On March 23, Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, visited the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas and presided over a symposium. At the Agricultural Information Office of the planting management department, Li Keqiang listened to reports on spring management, spring ploughing and agricultural materials supply. He was very concerned about the situation of wheat seedlings in areas affected by last year's autumn flood and delayed sowing. He learned that the proportion of class I and II seedlings was significantly higher than that before winter. Li Keqiang urged him to continue to provide accurate guidance and services. He encouraged the staff to say that the agricultural situation is connected with the grain situation, the grain situation is connected with the people's situation, and the people depend on food. We should continue to strengthen monitoring, reflect the situation in time, and put forward suggestions in time, so as to jointly promote stable agricultural production and increase production. At the symposium, the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas made a report, and the main responsible comrades of Hebei, Heilongjiang and Henan provincial governments made a speech through video. Li Keqiang said that agriculture is the foundation of the national economy. At present, the international situation is complex and grim, with a sharp rise in prices, increased fluctuations in the agricultural market and other unstable factors. Domestic development and agricultural production are also facing new challenges. China's grain and important agricultural products have sufficient inventory and guaranteed supply, but we should always tighten the string based on our own food security and deal with the uncertainty of the external environment with the certainty of stable domestic production and supply, which is very important to stabilize prices, stabilize economic operation and stabilize the overall social situation. We should implement the State Council's policy of "making more than 1.4 billion people a basket of vegetables" and "ensuring more people a basket of vegetables" to promote the healthy development of the economy. We should firmly implement the party's decision-making and social development, and pay close attention to the healthy development of the economy. Li Keqiang said that the plan of the year lies in spring, and farmers wait for no one. Now spring tube spring sowing is spreading from south to north. The main wheat producing areas in the north are in the critical period of wheat rejuvenation, and there is still room to improve the seedling situation. It is necessary to promote the transformation of weak seedlings into strong ones through scientific topdressing, and strengthen follow-up field management to ensure a bumper summer harvest. We will pay close attention to fine spring ploughing and preparation, strive to implement the spring sowing area, and encourage places where conditions permit to grow a variety of double cropping rice, so as to ensure that the grain output this year will remain above 1.3 trillion Jin. Li Keqiang said that all parties should focus on the overall situation, implement their responsibilities and effectively support agricultural production. Agricultural materials are the "food" of grain. In view of the rising prices of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and diesel oil, we should support enterprises to increase production and supply from multiple links such as tax reduction and fee reduction, raw material supply and energy consumption, and ensure the transportation and terminal distribution of agricultural materials. For the special varieties, we should specially study relevant support measures, promote enterprises to tap the potential, increase production and expand diversified imports, and do a good job in reserve regulation with market-oriented methods. The state has issued a measure to redistribute 20 billion yuan of agricultural subsidies to actual grain farmers. We should do in-depth and meticulous work to release them in place as soon as possible and protect the enthusiasm of grain farmers. We should strengthen monitoring and early warning and respond to meteorological, plant diseases and insect pests and other disasters in a scientific and timely manner. Li Keqiang said that China has a long way to go to realize modernization, and that the registered residence population in rural areas still has 760 million. We must continue to promote agricultural modernization and provide support for industrialization and urbanization. Industrialization and urbanization can drive agricultural modernization. We should consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation and solidly promote rural revitalization. Respect the wishes of farmers and develop various forms of moderate scale operation according to local conditions. Firmly hold the red line of 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land, continue to promote the construction of farmland water conservancy facilities and high-standard farmland, accelerate the tackling, popularization and application of improved varieties and advanced agricultural machinery and equipment, and constantly improve the comprehensive agricultural production capacity. Hu Chunhua, Xiao Jie and he Lifeng attended the above activities. (Xinhua News Agency)