Harvest of reform to modernize agriculture

Departments and ministries under the State Council, China's cabinet, have responded to a series of public concerns in the past week on agricultural modernization, civil service examinations, gas storage facility pricing and the quality of online trading goods.

The State Council recently issued a five-year plan for strategic agricultural modernization (2016-20) and according to Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu, the plan has clearly defined the importance of agricultural modernization.

The sector has a solid basis for modernization and is entering a development stage, Han said.