Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Chinese government agency for rural development

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Ministry of Agriculture

TypeConstituent Department of the State Council (cabinet-level executive department)JurisdictionGovernment of ChinaHeadquartersBeijingMinister responsible

Tang Renjian

Deputy Ministers responsible

Deng Xiaogang
Ma Youxiang
Wu Hongyao
Zhang Xingwang

Agency executives

Wu Qinghai, Leader of Discipline Inspection & Supervision Team
Wu Kongming, President of Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Zeng Yande, Chief Agricultural Expert
Li Jinxiang, Chief Vet
Zhang Tianzuo, Chief Shepherd
Wei Baigang, Chief Economist

Parent agencyState CouncilWebsiteenglish.moa.gov.cn

Chinese nameSimplified 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

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Nóngyè Nóngcūnbù

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]

History

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

List of ministers

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
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	Incumbent	^[6]

References

^ Yang Shisheng (March 16, 2018). 统筹20多个涉农资金的部门职能农业农村部“财权”更大了. chinatimes (in Chinese). Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
^ 全国人大经投票表决决定韩长赋为农业农村部部长. 163.com (in Chinese). March 19, 2018. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Harrell, Stevan (2023). An Ecological History of Modern China. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295751719.
^ Zhong 钟, Zhao Yun 兆云 (2008). Yī shēng qiú zhēn: Jiāng Yī Zhēn zhuàn 一生求真：江一真传 [A Lifetime of Seeking Truth: The Biography of Jiang Yizhen] (1 ed.). 中共党史出版社. ISBN 9787509801222.
^ 韩长赋出任新组建的农业农村部部长. sina (in Chinese). March 19, 2018. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
^ Yi Yi (伊一) (December 26, 2020). 陈小江任国家民委主任唐仁健任农业农村部部长王文涛任商务部部长. ce.cn. Archived from the original on December 26, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.