and supervision are in place. Give full play to the role of the grain market monitoring and early warning system, closely follow the market situation, grasp the market changes and acquisition progress, timely release relevant information, and provide information services for the majority of grain farmers and market operators. Strengthen the supervision and inspection of acquisition activities, strengthen regulatory measures, carry out daily inspections and law enforcement inspections, severely investigate and deal with all kinds of illegal acts, and earnestly safeguard the good order of the acquisition market. Fifth, safety prevention and control is in place. According to the relevant requirements of epidemic prevention and control, formulate the work plan of epidemic prevention and control at the acquisition site. Optimize the acquisition process, simplify relevant procedures, establish a mechanism of arranging days by village, guide farmers to sell grain in an orderly manner, and prevent the phenomenon of centralized long queues to sell grain. Take necessary heatstroke prevention and cooling measures to ensure the personal safety of farmers and grain workers. At the same time, actively respond to social and media concerns and create a good public opinion environment for the acquisition work.
At present, wheat in our province is in the stage of centralized harvesting, and the purchase of summer grain is carried out one after another. Our bureau instructed all localities to actively create conditions for the market-oriented purchase of grain, strengthen the docking of agricultural enterprises, strengthen the financial guarantee, deepen the cooperation between production and marketing, support and guide multiple subjects to enter the market, and do lively market circulation articles. From the listing of new wheat to the end of May, the province’s market-oriented purchase of wheat was 399,000 tons, with an average purchase price of 1.11 yuan/kg. The market situation during the acquisition period will become an important factor in whether to start the market support policy in the later period. We will continue to pay attention to the market acquisition, strictly implement the national acquisition policy, do a good job in acquisition guidance, publicity services, supervision and inspection, ensure the smooth and orderly acquisition of summer grain this year, and make positive contributions to ensuring national food security, coordinating the prevention and control of epidemic situation and economic and social development.
The above is the current situation of summer grain purchase. I’ll introduce it here first. Thank you!
Moderator Chang Yiyuan
Thank you, Director Liu, for your detailed release. The following is the live questioning session, and all journalists and friends are welcome to ask questions about the relevant contents of this press conference. Please inform your news organization before asking questions.
Farmer Daily reporter
Hello, agronomist Wang! Affected by the rapid spread of the COVID-19 epidemic around the world, food security once attracted widespread attention. As the largest province of wheat production in China, what is our summer grain production situation this year?
Wang Junzhong
As we all know, Henan is the largest wheat production province in China, accounting for a quarter of the country’s output, which is very important for maintaining the national food security.
Since the beginning of this year, in view of the superimposed influence of epidemic situation and natural disasters in COVID-19, the whole province has adhered to both epidemic prevention and control and grain production, made practical measures, took hard measures, solved problems, made precise policies, and actively responded, and tried every means to organize and carry out summer grain production management, thus maintaining a good momentum of summer grain production. First, the area is stable. The province’s wheat area remained at 85.5 million mu, which was basically the same as that of the previous year, and remained stable at more than 85 million mu for five consecutive years. Second, the output is abundant. Judging from the current harvest and the feedback from the masses, the harvest is good, and the overall judgment is another bumper year. Third, the structure is excellent. The province’s high-quality special wheat has grown to 13.5 million mu, accounting for 15.8%, and the order rate is over 90%. The wheat structure is more reasonable. The fourth is quality improvement. By popularizing high-quality varieties, carrying out standardized production and implementing the reduction of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the quality of wheat this year is generally better than in previous years.
Around the production of summer grain, we have focused on the following aspects: First, we should pay attention to the quality of wheat sowing. During the period of wheat sowing, the agricultural and rural departments guided farmers to carry out deep ploughing and soil preparation, timely sowing and scientific fertilization, and basically realized timely sowing and full seeding of wheat. The second is to grasp the anti-epidemic spring tube. While doing a good job in the prevention and control of epidemic situation in rural areas, all levels and departments cooperated with each other to ensure the supply of agricultural materials by all means. The agricultural and rural departments promoted the implementation of field management measures by organizing farmers to go to the fields at the wrong time and at the wrong peak, and carrying out custody services. The progress of spring management was not affected by the epidemic situation, but also faster than last year. The third is to prevent and mitigate disasters. To win the battle against "two diseases and one cold" in an all-round way, the provincial finance arranged 196 million yuan, and the cities and counties invested 266 million yuan as a whole to organize large-scale unified prevention and control of wheat stripe rust and scab. The province’s unified prevention and control area exceeded 85 million mu, and wheat stripe rust was controlled in the state of spot occurrence, and scab was effectively prevented; Agriculture, rural areas and meteorological departments work closely together to release early warning information of disaster weather such as "late spring cold" and "dry hot wind" in time to guide farmers in scientific prevention and response. The fourth is to grasp agricultural machinery services. During the "Three Summers" period, the province organized more than 4.1 million agricultural machines and more than 180,000 combine harvesters. The agricultural and rural departments have strengthened the operation organization and agricultural machinery dispatching, and organized more than 7,000 agricultural machinery cooperatives to carry out agricultural machinery services such as order operation, contract operation and one-stop operation, so as to ensure maturity and harvest.
According to the agricultural situation, as of 17: 00 on June 2, the whole province has harvested 54.91 million mu of wheat, accounting for 64%, and invested 100,000 combine harvesters every day. Among them, the wheat harvest in Nanyang, Zhumadian and Xinyang has basically ended, and the whole province’s wheat harvest is expected to land in early June.
Henan Daily reporter
Hello, General Manager Zhuge! Just now, it was introduced in the release that the country will continue to implement the minimum purchase price policy in Henan this year. Excuse me, how to ensure that this policy will be better implemented in Henan? In addition, what are the entry conditions for enterprises to participate in the minimum purchase price acquisition?
Zhuge Ningjun
Thank you for your question. As one of the provinces implementing the minimum purchase price policy, Henan has been strictly implementing the policy and taking effective measures for many years, which has successfully completed the task of purchasing grain, effectively promoting the increase of grain production, agricultural efficiency and farmers’ income in our province. This year, in accordance with the decision-making arrangements of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, the relevant departments in the province refined the national minimum purchase price policy, formulated the Work Plan of Henan Province’s Minimum Purchase Price Grain Purchase in 2020, and established a work pattern of government leadership, departmental linkage, clear responsibilities and strong implementation. As the main body of policy implementation, China Grain Storage Henan Branch will conscientiously implement the national acquisition plan and the acquisition work plan of our province, and take a series of measures to effectively grasp the purchasing and storage work, which can be summarized as adhering to "three strictness" and strengthening "three services":
Adhere to the "three strictness". The first strictness is strict acquisition start and stop procedures. During the policy implementation period, when the market purchase price is lower than the lowest purchase price announced by the state for three days, the relevant departments shall promptly report to start the purchase. When the market price is higher than the national minimum purchase price level, the acquisition will be stopped immediately, which will make room for the market-oriented acquisition of enterprises and give play to the decisive role of the market in grain circulation.
The second is strict payment of acquisition funds. Loans required for purchasing grain at the minimum purchase price are all made by the directly affiliated warehouse of China Grain Reserve to the local agricultural development bank branches, and paid directly to the grain sellers through the policy grain "one card" system. At the same time, urge the storage warehouse to post the warning notice on grain sales safety, the notice on preventing farmers from paying IOUs, and the notice on settlement in a conspicuous position, and set up a hotline for fund settlement consultation to remind farmers to check the grain sales in time and safeguard their vital interests.
The third is strict warehousing acceptance management. All entrusted storage depots are required to strictly implement the policy of purchasing quality and price at the lowest purchase price, so as to negotiate the price according to the quality, with high quality and good price, which can neither harm the interests of farmers nor harm the interests of the state by raising the price. If the quality is not up to standard and still not up to standard after rectification, resolutely withdraw from the minimum purchase price to purchase inventory. Inform the local government in time to crack down on illegal acts, such as pressing the level and lowering the price, raising the level and raising the price, innovating with the old, collecting first and then transferring.
Then, about strengthening the "three services". The first is to strengthen policy interpretation. We will make a detailed interpretation of the purchase plan of our province in the media, announce the list of entrusted storage points of the lowest purchase price of wheat in the province and the telephone number of supervision and reporting, post the policy information in a prominent position in the purchase place, and issue a letter to farmers’ friends to let the grain sellers pay "understand the grain".
The second is to strengthen settlement services. Unify the settlement platform, upgrade the technical means, implement 7×24-hour settlement service for farmers, coordinate the bank’s first payment for the loss of funds caused by operational mistakes, ensure that the grain sellers "get the grain and get the money", and let the grain sellers pay "rest assured".
The third is to strengthen the acquisition service. Provide free tea, heatstroke prevention drugs, rest places and other services at the acquisition site, and open up a green channel for grain sales for general grain farmers when conditions permit, and purchase them at home when necessary; During the peak period of grain sales, increase mechanical equipment and personnel, actively carry out mobile inspection, try to shorten the waiting time for grain sales, and let the grain sellers pay "warm heart food".
Regarding your second question, regarding the access conditions for enterprises to participate in the minimum purchase price acquisition, the national acquisition plan and the acquisition work plan of our province have clear provisions, which mainly include six aspects: First, register in the industrial and commercial departments to obtain the qualification for grain acquisition. The second is to open an account in the Agricultural Development Bank. Third, it has its own storage capacity of a certain scale. The storage facilities meet the requirements of the Measures for the Administration of Grain and Oil Storage and the Technical Specifications for Grain and Oil Storage. It has the necessary transportation, cleaning and sorting equipment, measuring and weighing instruments, inspection and testing equipment (including equipment for quick inspection of food safety indicators that must be inspected), as well as a "one-card" system for grain inspection and policy grain purchase. Fourth, strictly implement the statistical system of grain circulation. The fifth is to implement the relevant regulations on the filing of grain and oil storage units, the safety production system is sound, the responsibility for safety production is fully implemented, and the relevant equipment is complete and perfect, which meets the fire safety requirements and has no major fire hazards. Sixth, it has no bad credit record, has a high level of management, and has no violations in purchasing, storage and sales delivery within three years; The enterprise, its legal representative and major shareholders have no major bad credit records and no major creditor-debtor disputes.
It should be noted that in order to ensure scientific, reasonable, open and transparent, there is a set of procedures for enterprises to participate in the minimum purchase price acquisition, that is, under the unified leadership of the government, whoever advocates and recommends will be recommended by their local administrative management or superior management enterprises according to different types of enterprises, and the recommended warehouse and related materials will be reviewed by the directly affiliated warehouse of China Grain Storage, the county-level grain administrative department and the Agricultural Development Bank, and will be determined as the entrusted storage warehouse after research by the county-level government meeting. Once an enterprise is identified as the entrusted purchasing and storage warehouse, it needs to bear the main responsibility of purchasing, storage and management according to the provisions of the national acquisition policy, and take full responsibility for the quantity, quality, inventory management, sales out of the warehouse and losses caused by risks.
Economic Daily reporter
Hello, President Wang! In view of the special situation of this year’s epidemic, how will the Agricultural Development Bank, as a policy bank, effectively guarantee the supply of policy acquisition funds?
Wang Fuli
As the only agricultural policy bank in China, the Agricultural Development Bank fully implements the national policy of purchasing and selling grain, cotton and oil, fully guarantees the supply of grain purchase funds, and gives full play to the role of the main channel of fund supply.
By the end of May, the loan balance of Henan Branch of Agricultural Development Bank exceeded 240 billion yuan, including 59 billion yuan for poverty alleviation, ranking first in the financial system of the province. Especially since the outbreak of the epidemic, provincial branches have invested a total of 19.8 billion yuan in loans, which are mainly used to support epidemic emergency, resumption of work and production, reserve rotation, pig breeding, ecological protection in the Yellow River basin and other key areas, and have become an important financial backbone to support Henan’s economic development. In 2019, Henan Branch invested 27.8 billion yuan in summer grain purchase credit funds, accounting for about one-third of the national agricultural development bank, and supported enterprises to purchase about 50% of the province’s goods, making a positive contribution to stabilizing national food security.
In order to carry out the earnest entrustment of the General Secretary that Henan should shoulder the heavy responsibility of stabilizing food security, in the special period of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, Henan Branch of Agricultural Development Bank conscientiously implemented the spirit of the provincial government’s "three summers" video conference, actively implemented the central government’s policy requirements of "six stabilities" and "six guarantees", and made it the current central task and the primary political task to do a good job in the supply of summer grain purchase credit funds. At present, 50 billion yuan of summer grain purchase credit funds have been raised, which has been achieved.
Get ready for work early. First, the work arrangement is early. A special promotion meeting was held in early March and a working meeting was held in early May to make early arrangements for the preparation of summer grain purchase. At present, the credit line for summer grain purchase has been approved at 43 billion yuan. Second, market research is early. Henan Branch of Agricultural Development Bank has held discussions with central grain-related enterprises and large grain enterprises in Henan for many times, and conducted in-depth field research in several major grain producing areas in the province to find out the production situation of summer grain, understand customer needs and judge market conditions. Third, the department coordinated early. Coordinate and communicate with grain, agriculture, grain storage and other relevant departments as soon as possible, exchange views with the main leaders of relevant departments on the purchase of summer grain, and ensure that the national policy of supporting agriculture and benefiting farmers is in place.
Raise enough funds. According to the comprehensive calculation of grain commodity volume and national minimum purchase price policy over the years, our bank has raised 50 billion yuan of summer grain purchase credit funds, which can fully meet the demand for summer grain purchase credit funds. With the acquisition progress, the provincial branches will also apply to the Head Office for additional scale at any time as needed, and allocate funds as needed to ensure the full supply of summer grain acquisition funds, thus achieving the goal of "money equals grain".
Excellent credit policy. In accordance with the requirements of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary on "extending the industrial chain, upgrading the value chain and building a supply chain", while fully ensuring the supply of funds for policy acquisition, we will focus on supporting the acquisition of high-quality wheat, and support grain enterprises to engage in market-oriented acquisition, giving full play to the role of agricultural policy finance as a leader, a short board and a counter-cycle.
Financial services are good. In order to improve the quality and efficiency of service, we should open up a green channel for summer grain purchasing enterprises to handle loans, give priority to acceptance and simplify procedures. In the payment of funds, we should make a good prediction of funds in advance, distribute the funds for laying the foundation, and make good allocation and supply of funds. In terms of settlement services, all summer grain purchasing enterprises are provided with online banking and batch payment, providing fast and convenient financial services. In terms of time guarantee, the direct connection system between banks and enterprises runs 7 (days) ×24 (hours), which increases the service time, meets the settlement needs of customers, and ensures the uninterrupted supply of acquisition funds and the uninterrupted acquisition of enterprises.
Strong organizational support. Agricultural development banks at all levels in the province have set up leading groups for the supply and management of summer grain purchase funds, implemented the "number one" responsibility system for purchasing credit, and effectively put the responsibility for purchasing credit for summer grain in place.
He ‘nan Radio and TV Station Elephant Journalist
Hello, Director Li Gang! What measures will the grain and material reserve department take to facilitate farmers to sell grain and service enterprises to buy summer grain this year? Please introduce it.
Li gang
Thank you for your question. Under the new situation of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, we regard the acquisition of summer grain this year as an important political task to implement the spirit of the two sessions of the National People’s Congress and the requirements of "six stabilities" and "six guarantees", and have done a lot of preparatory work in strengthening services for agriculture and supporting market acquisition. Now, I’ll give you a brief introduction about your concern.
First, in terms of facilitating farmers to sell grain, we should create a good environment for farmers to sell grain comfortably.
The first is to rationally arrange the storage and storage points. In accordance with the principle of "being conducive to protecting farmers’ interests, safe storage of grain, supervision and sales", rational distribution of storage and storage points will facilitate farmers to sell grain at close range. Before the start of the summer grain purchase, the purchase policy and the information of all storage points should be announced to the public through the local major news media and Internet channels as soon as possible to prevent the grain sellers from "running empty legs".
The second is to innovate the summer grain purchase model. Actively adapt to the current situation of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, actively explore new acquisition modes, and comprehensively adopt order acquisition, appointment acquisition, and peak-shifting acquisition, and encourage purchasing and storage enterprises to guide grain brokers and large grain growers to make appointments to sell grain. Ordinary farmers sell grain through on-site channels, and when necessary, go to the door to purchase, reducing personnel gathering and farmers’ queuing time. Constantly expand the functions of mobile App and WeChat applet, vigorously promote "internet plus Acquisition", and improve the level of self-help and convenience in purchase and sale. Supervise all storage depots to "open early and close late" as needed, give full play to the role of postpartum service system, actively provide farmers with services such as cleaning and drying, promote the upgrading of grain, and help farmers sell at a good price.
The third is to improve the level of on-site service. At the acquisition site, various methods such as posting publicity pages and acquisition flow charts are comprehensively adopted, such as "price on the list, standard on the wall, and samples on the stage", so that farmers can understand the grain sales process, clarify the acquisition standards, and let farmers "understand the grain" and "rest assured the grain". Encourage qualified places to establish a waiting room-style "comprehensive service hall for grain purchase" equipped with air conditioning, benches, tea, heatstroke prevention drugs, etc., establish a numbering system, optimize the quality of service for agriculture, and let farmers sell "comfortable grain" and "satisfactory grain". At the same time, strictly implement epidemic prevention and control measures to ensure the personal safety of the masses and employees.
Second, in the acquisition of service enterprises, actively create favorable conditions for all kinds of subjects to enter the market for acquisition.
With the deepening of the reform of grain storage system, market-oriented acquisition is the general trend. We take advantage of the situation, adjust measures to local conditions, strengthen factor protection, optimize the business environment, and take various measures to fully serve the acquisition of grain-related enterprises.
The first is to strengthen financial security. Actively coordinate financial institutions to increase credit support, make good use of grain to purchase credit guarantee funds, and provide credit support for various enterprises to purchase in the market. During the summer grain purchase this year, Henan Grain Industry Investment Guarantee Co., Ltd. is expected to provide 50 enterprises with financing and credit enhancement support with a total amount of not less than 600 million yuan, effectively solving the problems of financing difficulties and expensive financing for market-oriented acquirers.
The second is to optimize information services. Make full use of newspapers, radio, television, Internet and other media, widely publicize and interpret the grain purchase policy, and help all kinds of market-oriented buyers understand the policy, understand the policy, make good use of it, and form reasonable price expectations. Closely follow the market trends, strengthen market monitoring and early warning and situation analysis, provide accurate information services for the operation of grain-related enterprises, and promote the activity of market-oriented acquisition.
The third is to build a production and marketing platform. Consolidate and expand the results of production and marketing docking of the second China Grain Trade Fair, make overall plans for platform construction, enterprise docking and capacity coordination, and broaden the channels for market-oriented purchase and sale. Encourage key grain enterprises to make full use of their own channels and capital advantages, and establish long-term and stable market-oriented cooperative relations with new agricultural business entities such as large grain growers, family farms and farmers’ cooperatives.
In the process of purchasing summer grain, we will go deep into the front line, strengthen research, listen to opinions and suggestions extensively, and solve new situations and problems encountered in the purchase in time. We also welcome supervision from all walks of life. Thank you.
Henan Business Daily reporter
Hello, Director Huang Jie! Excuse me, in the process of purchasing summer grain this year, what measures will the food law enforcement and supervision departments take to maintain market order, safeguard the interests of farmers selling grain and ensure the smooth purchase of summer grain?
Huang Jie
Thank you for your concern for the tens of millions of grain farmers in the province. Affected by the epidemic situation in COVID-19, this year’s summer grain purchase is under great pressure and the situation is more complicated. As the food law enforcement and supervision department, we will proceed from the following aspects to effectively protect the interests of farmers selling grain and ensure the smooth and orderly summer grain purchase in the province.
