App was informed that on 22 july the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs issued a response to recommendation 5111 of the 14th national people's congress. It was mentioned that in recent years, the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs, together with the relevant departments, has strengthened its policy support, strengthened its efforts to stabilize food prices and made every effort to guarantee the income of food farmers. To guide local and relevant enterprises to take reasonable advantage of the timing of rotation of government reserves, to intensify the adhesion, to create regulatory synergies and to promote the maintenance of food prices at reasonable levels. In 2026, the lowest purchase prices for early, medium and evening rice and rice were maintained at the previous year's level of $1. 28, $1. 29 and 1. 31 per pound respectively, with a fixed total of 50 million tons. The minimum purchase price for wheat is at least two years old, at $1. 19 per pound in 2026, with a limited acquisition of 37 million tons. As a next step, the ministry of agriculture and rural development, together with the relevant departments, will maintain and improve the minimum purchase price policy for food, guarantee basic food earnings for farmers and provide basic support for national food security。
The text read as follows:
Response to recommendation 5111 of the fourth national people's congress
The whole of xu deok represents:
I have received your advice on ensuring national food security. The national food and reserve agency, the ministry of finance, the ministry of water, the general directorate of financial supervision and the national commission for development and reform, which are in business, have the following responses:
I. Resources for strengthening the institutional context
In recent years, the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs, in cooperation with the relevant departments, has been strengthening its policy support, increasing its financial resources, strengthening its guidance services and building the agricultural development base. Continuous upgrading of agricultural mechanization. Promote the acceleration of agro-machine equipment development in hilly mountain regions and steadily implement projects such as the integrated pilot project on smart agro-machines, agricultural robots, agro-machine r & d extension applications, etc. The industrialization of advanced agricultural equipment applications, such as the 18kg/s feed grain harvester and 10 row rice high-speed plug-in machines, has accelerated, and the 20kg/s feed mixer grain harvester has been piloted. In-depth implementation of the policy of subsidies for the acquisition and application of agricultural machinery and solid promotion of the end-of-life renewal of old agricultural aircraft, with an integrated mechanization rate of 76. 7 per cent for crop cultivation. Integrated food storage. (c) fully utilize the role of market-based mechanisms, continuously strengthen the security of storage, finance, personnel, etc., strengthen the linkage between production and marketing and agricultural enterprises, encourage central and leading firms to take the lead in municipal acquisitions, direct diverse actors to take active part in municipal acquisitions, and strengthen market acquisition and marketing. (c) play the role of a flow-to-production guide, which guides farmers to optimize their farming structures through brand-building, order-to-cropping, etc., and promotes the development and upgrading of varieties。
As a next step, the ministry of agriculture and rural development will work with the relevant departments to promote high-quality, high-quality agricultural land construction, and will vigorously promote the agricultural machinery patchboard, strengthening modern agricultural circulation systems and providing the basis for efficient supply of vital agricultural products such as food。
Ii. Strengthening agricultural insuration corporation support
In recent years, the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs, in collaboration with the relevant departments, has been strengthening its policy support, continuously promoting the expansion of agricultural insurance, the addition of products and the raising of tenders, and steadily improving the quality of agricultural insurance services. Expanding coverage. At present, agricultural insurance coverage has been extended to major agricultural products and more than 500 locally advantageous agricultural products. The three main food crops, full cost insurance for soybeans and income insurance for planting have been covered nationwide. Full cost insurance for sugar cane and income insurance for planting, comprehensive insurance for natural rubber have continued, and local insurance for locally advantageous agricultural products has been promoted. In 2025, we received more than $15. 5 billion in insurance premiums for agriculture, and the central fiscal authorities allocated 51. 7 billion in subsidies for insurance premiums for agriculture, providing farmers with more than $5. 2 trillion in risk insurance. Sound institutional norms. Through the opening of green corridors and the establishment of improved compensation mechanisms, agricultural insurance has been fully used to restore agricultural production and to stabilize farmers ' expectations. In 2025, agricultural insurance paid more than $12 billion to farmers. The superintendence of financial supervision has issued the agricultural insurance insurance insurance compensation management scheme, which sets out clear requirements for insurance coverage, settlement of claims, internal control, etc., and provides guidance to the chinese insurance industry association in developing guidelines for the issuance of insurance insurance insurance insurance claims services in the growing and farming industries, and strengthening the concept of compliance. The circular on matters related to the promotion of precision insurance in agriculture, etc., was issued jointly with the relevant authorities. It led to the strengthening of the precision management of insurance coverage, the improvement of compensation mechanisms and standards, the improvement of the quality and efficiency of compensation services, the improvement of the efficient and effective service system for agricultural insurance, and efforts to solve the gaps in the management of insurance claims。
