中华人民共和国农业农村部 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Nóngyè Nóngcūnbù | |||||||
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Formed | 19 March 2018 | ||||||
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Type | Constituent Department of the State Council (cabinet-level executive department) | ||||||
Jurisdiction | Government of China | ||||||
Headquarters | Beijing | ||||||
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Parent agency | State Council | ||||||
Website | english | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中华人民共和国农业农村部 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中華人民共和國農業農村部 | ||||||
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国农业农村部; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Nóngyè Nóngcūnbù) is the cabinet-level executive department of the State Council which is responsible for agriculture and rural affairs in the country. The ministry is headquartered in Beijing. It was formed on 19 March 2018 as the agency superseding the former Ministry of Agriculture. Some of its additional responsibilities come from the agricultural investment projects of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Land and Resources, and the Ministry of Water Resources.[1]
On March 19, 2018, the Government of the People's Republic of China announced that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has been created at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress. That same day, Han Changfu was elected Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.[2]
The Ministry stated in late 2020 that it would designate 6.6 million hectares of prime agricultural land as grain zones to be farmed with high production methods and which could not be converted to other crops.[3]: 245 It also raised subsidies for rice, corn, and soybean growing.[3]: 245
No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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1 | Jiang Yizhen 江一真 | September 1964 | May 1966 | [4] |
2 | Han Changfu | 19 March 2018 | December 2020 | [5] |
3 | Tang Renjian | 26 December 2020 | 28 June 2024 | [6] |
4 | Han Jun | 28 June 2024 | Incumbent |