标签： 苏州晚上必去的地方

　　In Xunwu County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, there are such a group of children who can get in touch with science and technology at "zero distance" in school and fly their innovative wings;

　　There is also such a teacher who combines theory with practice, imparting scientific knowledge in the classroom and caring for children’s scientific dream in the mountains … …

Physics teacher as "curator"

　　Huang Caifa is a physics teacher of Xunwu Middle School in Xunwu County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, deputy director of the school’s scientific research department and director of the science and technology center, and a backbone teacher of physics in Ganzhou City.

　　In order to let the concept of science and technology take root among students, in 2015, a science and technology museum of a rural middle school landed in Xunwu Middle School. As the founder, Huang Caifa also served as the "curator" and worked hard on this voluntary work as a career.

　　According to the actual education and teaching in the school, he took "building the Science and Technology Museum of Xunwu Middle School into a popular science education base loved by teachers and students" as the goal, and established the Science and Technology Museum as the purpose of "exciting interest, experiencing, improving and innovating", and built a good platform for teachers and students of Xunwu Middle School to get in touch with science and technology at zero distance.

　　Huang Caifa also organized a science and technology group in Xunwu Middle School. The members of the group gave full play to their respective advantages and worked together to make the science and technology group an important organization to strengthen science and technology education in the school.

　　In order to strengthen contact and communication with students and give timely feedback on the effect of popular science work, he also creatively set up science and technology interest groups in each class to guide students to actively participate in science and technology activities.

　　The children’s eyes lit up. What was quietly changing in this small county that was still struggling with poverty at that time.

　　Xunwu Middle School has set off an unprecedented upsurge in physics learning, and the results of various competitions have blossomed. Graduates have successively passed the Tsinghua of Peking University and pursued their dreams in higher institutions.

Open the door of science and sow the seeds of dreams.

　　In view of the problems that the facilities of the science and technology museum in rural middle schools can’t be updated in time and the limited number of exhibits can’t meet the growing demand for scientific and technological knowledge of students, Huang Caifa explored seven new contents of scientific and technological education activities suitable for the characteristics of the science and technology museum in rural middle schools:

one

Let students give popular science lessons to parents.

　　In view of the current phenomenon that some people illegally use electric fish, he asked students to give parents relevant popular science classes in the county youth activity center to show the safety hidden dangers of simple electric fish tools and their harm to the ecological balance, and achieved good publicity results.

2

Hold a thematic photography exhibition

　　Led by Huang Caifa, the school and Xunwu County Photography Association jointly launched a photo exhibition with the theme of "protecting the source of Dongjiang River and creating green and seeking Wu", which not only aroused people’s awareness of environmental protection, but also raised their awareness of the importance of green mountains and green rivers.

three

Conduct lectures and publicity activities on traffic safety travel knowledge.

　　In view of the fact that there are many electric vehicles in Xunwu County and people’s awareness of traffic safety is not strong, the school cooperated with the county traffic police brigade to carry out traffic safety travel knowledge lectures and publicity activities in the north square of the county, and achieved good results.

　　Since then, the phenomenon of students riding electric cars to school has been effectively curbed.

four

R&D and promotion of children’s enlightenment related content

　　Huang Caifa promoted the cooperation between the school and Little Newton, an educational institution for children’s scientific enlightenment, helped to develop and promote enlightenment courses, products and activities for children, and extended popular science education to children.

five

Build five more rural middle school science and technology museums

　　With the help of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and China Science and Technology Museum Development Fund, Xunwu County has built five rural middle school science and technology museums. Huang Caifa used holidays to go to various science and technology museums in a planned way to guide their activities.

　　It is particularly worth mentioning that Huang Caifa also helped Chengjiang Middle School successfully declare the "2019 Science and Technology Museum in Action" activity, which expanded the influence of popular science activities.

six

Science and Technology Museum Open Day "Experiencing Science"

　　In the "Experience Science" activity of Xunwu Middle School Science and Technology Museum Open Day in 2018, on the one hand, Huang Caifa organized students to actively participate in the Xunwu County exhibition tour of China Mobile Science and Technology Museum and go to the Dongjiangyuan venue to experience science;

　　On the other hand, in the open day of Xunwu Middle School Science and Technology Museum held for the teachers and students of the whole school, Huang Caifa arranged the teachers and students of the school to participate in the activities in an orderly manner. At the same time, he also invited the parents of the students to participate in it, so that the teachers, students and parents could receive science education and participate in science popularization activities at close range.

　　It’s not enough to experience the exhibits. There are many activities such as popular science handwritten blackboard newspaper appraisal activities, robot assembly competitions and drone flight test experience, which enrich students’ spare time.

seven

Poverty alleviation does not forget popular science education

　　The Science and Technology Museum not only benefited the students of Xunwu Middle School, but also sent it to a more remote village.

　　In the field, it is difficult to walk by car, so he rides a motorcycle for an hour or two, carrying robots, kongmingsuo, small drones, popular science books and so on down to the countryside to spread scientific knowledge for farmers’ children and stimulate their interest in science.

　　Although the activities of the Science and Technology Museum in Xunwu Middle School are still in the primary stage of exploration and experience, with the efforts of Huang Caifa, good results have been achieved in science and technology aid and popular science:

　　Students’ interest in science has increased, their enthusiasm and initiative in learning have been enhanced, and the results of academic competitions have steadily increased, and the flowers of popular science have begun to bloom in the surrounding towns … …

Hard work has brought fruitful results.

　　In 2017 and 2018, as a volunteer of China Science and Technology Museum Development Foundation, Huang Caifa actively participated in the training course for science and technology teachers of rural middle school science and technology museums organized by the Science Department of China Association for Science and Technology and China Science and Technology Museum Development Foundation, and strived to improve his scientific and technological literacy.

　　Under his hard work, in 2017, Xunwu Middle School Science and Technology Museum was rated as an excellent rural middle school science and technology museum; In the National Science Popularization Day in 2018, the "Puzzle and Interesting Robot Assembly Competition" organized by him was warmly received and won the "Best Activity Award".

I am a country baby myself,

I deeply understand children.

Curiosity and desire for science,

I would like to be a place where they can.

A bridge to the hall of science and technology.

　　Huang Caifa’s passion for science is rooted in the ordinary, the mountains and the children’s dreams of science.

　　In him, although there are no earth-shattering deeds, we have seen an ordinary physics teacher’s devotion to education and dedication.

　　Learn to be true and be sincere, and Huang Caifa will continue to be the bridge between children and the science and technology hall!

　　Mr. and Mrs. Liu Jun are debugging the broadcasting equipment in the forest farm. Our reporter is happy and expensive.

　　Saihanba is the result of decades of hard struggle of my father and his older generation. It is not easy to plant this forest. It is the responsibility of each of us to take good care of the forest.

　　I am a lookout in the forest farm. To stand well in every shift and become the brightest eye of Saihanba, our family should do a good job in green inheritance. The green mountains and forests of Saihanba have brought us real benefits.

　　My name is Liu Jun. I’m 46 years old. I’m from Haliha Township, Weichang County, Hebei Province. I’m an ordinary worker in Saihanba Forest Farm, Hebei Province.

　　Saihanba is a national forest farm with millions of acres of artificial forests. The protection of green for generations has made Saihanba Forest Farm "the source of water, the hometown of clouds, the world of flowers and the ocean of forests". Green has become the color symbol of every family in Saihanba. Our family is the green inheritor of Saihanba, and my wife Qi Shuyan and I are both "Erh Lin generations". Now three generations of our family have participated in the construction of this artificial green mile.

　　Watch green

　　I am a lookout in the forest farm. Among the millions of acres of forest in Saihanba, nine watchtowers are important strongholds for fire prevention in the forest farm. In the fire prevention period of nearly 10 months every year, we should stick to it 24 hours a day, report the monitoring situation to the headquarters every 15 minutes, and look at it 96 times a day. We live in the mountains all the year round and make it our home.

　　When I first joined the work, I worked as a ranger in Yinhe Forest Farm, Saihanba Machinery Forest Farm. Later, I accepted the transfer from the forest farm and became a lookout in Wanghuolou, Liangbingtai. Now it’s the 11th year since I arrived at Wanghuo Building. This forest is the result of decades of hard struggle of my father and his older generation. It is not easy to plant this forest. It is the responsibility of every Saihanba person to take good care of it.

　　Our husband and wife’s parents were the first generation of foresters. We grew up with these trees and had deep feelings for this forest since childhood. My father Haiyun Liu went to the dam in 1958, before the mechanical forest farm was formally established. My father not only participated in the establishment of forest farm and afforestation, but also was the first lookout of the fire tower. Now I have inherited my father’s duties.

　　My father came to Wanghuolou in 1965 and worked for six years. At that time, Wanghuolou was still a simple shack, which was neither cold nor breathable. It was particularly cold in winter and sultry in summer. The draught had to be picked 12 miles away, and the food had to be carried 20 kilometers away. It took a whole day to go back and forth, and there was no transportation. Life was particularly bitter.

　　"Thirst for ditch water, hunger for black oat noodles. Busy with homework during the day and staying in the grass nest at night. Rain and snow come to check the shop, and birds and animals sleep around me. The strong wind blows sand, and the frost sets the quilt edge. Although God is merciless, he is also afraid of beating Han with iron. Plant trees all over the ground and see that you will remain the same. " This is a poem written by my father’s generation, and now we often use it to inspire ourselves.

　　Boundless forest

　　Now the watchtower has evolved into five floors. The forest farm installed heating boilers, dug deep wells and installed WiFi for us. Not only the living conditions have improved, but also the working equipment is becoming more and more advanced. Advanced automatic infrared monitoring equipment and communication equipment can monitor the fire in the first time.

　　In recent years, the living conditions of Wanghuolou have been greatly improved, but like their parents, loneliness and loneliness can never be changed. Sometimes we can’t see an outsider on the mountain for more than a month. At this time, my wife Qi Shuyan went out and shouted at the mountain forest to listen to the echo. I don’t like talking, but I like painting. Spring is green outside, summer is dotted with flowers, autumn is half green and half yellow, and winter is snowy. All these are my painting materials, and Saihanba is in my heart.

　　When we first came here 11 years ago, the surrounding pine trees were only more than two meters high, and we could see far from the second floor. Now the small trees have grown into big trees, standing on the fourth floor, and some trees will affect the line of sight. It is said that if these trees are arranged at a spacing of one meter, they can circle the equator of the earth 12 times. In our eyes, this forest is like our children. If we don’t see it for a few days, we will think about it.

　　hand down from generation to generation

　　We can see this forest every day, but we owe a lot to our son. When I first arrived on the mountain, my son, Zhigang, was still young. Because he couldn’t leave people at all times, we had to arrange for our children to board in the county. Every time we held a parent-teacher meeting, we could only go to grandma. He was often laughed at by classmates as a child without parents. I didn’t communicate with him much. After a long time, he didn’t understand us and felt that we didn’t love him.

　　Over the years, I have kept my guilt for my son in my heart, and I can only cook him a good table every time when he comes home. Everyone in the venue said that I love to eat, but I just want to make more and eat more for my daughter-in-law and son.

　　After so many years, Zhigang has grown up and gradually understood our work. To my delight, now he is also a fireman in the forest farm. He also took the initiative to ask me something about lookout. I knew he wanted to learn, so my husband and I taught him all our work experience over the years. Although he is still working as a fireman, he knows all the basic knowledge about lookout. Some time ago, he expressed his willingness to do this job and watch this forest with the old couple.

　　Once Saihanba "covered the sky with yellow sand, birds have no trees", but now Saihanba "has boundless forest, and a hundred flowers fight for the fragrance". Over the past 55 years, generations of Saihanba people have listened to the call of the party, been loyal to their mission, worked hard and made contributions for a long time, and created the green mile in the history of world ecological construction.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Saihanba has further implemented the construction of ecological civilization, promoted green development, continued afforestation and continued protection. In addition, we have established the National Forest Park, where the green and air are also a kind of resources. It goes without saying that the scenery is beautiful when you come to Saihanba, a natural oxygen bar, and you can bring back pure forest air to your family. Now, the green mountains and forests of Saihanba have become real money and brought us real benefits.

　　Now, the daughter-in-law has "four generations of Lin" in her belly. We hope to tell the children the story of Saihanba from an early age. This green gene cannot be broken. Our family should pass on this green and continue to draw a blueprint for ecological civilization construction with green.

　　(Our reporter is happy to organize)

　　Liu Jun: As for my work, I will stand on every shift, never let off a wisp of smoke, put an end to all possible factors of fire, be the brightest eye of Saihanba, and do better on the original basis. For life, I want to spend more time with my parents after retirement and give them more warm clothes. Make good compensation for my wife who has been with me in Wanghuolou. For yourself, practice writing and painting more.

　　Qi Shuyan (wife of Liu Jun): Continue to stick to the watchtower, take care of her husband’s daily life, and take care of her son and daughter-in-law. I also want to spend more time with my parents and talk to them after retirement. Finally, I hope to use my life experience to make my son a new generation of Saihanba people and a new generation of Saihanba bright eyes.

　　Liu Zhigang (son of Liu Jun): Do a good job of the three generations of Lin, protect the wealth left by the older generation of Saihanba people, inherit the spirit of Saihanba, do every movement of fire fighting training, learn from your parents in your spare time, and be as devoted as your parents. I also want to buy a bigger ring for my daughter-in-law, be a competent husband and spend more time with my parents. At the same time, practice your body stronger and get ready for the upcoming baby.

　　Liu Ran (daughter-in-law of Liu Jun): Learn the lookout knowledge with her parents-in-law, guard Saihanba with her husband, and be a conscientious lookout like her parents. Usually, we should also pay attention to our health, so as to add a healthy child to our family and escort the "four generations of Lin".

　　In the past few years, various problems based on AI (artificial intelligence) have been one of the hottest topics in the field of science and technology. How to make this cutting-edge scientific and technological force simpler and acceptable to the people has become a real problem at present. In response to this problem, Baidu gave its own plan.

　　A few days ago, after reaching a strategic cooperation with China Science and Technology Museum, Baidu’s "Voyager" AI Popular Science Bus has started from Beijing, and has been launched in local science and technology museums in five cities across the country. On August 4, 2017, Baidu and science and technology hall held the launching ceremony of "Artificial Intelligence Popular Science China Tour" in Beijing, which marked the first stage of the strategic framework cooperation agreement reached between them based on artificial intelligence popular science. This trip of artificial intelligence science popularization in China has been carried out in local science and technology museums in five cities in China. The "Voyager" AI science popularization bus will spread the knowledge of artificial intelligence to all parts of the country, which also shows that Baidu’s artificial intelligence technology not only changes industries, but also cares about people’s lives. Bring updated artificial intelligence knowledge to further places. Prior to this, Baidu also successfully realized the "restoration" of the damaged Terracotta Warriors and Horses and the intelligent display of related cultural relics through artificial intelligence technology. In addition, Baidu is also committed to using the new AR (Augmented Reality) technology to restore and reproduce the folk life of old Beijing, and use technology to awaken history, so that experiencers can fully experience history and culture and become a part of history.

　　Make the complex world simpler.

　　In fact, it is Baidu’s mission to make the complex world simpler with technology. In the past few years, Baidu has been committed to technological innovation and the development of artificial intelligence. The reason why Baidu can achieve today’s achievements is closely related to the country’s concern and support for the field of scientific and technological innovation.

　　In order to realize the mission of "making the complex world simpler with technology", Baidu will adhere to two core strategies: consolidating the mobile foundation and winning the AI ? ? era. In short, AI is the core driving force of Baidu.

　　It is reported that Baidu AI platform is the foundation of developing application layer, which is composed of Baidu Brain and Baidu AI Cloud. Baidu brain is the first complete artificial intelligence platform in the industry, including algorithm layer, perception layer, cognition layer and platform layer. Baidu’s algorithm layer includes machine learning platform and deep learning platform; Perception layer includes speech recognition, image recognition, AR, VR (virtual reality) and other capabilities; The cognitive level includes NLP (natural language processing), knowledge map and user portrait; The platform layer is an AI open platform, which opens different capabilities to the outside world. Intelligent cloud is the foundation of Baidu AI platform, which is composed of AI+ big data+cloud.

　　At present, Baidu’s AI technology capability is accelerating at a solid pace. For developers and eco-partners, Baidu announced a number of important plans, including the Apollo plan for intelligent driving and the two open platforms for intelligent voice DuerOS, to fully launch Baidu’s important AI eco-strategies, technologies, business progress and solutions.

　　Up to now, in the field of artificial intelligence, Baidu has opened more than 60 AI core technologies, forming four major AI commercialization scenarios: airport, sales customer service, home and automobile. At the industrial chain level, only in the field of intelligent driving, more than 50 upstream and downstream manufacturers of the first-tier automobile industry at home and abroad have announced their participation in Baidu AI circle of friends in the three months since the announcement of the "Apollo Plan".

　　Baidu takes artificial intelligence as the driving force to continuously improve its existing core businesses, especially mobile phone Baidu, search, information flow and other core products. At the same time, in order to explore long-term market opportunities, Baidu will continue to expand emerging AI-driven businesses through open platforms and ecosystems.

　　Awakening history and culture with science and technology

　　Awakening history and culture with technology is one of the important practices undertaken by Baidu, the global artificial intelligence giant, in the field of AI, and it is also one of the most intuitive channels for the public to experience the power of AI at present.

　　On August 4th, 2017, Baidu and science and technology hall held the launching ceremony of "Artificial Intelligence Science Popularization in China" in Beijing, which marked the first stage of the strategic framework cooperation agreement reached between them based on artificial intelligence science popularization. This trip of artificial intelligence science popularization in China has been carried out in local science and technology museums in five cities in China. The "Voyager" AI science popularization bus will spread the knowledge of artificial intelligence to all parts of the country, which also shows that Baidu’s artificial intelligence technology not only changes industries, but also cares about people’s lives.

　　On May 18th this year, Baidu announced that it had realized the "restoration" of the damaged Terracotta Warriors and Horses and the intelligent display of related cultural relics through artificial intelligence technology. According to reports, the "restoration" plan uses AR technology to "restore" the Terracotta Warriors and Horses No.2 pit, kneeling figurines and bronze chariots and horses. Visitors can see the "alive" Terracotta Warriors and other cultural relics with their own eyes by scanning the three triggers of "plane layout", "light box of kneeling figurines" and "structure diagram of bronze chariots and horses" in the No.2 pit of Terracotta Warriors and Horses through Baidu AR function of mobile phone.