First, the summer grain purchase market inspection highlights the word "all" (that is, the whole process supervision and full coverage supervision and inspection). With no regional and phased problems such as "difficulty in selling grain" and "white note" as the bottom line, strengthen supervision over the whole process of fixed-point, acquisition and quality acceptance; Strengthen supervision and inspection, achieve full coverage of all kinds of enterprises involved in the acquisition, eliminate the blind spot of supervision, and earnestly safeguard the interests of farmers. After today’s press conference, we will immediately launch the deployment of special inspection activities for summer grain purchase in the whole province, organize law enforcement officers from local grain and reserve departments to go deep into the front line of purchase, carry out daily inspections and law enforcement inspections, coordinate and solve contradictions and problems in the purchase, and resolve all kinds of problems at the grassroots level and at the purchasing and storage site.
Second, the word "fast" is highlighted in the rectification of the acquisition market environment (that is, the establishment of a rapid response mechanism). On the basis of optimizing the purchasing process and improving the service measures, we will intensify the rectification of the purchasing market environment, do a good job of "two norms" and create a comfortable grain selling environment. "Two norms": to standardize the purchasing behavior of grain storage enterprises, and to strictly investigate the behavior of internal personnel of enterprises who use their powers to ask the grain sellers for cards and fees during the purchasing activities; Standardize the service behavior of affiliated service units and personnel, and the consequences of illegal acts in the acquisition process shall be borne by the acquisition enterprise, so as to consolidate the management responsibility of the acquisition enterprise. Establish a rapid response mechanism, take flight inspection, surprise inspection and unannounced visits to key areas and enterprises, and jointly carry out joint law enforcement actions with public security, market supervision and other departments, so as to crack down on the purchase chaos such as forced loading and unloading, forced queue jumping, illegal charging, eating cards and selling "human grain", resolutely curb unhealthy practices in the process of grain purchase and maintain the normal order of summer grain purchase.
Third, the word "strict" is highlighted in the investigation of violations of laws and regulations (that is, strict punishment and serious accountability). Intensify the investigation and punishment of violations of laws and regulations during the acquisition period, and punish all acts that violate policy and discipline, damage national interests, and harm the interests of grain farmers, such as not strictly implementing national grain quality standards, suppressing prices, short weight and short weight, illegal charges, "IOUs" or not paying grain sales money in time, and publicly expose them; Units and individuals who fail to implement their work, neglect their duties and cause adverse social impact should be hell to pay and seriously accountable; Those suspected of constituting a crime shall be promptly transferred to discipline inspection and supervision or judicial organs for handling.
In order to solve various problems that farmers’ friends have reflected during the purchase, the grain and reserve departments at the provincial, city and county levels have set up consultation and complaint telephones for the purchase of summer grain, and they can answer complaints from the masses at any time. The reception telephone number of the Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau is: 0371-65683691 on weekdays, and 0371-65683884 at other times. The Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau will resolutely investigate the illegal acts reported. Here, we should also remind the farmers who sell grain that when selling grain, we should pay attention to the policy information such as the purchase price of policy grain varieties, quality standards, ways of increasing and deducting water miscellaneous items, settlement methods and execution time announced at the purchase site, and when the legitimate rights and interests are damaged, we should pay attention to retaining evidence and reporting in time.
Moderator Chang Yiyuan
Media friends, grain purchase is related to food security and farmers’ income, as well as economic development and social stability. At present, it is the busy season of agriculture in three summers. Under the new situation of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, it is of great significance to do a good job in purchasing summer grain this year for protecting farmers’ enthusiasm for growing grain, keeping the grain market running smoothly and promoting sustained and healthy economic and social development. Here, I hope that the news media can continue to pay attention to and do a good job in the propaganda and reporting of this year’s summer grain purchase, publicize and interpret the policies and measures of grain purchase in our province from all directions and angles, help farmers and friends and all kinds of enterprises accurately understand and grasp, ensure the smooth progress of this year’s summer grain purchase, and create a good public opinion atmosphere for fully implementing the tasks of "six stabilities" and "six guarantees", shouldering the heavy responsibility of ensuring national food security, and showing Henan’s new responsibilities and new actions.
That’s all for today’s press conference. Thank you again! Thank you, journalists and friends! Goodbye.