Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 16. Recently, the State Council issued the “Notice on Launching the Third National Soil Census” (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”), deciding to carry out the third national soil census from 2022. Check the soil quality of agricultural land. The “Notice” clarifies the general requirements, objects and contents, time arrangement, organization and implementation, funding guarantee and work requirements of the census.
The “Notice” emphasizes that, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 19th Plenary Sessions, carry forward the spirit of the great party building, fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, and accelerate the construction of new development. pattern, promote high-quality development, follow the principles of comprehensiveness, science, and professionalism, comprehensively identify soil types and distribution laws in my country, the status quo and changing trends of soil resources, and truly and accurately grasp basic data such as soil quality, properties, and utilization status. , improve the level of soil resource protection and utilization, lay a solid foundation for maintaining the red line of arable land, optimize the layout of agricultural production, and ensure national food security, and provide strong support for accelerating agricultural and rural modernization, comprehensively promoting rural revitalization, and promoting ecological civilization construction.
The “Notice” clarifies that the census targets the soil of agricultural land such as cultivated land, garden land, forest land, grassland and some unused land in the country. Among them, the forest land and grassland will focus on the land related to food production, and the unused land will focus on the land related to reclaimable arable land resources, such as saline-alkali land. The census mainly includes four aspects: census of site conditions, including topography, hydrogeology, etc.; census of properties, including physical and chemical properties such as organic matter, pH, nutrients, color, texture, etc.; census of types, including different soil parent materials, different Verification and supplementation of climatic conditions, different topography, soil types under different utilization conditions, etc.; utilization status census, including basic information such as irrigation and drainage facilities, plant growth, planting system, and inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, and agricultural films usage.
The “Notice” clarifies that the census time is 2022-2025. In 2022, the preparation of census technology, specifications, and materials will be completed, and a national pilot will be carried out; the census will be fully rolled out from 2023 to 2024, and phased results will be formed; in 2025, the census data review, results summary, acceptance and summary will be carried out to fully complete the census task. .
The “Notice” pointed out that the soil census is an important survey of national conditions and national strength, involving a wide range, many participating departments, heavy work tasks, and high technical requirements. In order to strengthen organizational leadership, the State Council’s Third National Soil Census Leading Group was established to be responsible for research and decision-making on major issues in the organization and implementation of the census. The soil census was organized and implemented in accordance with the requirements of “unified leadership, departmental collaboration, hierarchical responsibility, and participation of all parties”. All relevant departments should perform their respective duties, cooperate closely, and strengthen guarantees. The provincial people’s governments are the main bodies of responsibility for the soil census work in their respective regions. They should strengthen organizational leadership, systematic planning, and overall planning to ensure that the census tasks are completed with high quality. Local people’s governments at all levels shall establish census leading groups and offices to be responsible for the organization and implementation of the census work in their respective regions. All localities should strengthen the technical guidance of experts, the allocation of professional and technical personnel, and the training of census teams to ensure the specialization, standardization and standardization of soil census. It is necessary to widely publicize the importance and requirements of soil census, and create a good social atmosphere for the smooth conduct of the census.
“People’s Daily” (page 01 on February 17, 2022)
(Editors: Zhang Tingting, Zhao Fang)
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