　　At the same time, the Digital Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses built by Baidu Encyclopedia was officially launched, presenting the Terracotta Warriors and Horses to the audience for the first time with the "ultra-high-definition level" of 20 billion pixels, becoming the first historical landscape in eight wonders of the world to be exhibited online with 10 billion pixels.

　　At the beginning of this year, following the restoration of Chaoyangmen by Baidu AR technology, Baidu began to comprehensively upgrade AR technology and completely restore the nine gates of old Beijing as cultural cities. It is reported that Baidu’s activity of restoring the nine gates of old Beijing through AR technology was held during the Spring Festival, so it has attracted the attention of many citizens and friends. During the event, passengers can see all kinds of life scenes of the old people in the old Beijing city after triggering AR through the mobile phone Baidu App, and at the same time, they can also interact with the restored "Old Nine Gates", which is very exciting.

　　Compared with some applications with a strong commercial atmosphere, Baidu’s attempt to awaken history and culture with technology and let the experiencers fully experience history and traditional culture with new AR technology can really make more and more people pay attention to and even participate in the inheritance and protection of history and culture. This also shows that Baidu’s artificial intelligence technology is not only about changing industries, but also about people’s lives themselves. Text/Liu Yang

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a press conference on the operation of key agricultural products market in 2019.

On Wednesday, January 15th, 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a regular press conference in the Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to introduce the market operation of key agricultural products in 2019 and answer questions from reporters.

Conference site
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Ning Qiwen, Deputy Director of the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs:

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, friends from the media. Welcome to the press conference held by the Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The theme of today’s conference is to introduce the market operation of key agricultural products in 2019. Today, I am very pleased to invite Mr. Keke, Director of the Market and Information Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Mr. Wang Junxun, the second inspector of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau, to introduce the situation to us and answer your questions.

First of all, please ask Director Tang to inform you about the situation.

Keke, Director of Market and Information Department of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs:

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, friends from the media. Welcome to the regular press conference. The Spring Festival is in less than 10 days. First of all, on behalf of the Market and Information Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, I wish you happiness and well-being, and thank you for your long-term concern and support for the information work in the agricultural and rural markets. Near the Spring Festival, it is the time to concentrate on purchasing new year’s goods, and everyone is particularly concerned about the operation situation of agricultural products market. Below, I will give you a brief briefing on the operation of key agricultural products market in 2019 and the prospect in 2020, as well as the key work in the field of agricultural and rural market information.

Since 2019, under the impact of multiple internal and external uncertainties in agriculture, the prices of some agricultural products have fluctuated greatly, but the market supply is generally sufficient, the price increase is limited, and the trend among varieties is obviously differentiated, showing the characteristics of "one stability, one rise and one fluctuation". "One stability" means that the production of bulk agricultural products such as grain, cotton, oil and sugar is stable, the stock is sufficient, and the market operation is basically stable, and the agricultural product market continues to play the role of "ballast stone"; "One rise" refers to the tight supply in the pork market and the large price increase, which drives the overall price of livestock and poultry products to strengthen; "One fluctuation" means that the price of fruits and vegetables is high before and then low, and the price fluctuates greatly due to adverse weather, but it still conforms to the seasonal law as a whole. From the main varieties:

Rice and wheat: stable production, sufficient stocks, and lower prices. In 2019, the production of rice and wheat decreased and increased, the total output of rations remained stable, the inventory was at a historical high, and the market price was weak. After the new grain was listed, the implementation plan for the minimum purchase price of wheat, early indica rice and middle and late rice was launched one after another. In December, the market purchase prices of late indica rice and japonica rice were 1.20 yuan and 1.32 yuan per catty, respectively, down 6.3% and 7.7% year-on-year; The prices of ordinary wheat and high-quality wheat in Zhengzhou grain wholesale market were 1.18 yuan and 1.24 yuan per catty, respectively, down 4.4% and 6.5% year-on-year.

Corn: there is a gap between production and demand, the inventory is still abundant, and the price fluctuates slightly. Affected by the continuous adjustment of planting structure, the corn area decreased slightly in 2019, but the meteorological conditions in the main producing areas were generally better than the previous year, and the corn output increased by 1.4%. Affected by the decline of pig production capacity, the consumption of corn feed for pigs decreased, but the consumption of substitute feed such as meat and poultry increased obviously, and the consumption of corn feed decreased slightly overall. New projects for corn deep processing increased, and industrial consumption increased rigidly. In 2019, the gap between corn production and demand was about 50 billion Jin, but due to the high inventory level, the relationship between corn supply and demand remained balanced and loose, and the market operation was basically stable. After the new corn came into the market in autumn, the prices of the main producing areas in North China and Northeast China dropped slightly. In December, the wholesale price of corn producing areas was 0.92 yuan per catty, down 1.2% from the previous month and 2.8% from the same period last year.

