Entering WTO brings five opportunities for agriculture

Introduction: Dr Sun Dongsheng, director of international agricultural products trade research center of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, member of agricultural expert group of China's accession to WTO and member of agricultural foreign trade expert group of the Ministry of agriculture Participated in or presided over a number of research topics such as the National Natural Science Foundation, the Ministry of agriculture, and the State Planning Commission This year is the first year of China's accession to the WTO What benefits will WTO bring to China's agricultural development? Recently, Dr Sun Dongsheng said in an interview with reporters that at present, China's agricultural development has entered a new stage The overall supply and demand of agricultural products is more than the demand, which provides the basis and opportunity for China to implement the strategic adjustment of agricultural structure Under this macro background, China's accession to the WTO will bring five opportunities for the development of domestic agriculture and rural areas, both in terms of short-term impact and long-term trend Vwt's accession to WTO will first improve the export environment of China's agricultural products After entering WTO, we can enjoy the unconditional most favored nation treatment of the vast majority of countries, the preferential treatment of developing countries, the reduction of discriminatory treatment, the use of relevant mechanisms to solve trade disputes, etc., which will optimize the external environment of China's agricultural exports At the same time, in the process of China's agricultural internationalization, it creates a favorable international environment for China to effectively utilize the international agricultural market and resources The second opportunity of vwt is to accelerate the adjustment of domestic agricultural structure After China's accession to the WTO, it is beneficial for China to import agricultural products with low comparative interests, such as grain, cotton and oil, which are intensive in land and water resources, equivalent to import part of cultivated land and water resources, and beneficial to the improvement of domestic ecological environment It is also beneficial for China to export labor-intensive products, including fruits, vegetables, aquatic products, livestock products, which have comparative advantages and comparative interests High agricultural products promote the adjustment of China's agricultural structure, which is conducive to the transfer of agricultural labor force to rural industry and urban non-agricultural industry In the long run, this structural adjustment is conducive to the improvement of China's farmers' income The third opportunity of vwt is to get the initiative to participate in the formulation of new agricultural rules of WTO After China's accession to the WTO, China has the membership of the WTO, and fully participates in the upcoming round of WTO multilateral trade negotiations, which is conducive to safeguarding the interests of China's farmers, agriculture and rural areas as well as the interests of the country It will change the former passive situation of passively abiding by and implementing the results of other people's negotiations Under the condition of fully expressing opinions, China will independently participate in the formulation of new rules It is conducive to striving for and safeguarding its own interests under the multilateral system The fourth opportunity of vwt is to strengthen the international exchange and cooperation of agricultural science and technology Accession to WTO will help broaden the channels of international agricultural exchange and cooperation, and accelerate the improvement of the level and content of agricultural science and technology On the one hand, it will be easier for foreign investment to enter China With these investments, it will often bring the most advanced or more advanced agricultural technology, improve the management and production level of China's agriculture, and help to improve the quality of China's agricultural products; on the other hand, the exchange and cooperation with foreign agricultural education, scientific research and technology will be closer and more frequent, accelerate the progress of China's agricultural science and technology, and promote China's agricultural science and technology The improvement of contribution rate of agricultural science and technology progress in China This will lead to the improvement of agricultural production capacity and the enhancement of agricultural comprehensive quality The fifth opportunity of vwt is to deepen the reform of rural economic system According to the basic principles of WTO and international standards, China's agricultural and rural economic system will further deepen reform and establish and improve the domestic agricultural macro-control system in accordance with the basic rules of market economy In addition, WTO rules also have relevant requirements for the standardization of the trade system, which will play a positive role in accelerating the reform of the foreign trade system of agricultural products and the domestic circulation system This will play a positive role in realizing the two fundamental changes of agriculture, enhancing the comprehensive quality of domestic agriculture and improving the international competitiveness of agriculture Vwt (author:) to feed Weibo to: