Seven departments jointly issue documents on Basic Farmland: six measures to safeguard the "red line"

Introduction: People's daily news on October 10, Beijing, Xia Jun and Yu Meng reported that seven departments, including the Ministry of land and resources, the Ministry of agriculture, the development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of finance, the Ministry of construction, the Ministry of water resources and the State Forestry Administration, jointly issued the opinions on further improving the protection of basic farmland, and issued six measures to safeguard the "red line" of basic farmland to ensure that the total amount of basic farmland is not Reduce, use unchanged, quality unchanged The six measures include: ensuring the number of existing basic farmland No unit or individual is allowed to illegally change or occupy the basic farmland protection area demarcated in accordance with the general plan for land use Any revision or adjustment of the general plan for the use of land involving the occupation of basic farmland shall be submitted to the State Council or the people's government at the provincial level for approval in accordance with the relevant provisions -- illegal occupation of basic farmland is strictly prohibited Except for key construction projects such as national energy, transportation, water conservancy and military facilities, all other non-agricultural construction projects shall not occupy the basic farmland; for non-agricultural construction projects that meet the legal requirements and need to occupy the basic farmland, they must be submitted to the State Council for approval of the conversion of agricultural land and land acquisition in accordance with the legal procedures -- do not change the use of basic farmland without permission The adjustment of agricultural structure in basic farmland should be carried out within the scope of planting It is not allowed to dig ponds and raise fish in basic farmland, breed livestock and poultry, and other production and operation activities that damage the cultivation layer The state will further strengthen the law enforcement of the acts of obtaining approval, occupying and destroying basic farmland in violation of laws and regulations -- strengthen the construction of basic farmland The land consolidation projects invested by governments at all levels shall be inclined to the basic farmland protection areas, especially the national main grain production areas (main counties) and the basic farmland protection areas of commodity grain bases, and the tasks of basic farmland land consolidation shall be implemented -- regularly report changes in basic farmland Establish a five level supervision network for basic farmland protection and carry out dynamic inspection Carry out the construction of dynamic monitoring and information management system for basic farmland, use satellite remote sensing means to regularly monitor the basic farmland protection area, and timely discover, correct and investigate the illegal occupation of basic farmland -- implement the responsibility of basic farmland protection The protection of cultivated land and basic farmland shall be included in the objective assessment of the term of office of the government leaders, and a letter of responsibility shall be signed to clarify that the local governments at all levels shall be responsible for the amount of cultivated land, the area and quality of basic farmland protection determined in the overall land use plan, and the objective assessment shall be carried out regularly and the rewards and punishments shall be implemented The protection of basic farmland is related to the whole situation (news link) The basic farmland is the essence of cultivated land, and is the important material basis for ensuring China's grain security Farmland protection, especially basic farmland protection, is related to the overall situation and all aspects of economic and social life The 1.6 billion mu of basic farmland covers a wide range and a large area Relying on one or two departments, it is obviously difficult to resist all kinds of attempts to break through the "red line" of basic farmland The national inspection of basic farmland protection carried out last year found that the area of basic farmland has decreased, which is a warning signal The seven departments jointly issued documents to create a new situation in which the basic farmland protection system and relevant policies are fully connected In the next step, all relevant departments and regions need to carefully grasp the policy boundaries, implement them, and jointly promote the smooth development of basic farmland protection.