Soybean: Imports continue to decrease, and prices are mainly stable. Affected by Sino-US economic and trade frictions, soybean imports declined slightly, and the import sources were further concentrated in Brazil and Argentina. From January to December, the after-tax price of imported soybeans in Qingdao Port first fell and then rose, and fluctuated slightly between 1.55 yuan and 1.65 yuan per catty. In December, the ex-factory price of medium soybean meal in Shandong was 2930 yuan per ton, down 4.4% from the previous month and 2.2% from the same period last year. Domestic soybean production continued to resume growth, the market was booming, and the price was stable and strong.

Pork: the production capacity of live pigs gradually recovered before the end of the year, and the price continued to rise and then fell back. Since 2019, due to the superposition of pig cycle, African swine fever epidemic, unreasonable ban on raising in some areas and other factors, the production capacity of live pigs has dropped more, the supply of pork market has continued to be tight, and the price has increased greatly. Since October, with the intensive introduction and implementation of a series of national and local policies and measures for stable production and supply of live pigs, the confidence of farm households in raising and supplementing pens has increased, the production of live pigs in China has stopped falling and rebounded, the market is expected to stabilize, and the pork price has remained generally stable after falling back. In December, the average wholesale price of pork was around 43 yuan per kilogram. Driven by the rise in pig prices, the prices of beef, sheep, poultry, eggs and milk have generally strengthened, but the production of these products has increased a lot, and the market supply is sufficient, which is significantly lower than that of pork.

Looking forward to 2020, the total supply of bulk agricultural products such as grain, cotton, oil and sugar in China is still relatively loose, the pig production capacity is expected to gradually recover, and the market will continue to operate smoothly, which has a good foundation. The annual price increase of agricultural products is expected to fall back, but the risk of periodic fluctuations of some varieties needs to be closely watched.

I would like to take this opportunity to briefly introduce the key work in the field of agricultural and rural market information. On December 25th last year, the Ministry held a national conference on agricultural and rural market information, which laid out the key tasks in the field of agricultural and rural market information this year and in the future. First, we will speed up the implementation of the "internet plus" agricultural products project, focusing on the construction of 100 pilot counties this year. The second is to further promote the entry of information into villages and households, and achieve the goal of covering 80% of administrative villages this year. Third, strengthen monitoring, statistics, analysis and early warning, and organize the 2020 agricultural outlook Conference on April 20 to give full play to the supporting role of data in management and decision-making. Fourth, strengthen brand building in an all-round way, enlarge and strengthen the dominant area of agricultural products with China characteristics, vigorously promote the docking of agricultural products production and marketing in poverty-stricken areas, and run the 4th China International Tea Expo on May 20th and the 18th China International Agricultural Products Fair on November 27th. Fifth, accelerate the construction of market circulation system, start the construction project of cold chain logistics facilities for storage and preservation of agricultural products, and strive to improve the commercialization processing capacity of agricultural products. Sixth, do a good job in the construction of urban modern agriculture and continue to strengthen the implementation of the "vegetable basket" mayor responsibility system. Seventh, with the theme of "Celebrating Harvest and Meeting a Well-off Society", we will run the China Farmers Harvest Festival well, and strive to make the Harvest Festival become a vulgar custom after another year of careful organization and implementation, with sustained and strong influence, appeal and cohesion.

Here, I would like to introduce to you the relevant situation of the project of "internet plus" agricultural products leaving the village and entering the city. This document was approved by the State Council. On December 16th last year, our Ministry, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on the Implementation of the "internet plus" Agricultural Products Project. The main idea is to transform and upgrade the whole industrial chain, establish a supply chain system, an operation service system and a support and guarantee system suitable for online sales, promote the smooth sales of agricultural products with high quality and good price, solve the problem of small farmers connecting with the big market, and help poverty alleviation and agricultural and rural modernization.

Now my colleagues and I are willing to answer your questions.

Ning Qiwen:

Thank you, Director Keke, for your introduction. Let’s invite reporters to ask questions about the theme of today’s press conference. Please inform the news organizations you represent when asking questions. Let’s start asking questions.

CCTV reporter from the Central Radio and Television General Station:

The Spring Festival is coming. Could you tell us something about the pork supply situation? Can pork prices remain stable? Thank you.

Wang Junxun, Second Inspector of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau:

Thank you for your question. Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival for our people, and it is also the peak of pork consumption in a year, so it is very important to ensure the supply of pork and other "vegetable basket" products during the Spring Festival. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs attaches great importance to this and does everything possible to speed up the recovery and development of pig production and increase market supply. From the monitoring situation in December, some pig farmers began to concentrate on the listing of fat pigs in the early stage. In December, the slaughter of pigs increased by 14.1% month-on-month, and the average live weight of slaughter reached an unprecedented 128.5 kg. According to comprehensive calculations, the pork output will increase by 17.1%. According to the consumption monitoring data, the retail transaction volume of pork in the bazaar increased by 11.7% in December. Although both supply and demand are increasing, the contradiction between supply and demand of pork has eased. As far as we know, there are still a certain number of large pigs in stock, which will be released gradually before the Spring Festival. The stocks of some slaughtering, processing and circulation enterprises are being shipped one after another, and the government reserves and imported pork are also being put in one after another. In addition, the peak period of making bacon in the south and killing pigs in the north will soon pass. These positive factors do not support the further increase in pork prices before the Spring Festival. According to the survey, pork consumption will generally decline after the Spring Festival. We expect that the supply and demand of pork will be generally stable before and after the Spring Festival. From the price changes, in the past 10 years, the prices of live pigs and pork rose more and fell less in the first half of January every year, showing the characteristics of 7 rises, 1 draw and 2 falls. This year’s situation is roughly the same as that of the same period in normal years. In addition, the production of beef, mutton, poultry, eggs and milk increased in an all-round way in 2019. According to the preliminary calculation of monitoring data,The output of poultry meat has increased by more than 15%, the output of beef and mutton has increased by about 3%, and the output of eggs has increased by about 5.7%. These products are abundant in the market, which not only fills the gap in pork supply to a certain extent, but also satisfies and enriches the "vegetable basket" of ordinary people. Thank you.

Farmers’ Daily Financial Media Reporter:

Since December last year, the price of vegetables has increased. What is the main reason? What will be the trend of vegetable prices during the Spring Festival?

Keke:

Thank you, the production of agricultural products is cyclical and seasonal, so it is normal for prices to fluctuate within a certain range. The vegetable prices you mentioned just now have been rising continuously at this time. We are also concerned that the vegetable prices in China have entered a seasonal rising channel since the winter, and the increase has increased in December last year. The national average wholesale price of 28 kinds of vegetables monitored by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is 4.56 yuan per kilogram, up 16.3% from the previous month and 22.3% higher than the same period last year. According to the situation in previous years, most of the open-field vegetables listed in winter decreased, "greenhouse vegetables" and "southern vegetables" became the main products in the market, the cost of production and circulation increased accordingly, and the price of vegetables generally increased significantly. Generally speaking, the current fluctuation of vegetable prices basically conforms to the law of previous years. The price increase is a little larger than the previous month, mainly because there were two rounds of rain and snow cooling weather in the main vegetable producing areas in winter and spring, and the cross-regional circulation of vegetables was affected by stages. In addition, the early Spring Festival in 2020 and the early stocking of the market led to a rapid rise in short-term prices. The price level is higher than the same period of last year, mainly because in the first half of 2019, the prices of some varieties such as cauliflower, beans, cucumber and zucchini were depressed, and the willingness of vegetable farmers to plant decreased and the area decreased, which led to a large increase in market prices and raised the overall vegetable price.

From the later trend, due to the normal warmer temperature in winter in 2019, it is more favorable for the production of protected vegetables in the north and overwintering vegetables in the south, and the production and supply of vegetables are generally guaranteed. According to the monitoring of our department, in the second half of 2019, the cumulative transaction volume of 28 key vegetables in the national wholesale market increased by 4.7% compared with the first half of the year, with a steady increase year-on-year. If there is no persistent large-scale disastrous weather before the Spring Festival, the price of vegetables is expected to remain basically stable, and the price may decrease steadily after the holiday.

For vegetable varieties such as cauliflower, cucumber and zucchini, the price in the early stage is obviously higher than that in the perennial period, the majority of vegetable farmers are reminded to adjust their planting plans slightly slowly in 2020, and pay attention to prevent the price from falling sharply and the risk of difficult selling in stages caused by excessive expansion.

Central Radio and Television General Station Yang Guang reporter:

Last year, fruit was also a variety with high attention. What was the fruit market situation in the fourth quarter of 2019 and what was the price trend in the later period? Thank you.

