Notice of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the National Development and Reform Commission on Printing and Distributing the Implementation Plan for Emission Reduction and Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture and Rural Areas

　　The agriculture and rural (agriculture and animal husbandry) departments (bureaus, committees), development and reform commissions of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau and the Development and Reform Commission of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

　　In order to implement the major decision-making and deployment of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, and promote the green and low-carbon development of agriculture and rural areas, we have formulated the "Implementation Plan for Agricultural and Rural Emission Reduction and Carbon Sequestration", which is hereby issued to you, please implement it according to the actual situation.

　　Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs National Development and Reform Commission

　　May 7, 2022

　　

　　Implementation plan for carbon reduction and carbon sequestration in agriculture and rural areas

　　To achieve the peak of carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, carbon emission reduction in agriculture and rural areas is not only an important measure, but also has potential. In order to implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and do a good job in reducing carbon emissions in agriculture and rural areas, in accordance with the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Completely Accurately Implementing New Development Concepts and Doing a Good Job in Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutralization" and "2030 Pre-Carbon Peak Action Plan", to formulate this implementation plan.

　　1. Significance

　　(1) Promoting emission reduction and carbon sequestration in agriculture and rural areas is an important part of the construction of agro-ecological civilization. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the ninth meeting of the Central Finance and Economics Committee that achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality is a broad and profound economic and social systemic change, and carbon peaking and carbon neutrality should be incorporated into the overall layout of ecological civilization construction. Agriculture has "green" attributes and multiple functions, and is an important supplier of ecological products and an important part of the ecosystem. At present, the operation mode of high consumption of agricultural resources has not been fundamentally changed, the green production and low-carbon processing technologies of the planting and breeding industry are relatively backward, the agricultural non-point source pollution is serious in some areas, and the air pollution and carbon emissions caused by the use of scattered coal in production and life are prominent. Accelerating the reduction and sequestration of carbon in agriculture and rural areas, improving the utilization efficiency of agricultural resources, improving the ecological environment of agriculture and rural areas, realizing the green development of agriculture, and building agriculture and rural areas into "ecological barriers" for beautiful China are the inherent requirements of building an agro-ecological civilization.

　　(2) Promoting agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration is an important direction for agricultural and rural modernization. Realizing the modernization of agriculture and rural areas is a major task in building a socialist modernized country in an all-round way. Taking the promotion of high-quality development as the theme, coordinating development and security, keeping the bottom line of national food security, and realizing the green and low-carbon transformation of agricultural and rural production and lifestyle are important elements of agricultural and rural modernization. Accelerate the promotion of agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration, adhere to the quality and green development of agriculture, accelerate the development of ecological and circular agriculture, build a spatial pattern of resource conservation and environmental protection, and form agricultural development that matches the carrying capacity of resources and the environment and is compatible with production and living conditions. The coordinated overall layout is conducive to ensuring food security and the effective supply of important agricultural products, promoting the improvement of agricultural quality and efficiency, and promoting the modernization of agriculture and rural areas.

　　(3) Promoting carbon emission reduction in agriculture and rural areas is an important task in promoting rural revitalization. Rural revitalization is a major task to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and ecological revitalization is an important part of rural revitalization. Implementing rural construction actions, promoting the resource utilization of agricultural and rural waste, developing clean energy such as biomass energy, promoting energy conservation and consumption reduction in rural production and life, and improving the rural living environment are the keys to realizing rural ecological livability. Accelerate the promotion of agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration, further promote recycling, green and low-carbon production and lifestyles, make good ecology become the support point of rural revitalization, and make low-carbon industries a new economic growth point for rural revitalization, which is conducive to promoting agricultural high High quality and high efficiency, rural livability and industry, and farmers are prosperous, helping to promote rural revitalization in an all-round way.

　　(4) Promoting carbon emission reduction in agriculture and rural areas is an important way to deal with climate change. Global climate change has a profound impact on human survival and development, and is a major challenge faced by all countries. Addressing climate change is an inherent requirement for my country's sustainable development, and it is also an international obligation of a responsible major country. Accelerating the promotion of agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration, reducing the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural and rural production and living, improving the carbon sequestration capacity of farmland soil, and developing rural renewable energy will help improve the ability of my country's agricultural production to adapt to climate change and contribute to the global response to climate change. contribute.

　　2. General requirements

　　(1) General idea

　　Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 19th Plenary Sessions, and in accordance with the overall requirements of striving to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and striving to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, Implement the decision-making and deployment of incorporating carbon peaking and carbon neutrality into the overall layout of ecological civilization, on the premise of ensuring food security and the effective supply of important agricultural products, guided by the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization and accelerated agricultural and rural modernization, and the green and low-carbon development of agriculture and rural areas. The key is to implement major actions to reduce pollution, reduce carbon, and improve carbon sinks, comprehensively improve the comprehensive agricultural production capacity, reduce the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions, improve the carbon sequestration capacity of farmland soil, vigorously develop rural renewable energy, and establish a sound monitoring and evaluation system. , strengthen the support of scientific and technological innovation, build a policy guarantee mechanism, accelerate the formation of agricultural and rural industrial structures, production methods, lifestyles, and spatial patterns that save resources and protect the environment, and contribute to the realization of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality nationwide.

　　(2) Basic principles

　　Adhere to the system concept. Strengthen the effective connection of agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration with the effective supply of grain and important agricultural products, and agricultural and rural pollution control and other key tasks, make unified planning, deployment, and promotion, establish a coordinated and integrated strategic planning and action system, and handle development and reduction. Arrangement, overall and partial, long-term and short-term goals, government and market relations.

　　Adhere to classification policies. According to the differences in regional resource endowment, industrial base, production scale, management mode, ecological function, etc., according to local conditions, propose solutions for different regions and different industries, clarify key tasks and emission reduction methods, and promote the formation of agricultural and rural reductions with unique characteristics, balanced and coordinated. The carbon sequestration roadmap.

　　Adhere to innovation-driven. Taking innovation as the fundamental support for carbon emission reduction and carbon sequestration in agriculture and rural areas, accelerate the construction of technical systems that support green ecological planting and breeding, waste recycling, renewable energy development, and ecosystem carbon sink improvement, and collaboratively promote greenhouse gas emission reduction and cultivated land quality. Improvement, prevention and control of agricultural non-point source pollution, ecological circular agriculture construction, improve agriculture's resilience to climate change, and improve the level of green and low-carbon development of agriculture and rural areas.

　　Adhere to policy incentives. Pay attention to the combination of incentive measures and restrictive measures, strengthen the guiding role of preferential policies, and give strong incentives and constraints to agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration in terms of funds and projects. Establish a monitoring system for emission reduction and carbon sequestration in agriculture and rural areas, and actively explore effective paths for carbon emissions trading.

　　(3) Main goals

　　During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, on the basis of enhancing the ability to adapt to climate change and ensuring food security, adhere to the principle of reducing emission intensity and controlling total emission as a supplement, and strive to build a multi-directional guidance of policy incentives, market guidance and regulatory constraints mechanism, and explore the implementation path of the whole society to promote the reduction and sequestration of carbon in agriculture and rural areas.

　　By 2025, a pattern of overall integration of agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration with food security, rural revitalization, and agricultural and rural modernization will be basically formed, the supply of food and important agricultural products will be more guaranteed, and positive results will be achieved in the green and low-carbon development of agriculture and rural areas. The regional layout has been significantly optimized, the emission intensity of agricultural products per unit of planting and aquaculture has been stable with some decline, the carbon sequestration capacity of farmland soil has been enhanced, and the efficiency of agricultural and rural production and living energy consumption has been improved.

　　By 2030, the combined forces of agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration, food security, rural revitalization, and agricultural and rural modernization will be fully brought into full play. The energy emission intensity of rural production and living has been further reduced, the carbon sequestration capacity of farmland soil has been significantly improved, and the comprehensive green transformation of agricultural and rural development has achieved remarkable results.

　　3. Key tasks

　　(1) Energy conservation and emission reduction in the planting industry. On the basis of strengthening the ability to ensure food security, optimize the water irrigation management of paddy fields and reduce methane emissions from paddy fields. Promote high-quality varieties and green and efficient cultivation techniques, improve nitrogen fertilizer utilization efficiency, and reduce nitrous oxide emissions.

　　(2) The reduction of carbon emissions from animal husbandry. Promote precision feeding technology, promote breed improvement, increase the yield per unit of livestock and poultry and feed remuneration, and reduce the intensity of ruminant enteric methane emissions. Improve the resource utilization level of livestock and poultry manure, and reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions from livestock and poultry manure management.

　　(3) Fishery emission reduction and sink increase. Develop ecologically healthy farming models such as integrated rice and fish farming, large-water ecological fisheries, and multi-trophic integrated farming to reduce methane emissions. Orderly develop tidal flats and shallow sea shellfish algae breeding, build national-level marine pastures, build a three-dimensional ecological breeding system, and increase the potential of fishery carbon sinks. Promote energy conservation and emission reduction of fishing boats and fishing machines.

　　(4) Expansion of farmland carbon sequestration. Implement measures such as conservation tillage, straw returning, organic fertilizer application, and green manure planting, strengthen the construction of high-standard farmland, speed up the treatment of degraded farmland, increase the protection of black soil, and improve the organic matter content of farmland soil. Give full play to the carbon sink function of orchard and tea garden.

　　(5) Energy saving and emission reduction of agricultural machinery. Speed ​​up the scrapping and renewal of old agricultural machinery, promote advanced and applicable low-carbon energy-saving agricultural machinery and equipment, and reduce fossil energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Promote new energy technologies, optimize the structure of agricultural machinery and equipment, and speed up the popularization and application of green, intelligent, duplex, and efficient agricultural machinery technology and equipment.

　　(6) Replacement of renewable energy. Promote the application of biomass energy, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy and other green energy consumption models according to local conditions, and increase the supply of clean energy in rural areas. Promote the replacement of renewable energy sources on the energy consumption side such as rural heating and cooking, agricultural production and processing, and strengthen energy efficiency.

　　4. Major Actions

　　(1) Actions to reduce methane emissions in rice fields. Focusing on the main rice-producing areas, strengthen water management in paddy fields, promote water-saving irrigation technology in paddy fields according to local conditions, improve water resource utilization efficiency, and reduce methane generation. Improve the management of fertilization in paddy fields, promote technologies such as returning organic fertilizers to decomposed fields, select and promote high-yield, high-quality, low-carbon rice varieties, and reduce the methane emission intensity of rice per unit of production.

　　(2) Actions to reduce the amount of chemical fertilizers and increase the efficiency. Focus on the main grain producing areas, the advantageous production areas of fruit and vegetable tea, and the pioneering areas for agricultural green development, etc., to promote the reduction and efficiency of nitrogen fertilizers. Research and develop new fertilizer products with high crop absorption and utilization rate, promote efficient fertilization technologies such as water and fertilizer integration, and improve fertilizer utilization rate. Promote the combined use of organic fertilizers and chemical fertilizers, increase the input of organic fertilizers, and replace some chemical fertilizers.

　　(3) Low carbon emission reduction actions for livestock and poultry. Promote the green and low-carbon development of animal husbandry, focus on large-scale livestock and poultry farms, promote technologies such as low-protein diets, whole-plant silage, and high-yield and low-emission livestock and poultry varieties, improve livestock and poultry feeding management, implement precision feeding, and reduce unit livestock Enteric methane emission intensity of poultry products. Improve livestock and poultry manure treatment facilities and equipment, promote technologies such as closed manure treatment, gas collection and utilization or treatment, establish a manure resource utilization account, explore the implementation of livestock and poultry manure nutrient balance management, and improve the level of livestock and poultry manure treatment. Reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions from livestock manure management.

　　(4) Actions to reduce fisheries emissions and increase sinks. Focus on important fishery production areas, promote the energy-saving renovation of fishery facilities and fishing boat equipment, vigorously develop low-carbon aquaculture, and promote energy-saving breeding machinery. Eliminate old wooden fishing boats, encourage the construction of new material fishing boats such as glass fiber reinforced plastics, and promote the configuration and upgrading of energy-saving equipment for fishing boats. Develop ecological and healthy farming models such as integrated rice-fish farming, aquaponics, and large-water proliferation. Promote the standardized transformation of ponds and tail water treatment, and develop industrialized, containerized, and other circulating aquaculture. In major fishery waters such as offshore and tidal flats, carry out multi-trophic-level three-dimensional ecological aquaculture to improve the carbon sequestration capacity of shellfish and algae and increase fishery carbon sinks. Continue to build national-level marine ranching demonstration areas in coastal areas to achieve biological carbon sequestration in fisheries.

　　(5) Green and energy-saving actions for agricultural machinery. Focus on agricultural machinery required for the production of grain and important agricultural products, and promote energy conservation and emission reduction. Implement stricter emission standards for agricultural machinery to reduce exhaust emissions. Develop duplex, high-efficiency agricultural machinery equipment and electric agricultural machinery equipment according to local conditions, cultivate and expand new agricultural machinery service organizations, provide efficient and convenient agricultural machinery operation services, reduce the consumption of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and water resources, improve operational efficiency, and reduce energy consumption. Accelerate the promotion and application of machinery and equipment such as lateral deep fertilization, precise application of pesticides, water-saving irrigation, and high-performance no-tillage seeding, and vigorously demonstrate and popularize agricultural mechanization technologies that save seeds, water, energy, fertilizer and pesticides. Implement the subsidy policy for scrapping and renewing agricultural machinery, and increase the elimination of old agricultural machinery with high energy consumption, high emissions, large losses and low safety performance.

　　(6) Actions to improve farmland carbon sinks. Focusing on the improvement of soil organic matter in cultivated land, enhance the carbon sequestration capacity of farmland soil. Implement the national black land protection project, promote technologies such as organic fertilizer application, scientific straw returning to the field, green manure planting, grain and bean crop rotation, and combined application of organic and inorganic fertilizers. Implement conservation tillage, and promote the technology of straw mulching and no-tillage sowing according to local conditions, which can effectively reduce soil wind and water erosion and increase soil organic matter. Promote the management of degraded cultivated land, focusing on strengthening soil acidification and salinization, eliminating soil obstacles, improving soil fertility, and enhancing carbon sequestration potential. Strengthen the construction of high-standard farmland, speed up the improvement of the shortcomings of agricultural infrastructure, and improve the utilization efficiency of water and soil resources.

　　(7) Comprehensive utilization of straw. Adhere to the priority of agricultural use, local and nearby, focusing on the intensification, industrialization and high value of straw, and promote the comprehensive utilization of straw. Continue to promote the utilization of straw as fertilizer, feed and base material, and give full play to the function of straw cultivated land conservation and combination of planting and breeding. Promote the utilization of straw for energy, and develop straw biomass energy for gas, heat and power supply according to local conditions. Expand the utilization of straw as raw materials, support straw pulp to replace wood pulp in papermaking, and promote the transformation of straw resources into environmentally friendly boards and carbon-based products. Improve the straw collection, storage and transportation system and improve the straw resource ledger.

　　(8) Actions to replace renewable energy. Focusing on clean and low-carbon transformation, vigorously promote the development and utilization of rural renewable energy. Develop biogas in rural areas according to local conditions, encourage the construction of large-scale biogas/biogas projects in areas where conditions permit, and promote the application of biogas centralized gas supply for heating, power generation and grid connection, and biogas for vehicles or integration into gas pipeline networks to replace fossil energy. Promote biomass briquette fuel, bundling direct combustion, pyrolysis carbon gas co-production and other technologies, supporting clean stoves and biomass boilers to help clean heating in rural areas. Promote solar water heaters, solar lamps, solar houses, and develop photovoltaic agriculture by using agricultural facilities such as roofs and fish ponds.

　　(9) Science and technology innovation support action. Systematically sort out the major scientific and technological needs of agriculture and rural areas for emission reduction and carbon sequestration, and increase support for national science and technology plans. Relying on the modern agricultural industry technology system, the National Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Alliance, etc., organize and carry out joint research on agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration, and form a number of comprehensive technical solutions to make up for the technological shortcomings of green and low-carbon agriculture and rural areas. A catalogue of technologies for reducing carbon and sequestration in agriculture and rural areas was released. Establish an expert steering committee for agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration to strengthen technical guidance, technical training and technical services. Improve the agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration standard system, formulate and revise a number of national standards, industry standards and local standards.

　　(10) Actions for monitoring system construction. Improve the monitoring indicators, key parameters and accounting methods for carbon emission reduction and carbon sequestration in agriculture and rural areas. Coordinate central and local forces at all levels, optimize the setting of monitoring points in paddy fields, agricultural land, and farms in different regions, promote the construction of a scientifically distributed, hierarchically responsible monitoring and evaluation system, and carry out methane and nitrous oxide emissions and farmland and fishery carbon sequestration, etc. Location monitoring. Do a good job in rural renewable energy monitoring and investigation, and carry out normalized statistical analysis. Innovate monitoring methods and means, and accelerate the popularization and application of intelligent and information technology in the field of agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration monitoring.

　　5. Safeguards

　　(1) Strengthen organizational leadership. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the National Development and Reform Commission shall strengthen overall planning and coordination, review the overall deployment and important plans for carbon emission reduction and sequestration in agriculture and rural areas, and conduct overall research on major policies and important tasks.

　　Arrange, coordinate and solve key and difficult problems, and guide and supervise solid work. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is specifically responsible for organizing and implementing agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration, conducting follow-up evaluations, and strengthening supervision and guidance. The agricultural and rural, development and reform departments in various regions have strengthened the connection between policies and work, and based on the actual local conditions, they have compiled regional agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration implementation plans to ensure consistent policy orientation and pace.

　　(2) Strengthen policy creation. Strengthen the implementation of the existing agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration support policies. Research and improve support policies for key tasks, promote research on major issues and formulate policies and regulations, strengthen measures such as positive incentives and negative constraints, and create and improve support policies that are conducive to promoting agricultural and rural carbon emission reduction and sequestration. Research and establish an accounting certification system and explore an effective path for agricultural carbon emissions trading. Carry out pilot applications of typical technology models in an orderly manner, and create a number of low-carbon and zero-carbon pilot areas in agriculture and rural areas.

　　(3) Strengthen industrial cultivation. Vigorously develop new agricultural industries and new formats with green, low-carbon and ecological cycles as growth points, promote the deep integration of new technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence with industrial development, and drive agricultural transformation and upgrading. Explore the certification and management of low-carbon agricultural products and energy-saving agricultural products, and guide agricultural enterprises and business entities to strengthen the application of emission reduction and carbon sequestration technologies. Create a number of agricultural green and low-carbon product brands, establish and improve the carbon footprint traceability system of agricultural products, expand supply methods and supply channels, and continuously strengthen the growth momentum of new industries.

　　(4) Strengthen publicity and guidance. Make full use of various traditional and new media, expand publicity channels, strengthen publicity and reporting on good practices and typical models of agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration, and form a strong atmosphere of joint efforts. Strengthen the science popularization work on emission reduction and carbon sequestration in agriculture and rural areas, and create a number of popular science works that the public loves and hears. Regularly hold special trainings, observation and exchanges and other activities, select a group of representative regions and implementation entities, and create typical models.

　　Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs