2018年CRI China to further develop "Internet Plus Agriculture" model: official

China to further develop "Internet Plus Agriculture" model: official

Chinese authorities have unveiled plans to try to further develop its "Internet Plus Agriculture" model to help the primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas.

Qu Dongyu, Vice¹ Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, says the e-commerce sector² is already booming in rural areas thanks to the "Internet Plus Agriculture" model.

"By the end of 2017, 756 counties across the country have become models for conducting e-commerce in rural areas. In 2017, online retail³ sales in rural areas totaled 1.25 trillion yuan, or nearly 190 billion U.S. dollars, of which sales of agricultural products approached 300 billion yuan. More than 28 million jobs were created as a result," says Qu.

One of the top priorities is to use information technology in the distribution of agricultural products.

"A guideline will be released on widening the agricultural products' circulation, and issues of connecting the production and marketing⁴ process will also be solved. We will take measures to ensure that agricultural products are safe and of high quality. Support facilities such as processing, packaging, storage, preservation⁵ and cold chain logistics will be strengthened to try to improve the farm produce's marketability and resolve the underpricing of quality products," says Qu.

Information technologies, including big data, the Internet of Things and cloud computing⁶, will be harnessed to try to create more efficient, digitized and smart agricultural production.

Internet infrastructure⁷ in rural areas will also be improved, and agriculture-related public information and service platforms will be established as well.

Farmers will also receive training on how to better use information technology, with authorities saying their smart phones can become their new farm implements⁸.

Zong Jinyao, chief of agricultural product processing with the Ministry⁹ of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, says agriculture and other rural industries will be developed in an integrated way.

"Focusing on developing modern agriculture, the primary, secondary and tertiary industries in an integrated way, we will encourage the development of planting, breeding, processing, circulation, tourism, e-commerce, medical care, and health preserving industries, building an industrial system to make those industries thriving in rural areas," says Zong.

To that end, private companies are also going to be given incentives¹⁰ to develop new internet-based business models which benefit farmers.

This may also include the encouragement of mass entrepreneurship and innovation in rural areas through more specific programs.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

3 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

4 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

5 preservation   

n.保护，维护，保存，保留，保持

参考例句：

• The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
• The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。

6 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

7 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

8 implements   

n.工具( implement的名词复数 )；家具；手段；[法律]履行（契约等）v.实现( implement的第三人称单数 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• Primitive man hunted wild animals with crude stone implements. 原始社会的人用粗糙的石器猎取野兽。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• They ordered quantities of farm implements. 他们订购了大量农具。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

10 incentives   

激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 )； 刺激； 诱因； 动机

参考例句：

• tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
• Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法