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]

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Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China

中华人民共和国农业农村部 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Nóngyè Nóngcūnbù
Agency overview
Formed	19 March 2018; 6 years ago (2018-03-19)
Preceding agency	Ministry of Agriculture
Type	Constituent Department of the State Council (cabinet-level executive department)
Jurisdiction	Government of China
Headquarters	Beijing
Minister 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 agency	State Council
Website	english.moa.gov.cn
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
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Nóngyè Nóngcūnbù

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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

• History of agriculture in China