Establishing agricultural information service system with Chinese characteristics

Introduction: editor's note: the 2005 China informatization promotion conference and informatization application case exhibition jointly sponsored by the Information Work Office of the State Council, the Ministry of information industry and the national informatization expert advisory committee was held in Beijing from September 22 to 23 Our reporter interviewed Ji Jinkui, director of the informatization promotion department of the Ministry of information industry, and Chen Xiaozhu, director of the Informatization Work Office of the State Council on some hot issues of concern to readers Reporter: what is the main purpose of holding this China informatization promotion conference and informatization application case exhibition? Chen Xiaozhu: the China informatization promotion conference is an annual regular meeting jointly held by the Informatization Work Office of the State Council, the Ministry of information industry and the national informatization expert advisory committee since last year China informatization promotion conference is mainly to improve the whole society's awareness of informatization through the form of facing the society To promote China's informatization process, we need the government's leadership, but it does not mean that the government is responsible for it, and it also needs the attention and support of the whole society The theme of this year's conference is to promote agricultural informatization and build a harmonious society This year's meeting was strongly supported by more than 20 departments including the national development and Reform Commission As many as 1500 people came to the conference, from which we can see the attention of all sectors of society to the conference The conference is divided into two parts: Summit Forum and special forum The theme of the summit forum is to promote agricultural informatization and build a harmonious society There are 13 special forums, including enterprise informatization, financial informatization, e-commerce and e-government Reporter: the country has put forward the strategy of information driven industrialization development before, and now it has put forward to strengthen the construction of agricultural information Does this represent the gradual formation of the overall strategy of national information? Chen Xiaozhu: now the Information Work Office of the State Council is working with the relevant departments to formulate the national information development strategy for a period of time in the future In the national information development strategy, it is emphasized to give priority to the development of information industry, strengthen the construction of national infrastructure, and promote the wide application of information technology in all walks of life at the same time In the wide application of various industries, agriculture is an important field, a key point of information service work, and also a key point of the next national information development strategy The object of agricultural informatization is relatively complex We are facing 900 million farmers The demand of farmers for information is not only diversified but also personalized How to integrate the information resources related to agriculture in various departments of the country and meet the information needs of farmers is also a key issue of the national informatization strategy Although the national informatization strategy needs to serve many directions, the agricultural informatization must be the top priority of the whole national informatization strategy Reporter: what is the position of agricultural informatization in the informatization construction of the whole country? Does the country have any special preferential policies for agricultural informatization? Chen Xiaozhu: agricultural informatization is an important part of national informatization, which is a fact that we all know In terms of the construction of e-government, the state put the Jinnong project into the 12 key projects of e-government construction in 2002 Now, under the leadership of the Ministry of agriculture, Jinnong project is vigorously promoted This year, the National Informatization Leading Group also put forward the key areas to promote the national economy and social informatization construction It is the top priority for the country to strengthen the integration of agricultural information and establish an agricultural information service system suitable for Chinese rural characteristics Now, the State Administration of radio, film and television and the Ministry of information industry have accelerated the project of village to Village Radio and television and village to village telephone communication, and strengthened the construction of rural information infrastructure This year, for the first time, the state has written the strengthening of agricultural informatization into the No.1 document of the Central Committee From all aspects of the situation, the three rural issues have become the most important work of the party Accordingly, the issue of agriculture, countryside and farmers has become the top priority of the national information construction It will take time to solve the three rural issues All our policies and information resources will serve 900 million farmers Although the state has not made special preferential policies for agricultural informatization, many relevant policies for solving the problems of agriculture, rural areas and farmers in the past are also applicable to the construction of agricultural informatization.