Keke:

In 2019, the supply of China’s fruit market was generally abundant, the price was high before and then low, and the fluctuation range was relatively large, but it was still generally in line with the seasonal laws of previous years. In the first half of the year, fruit prices continued to rise. In June, the wholesale prices of apples and pears more than doubled year-on-year, mainly due to the cold weather in late spring in the main producing areas of apples and pears in 2018, resulting in a large reduction in production. In the second half of the year, with a large number of fruits coming into the market in summer and autumn, the output of apples and pears resumed obviously, and the price of fruits fell seasonally. Since October, it has been lower than the same period of last year, and the price was basically stable in November and December, with a year-on-year decline of more than 10%. From the later trend, the fruit market is mainly supplied with stock fruit, with increased cost and consumption in the peak season. It is expected that the fruit price will increase slightly before the Spring Festival, but the total supply of fruit market is sufficient and the variety is rich, especially the storage rate of apples has reached a historical high. In most areas, the storage rate of cold storage has reached 80-90%, so it is unlikely that the fruit price will fluctuate greatly. After the holiday, with the weakening of consumption, the price will drop slightly. Due to the warmer climate in winter in 2019, some fruits ripened earlier in the first half of this year. Fruit farmers should pay attention to rationally planning the pace of listing, avoid blindly grabbing the market early, ensure the quality of fruits, and strive for better returns. Thank you.

China Daily reporter:

It was introduced at the press conference a few days ago that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently organized a nationwide inspection of slaughter links. Can you tell us about the results of the inspection? Thank you.

Wang Junxun:

Thank you for your question. In order to ensure the pork supply and quality and safety during the Spring Festival, the Ministry organized a nationwide inspection of pig slaughtering, which was completed before January 10th, and the local agricultural and rural departments carried out a full coverage inspection of 4,578 pig slaughtering enterprises currently in production. For the problems found in the inspection, measures such as immediate rectification and rectification within a time limit shall be taken. In addition, our department, led by four department leaders and seven department directors, conducted supervision and spot checks on some pig slaughtering enterprises in 11 provinces.

From the preliminary summary of the inspection, all pig slaughtering enterprises have implemented the self-inspection system of African swine fever, and carried out the inspection of African swine fever in accordance with the requirements of "batch inspection and full coverage". Local agricultural and rural departments have stationed official veterinarians to pig slaughtering enterprises according to law; All pig slaughtering enterprises have established and implemented rules and regulations such as pig entry inspection, meat quality inspection, meat exit management, and harmless treatment of diseased pigs and diseased products, effectively ensuring the quality and safety of pork products, so that ordinary people can eat assured meat.

Judging from the production situation of slaughter enterprises, the amount of pig slaughter has steadily increased recently. According to monitoring, since November, the amount of pig slaughter has increased for ten consecutive weeks. More than 700,000 tons of pork products stocked by local slaughter enterprises have been put on the market one after another, increasing market supply. During the Spring Festival, the agricultural and rural departments, together with the public security and market supervision departments, will continue to strengthen law enforcement, strictly investigate serious illegal and criminal acts, and ensure the quality and safety of pork products during the festival.

Agricultural TV Network reporter:

In 2019, China’s soybean production will continue to increase. What is the recent soybean market? What will happen next?

Keke:

China’s domestic soybeans are mainly edible, with high protein content, and have formed two relatively independent markets with imported soybeans. Let me talk about domestic soybeans first. Last year, the country implemented the soybean revitalization plan, and the area of domestic soybeans expanded, the output increased, and the quality was excellent. After the new soybeans were listed, processing enterprises and traders actively entered the market to buy them. The sales progress of farmers was fast, and the market was booming, with prices rising steadily. In December 2019, the average purchase price of domestic edible soybeans in Heilongjiang was 1.81 yuan per catty, up 2.4% from the previous month and 1.5% from the same period last year. The incoming price of domestic soybeans in Shandong was 2.11 yuan per catty, up 1.5% month-on-month and 5.1% year-on-year. The closing price of the main soybean contract of Dalian Commodity Exchange was 1.71 yuan per catty, up 3.0% from the previous month and 6.5% from the same period last year. Let’s look at imported soybeans. Since the Sino-US economic and trade friction, China’s soybean imports from the United States have decreased, while those from Brazil and other countries have increased, and the supply of imported soybeans is guaranteed. According to customs data, from January to November 2019, China imported 79.04 million tons of soybeans, a slight decrease of 4.0% year-on-year, of which imports from Brazil accounted for 67%. It is estimated that China’s total soybean imports will increase in 2020, which can meet the soybean meal demand after the recovery of pig production capacity. On the whole, the market price of domestic soybeans, imported soybeans, downstream soybean meal and soybean oil is expected to remain basically stable in 2020. Thank you.

Ning Qiwen:

Thank you to the two publishers, thank you journalists and friends, and today’s press conference is over.