Wen Jiabao: agricultural tax will be exempted in the whole country next year

Introduction: at 9 a.m on March 5, the third session of the Tenth National People's Congress was ceremoniously opened in the Great Hall of the people, and Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council made a report on the work of the government In his report on the work of the government at the third session of the Tenth National People's Congress, Premier Wen Jiabao stressed that solving the problems of agriculture, rural areas and farmers is still the top priority of all work He said that further strengthening the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" and solving the problems of agriculture, rural areas and farmers are still the top priority of all work To meet the requirements of the new economic development stage in China, the strategy of industry supporting agriculture and city supporting rural areas should be implemented In order to rationally adjust the pattern of national income distribution and give more support to the development of agriculture and rural areas, we should focus on improving the comprehensive agricultural production capacity, achieving stable grain production and increasing farmers' incomes in various ways First, we need to stabilize, improve and strengthen support policies for agriculture Speed up the pace of agricultural tax relief In a large scale across the country, agricultural taxes are greatly reduced and exempted 592 key counties of poverty alleviation and development are exempt from agricultural taxes and all of them are exempt from animal husbandry taxes The reduced fiscal revenue due to the reduction of agricultural and animal husbandry taxes is mainly subsidized by special transfer payments arranged by the central finance This year, the central government will spend 14 billion yuan on this The total expenditure for this purpose will reach 66.4 billion yuan The agricultural tax will be exempted in the whole country next year The original goal of abolishing agricultural tax in five years can be achieved in three years (applause) we will continue to give direct subsidies to grain farmers, increase two kinds of subsidies and subsidies for the purchase of agricultural infrastructure, and take comprehensive measures to control the excessive growth of agricultural means of production The central government will also allocate 15 billion yuan to increase transfer payments to major grain producing counties and counties with financial difficulties This policy plays an important role in the grass-roots construction and the development of rural undertakings in these areas Second, we will continue to promote structural adjustment of agriculture and rural economy We will further develop grain production, steadily increase the area of grain sown, strengthen the construction of grain production bases, and strictly protect cultivated land, especially basic farmland We will promote the regional distribution of agriculture, specialized production and industrial management, vigorously develop characteristic agriculture, accelerate the processing of agricultural products, actively develop forestry, animal husbandry and aquaculture, and develop township enterprises to strengthen the existing economy Third, we will strengthen the construction of water conservancy and rural infrastructure The state's investment in capital construction and national debt investment should focus on supporting the transformation of middle and low yield fields in farmland water conservancy and ecological construction, "six small projects", dry farming water-saving agriculture and county and township road construction, and the funds for agricultural comprehensive development should be further inclined to the main grain producing areas, so as to guide farmers to invest in small-scale infrastructure construction that directly benefits them Four is agricultural innovation and technology promotion We will significantly increase investment in agricultural science and technology, strengthen capacity-building in agricultural science and technology innovation, further improve the agricultural technology extension system, and increase special subsidies for major agricultural technology extension projects Support and encourage scientific and technological personnel to carry out technical consultation and services in rural areas Fifth, we should transfer the surplus rural labor force through multiple channels We should develop the secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas, steadily promote the construction of urbanization, expand the space for rural labor employment, and conscientiously implement policies and measures to improve the environment for farmers to enter the cities to work and start businesses We will actively carry out vocational skills training for migrant workers in cities and guide the rational and orderly flow of rural labor.