Ministry of Agriculture (China)
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| 中华人民共和国农业部 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Nóngyèbù | |
 Headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture | |
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| Formed | 29 September 1954 |
| Dissolved | 19 March 2018 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Type | Constituent department of the State Council (ministerial-level) |
| Jurisdiction |  People's Republic of China |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
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| Parent agency | State Council |
| Website | http://www.moa.gov.cn |
The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) was a cabinet-level executive department of the State Council which was responsible for agriculture in China.
Areas of the ministry's responsibility included agriculture and environmental issues relating to agriculture, fishery, consumer affairs, animal husbandry, horticulture, animal welfare, foodstuffs, hunting and game management as well as higher education and research in the field of agricultural sciences. The ministry was headquartered in Beijing.
The ministry was abolished in 2018, with its responsibilities being assumed by the newly created Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on March 19, 2018.
History
[edit]In 2007, the MOA issued a regulation on the protection of agricultural geographical indication products.[1]: 54 These are defined as including plants, animals, and microorganisms.[1]: 54
In 2015, the MOA issued the Strategic Plan for Agricultural Going Out, providing state subsidies to enterprises that invested in various overseas locations.[2]: 251
In 2015, the MOA announced a zero-growth plan by 2020 for the use of chemical fertilizers.[3]: 157
In 2016, MOA and Alibaba Group signed an agreement to promote rural e-commerce development.[4]: 129
Its responsibilities were assumed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on March 19, 2018.[5]
List of Agriculture Ministers
[edit]| No. | Name | Took office | Left office |
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| 1 | Li Shucheng | October 1949 | September 1954 |
| 2 | Liao Luyan (廖鲁言) | September 1954 | 1966 |
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| — | acting Jiang Yizhen (江一真) | ||
| 3 | Sha Feng (沙风) | June 1970 | January 1978 |
| 4 | Yang Ligong (杨立功) | January 1978 | February 1979 |
| 5 | Huo Shilian (霍士廉) | February 1979 | March 1981 |
| 6 | Lin Hujia (林乎加) | March 1981 | June 1983 |
| 7 | He Kang (何康) | June 1983 | June 1990 |
| 8 | Liu Zhongyi (刘中一) | June 1990 | March 1992 |
| 9 | Liu Jiang (刘江) | March 1992 | March 1998 |
| 10 | Chen Yaobang (陈耀邦) | March 1998 | August 2001 |
| 11 | Du Qinglin | August 2001 | December 2006 |
| 12 | Sun Zhengcai | December 2006 | November 2009 |
| 13 | Han Changfu | December 2009 | March 2018 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Cheng, Wenting (2023). China in Global Governance of Intellectual Property: Implications for Global Distributive Justice. Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies series. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-031-24369-1.
- ^ Harrell, Stevan (2023). An Ecological History of Modern China. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295751719.
- ^ Massot, Pascale (2024). China's Vulnerability Paradox: How the World's Largest Consumer Transformed Global Commodity Markets. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-777140-2.
- ^ Liu, Lizhi (2024). From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691254104.
- ^ "全国人大经投票表决 决定韩长赋为农业农村部部长_网易新闻". news.163.com. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
External links
[edit]- Ministry of Agriculture official website (in Chinese)
- China Agriculture Information Website (webhost of Ministry Of Agriculture) (in Chinese)
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