As a next step, the ministry of agriculture and rural development will work in tandem with the relevant authorities to continue to promote the synergy of agricultural insurance policies, accelerate the development of integrated systems of insurance, prevention, reduction, rescue and compensation services, effectively strengthen agricultural disaster prevention and mitigation and integrated security capacities, and provide more comprehensive, accurate and accessible agricultural risk protection services to farmers and new agricultural operators。
Iii. A policy on the introduction of a food bonus to increase farmers ' food incentives
In recent years, the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs, in conjunction with the relevant departments, has been focusing on the modest scale of food production, and has been increasing its policy support and its motivation for large-scale operators. The central financial authority supports the development of family farms and farmers ' cooperatives through a variety of funds, including food and oil production security and the empowerment of agricultural operators. In 2025, millions of new agricultural operators were organized to take the lead in the production of monolithic services, with a special focus on farmers, which helped to boost the number of single productions of food and oil crops. In 2026, funds continued to be allocated to support the implementation of a single-production upgrade of food and oil-scale farmers, which will be supplemented by awards for the scale of food staples for which key technical measures have been put in place to achieve the objective of single-production upgrading. The use of advanced and appropriate technologies, such as large-scale monolithic upgrading of food and oil crops, is an important element in supporting qualified farmers ' cooperatives, family farms, agricultural service companies, etc., to provide socialized services to producers such as small farmers. By the end of 2024, there were 1677,000 food family farms nationwide and 546,000 food cooperatives. Of that total, 248. 75 million acres were cultivated on family farms nationwide, with an average acre production of 468. 1 kg。
As a next step, the ministry of agriculture and rural development, in collaboration with the relevant authorities, will continue to develop a new type of agricultural business that leads the production of monolithic services for farmers, with a view to strengthening policy support and increasing the motivation of small farmers, especially those on a large scale, to grow food。
Iv. On regulating land flows and promoting scale operations
In recent years, the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs, together with the relevant departments, has been working to strengthen rural land transfer management and services, to further the normative development of rural land transfer markets, to guide local and local development of a variety of modest-scale businesses, and to boost farmers ' incomes. (b) a sound land transfer policy system. The introduction of the rural land management scheme will further regulate the management of the transient contract by issuing, in conjunction with the relevant authorities, the rural land management leasing contract (model text) and the rural land management equity contract (model text). (b) launching a pilot project to regularize trade in rural property, to guide local authorities in implementing the requirements of regulatory construction and to improve the policy system for trade in rural property. As of the end of 2024, there were more than 1,500 rural property-transfer markets with legal personality nationwide. (b) locally appropriate promotion of a modest scale of operations. In-depth efforts have been made to promote new types of agricultural operators, highlighting the development of farmers ' cooperatives and family farms, and to foster new types of agricultural operators on a modest scale. (b) the introduction of organizational forms such as “service providers + new agricultural operators + farmers”, “service providers + rural collective economic organizations + farmers” and the development of service models such as “one- and multiple-tier care” services. By the end of 2024, there were 111,000 operators in the country who provided social services, with an annual coverage of more than 2. 29 billion acres and almost 93 million small farmers。
As a next step, the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs will continue to work with the relevant departments to improve the policy system, strengthen supervision and management, ensure risk prevention, and effectively upgrade management and services for the transfer of rights and services from the contractor's land, and develop the various forms of business on a modest scale, as appropriate。
V. Conclusion on pursuant pursuant priorities for food assessment
In recent years, the ministry of agriculture and rural development, in conjunction with the relevant departments, has strengthened its policy support, taking steps to stabilize food prices and making every effort to guarantee the income of farmers who grow food. The minimum purchase price level should be determined rationally, taking into account factors such as the cost of food production, market supply and demand, domestic and foreign market prices and industrial development, in order to stabilize farmers ' expectations of food earnings. Develop and issue minimum purchase price implementation plans for rice and wheat, which are launched in a timely manner in eligible areas and effectively serve as a policy base. To guide local and relevant enterprises to take reasonable advantage of the timing of rotation of government reserves, to intensify the adhesion, to create regulatory synergies and to promote the maintenance of food prices at reasonable levels. In 2026, the lowest purchase prices for early, medium and evening rice and rice were maintained at the previous year's level of $1. 28, $1. 29 and 1. 31 per pound respectively, with a fixed total of 50 million tons. The minimum purchase price for wheat is at least two years old, at $1. 19 per pound in 2026, with a limited acquisition of 37 million tons。
As a next step, the ministry of agriculture and rural development, together with the relevant departments, will maintain and improve the minimum purchase price policy for food, guarantee basic food earnings for farmers and provide basic support for national food security。
I thank you for your interest in the work of my ministry and hope to continue to support the work of the sanno。
Contact: department of development planning, ministry of agriculture and rural development
Ministry of agriculture and rural development
19 july 2026
