Cultivated land is our rice bowl and the lifeblood of farmers. Protecting cultivated land is related to food security and the sustainable development of Putian's economy and society. We must cherish the land as much as we cherish life.
Yang Gensheng, a former director of the Agricultural Office of Fujian Provincial Committee, has a profound understanding and unique views on farmland protection. He said with deep feelings that land resources are the foundation and guarantee for sustainable economic and social development, and cultivated land is our rice bowl and the lifeblood of farmers. Protecting cultivated land is related to food security and the sustainable development of Putian's economy and society. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council have always attached great importance to the protection of cultivated land as a basic national policy of our country. From the perspective of Putian City, it is particularly important to protect cultivated land. He told reporters that land resources in Putian City are very scarce. There are 3 1.2 million people in the city. The total cultivated land area is 1654.38+0.35 million mu, and the per capita cultivated land is only 0.36 mu, which is less than half of the warning line of 0.8 mu per capita determined by FAO, and the reserve resources of cultivated land are seriously insufficient. Therefore, we must strengthen the protection of cultivated land.
"As the saying goes, we should regard land as gold, but I think we should regard land as life. Because gold is precious, but life can't be bought with gold. "Cherish land as life" emphasizes the importance of protecting cultivated land. Yang Gensheng said emotionally.
When it comes to how to cherish the land, Secretary Yang Gensheng's thinking is very clear. He said, first, it is necessary to further raise the awareness of the broad masses of cadres and people on farmland protection. It is necessary to carry out publicity, education and training activities on legal knowledge of land and resources among cadres at the county, township and village levels in the city. It is necessary to incorporate the legal knowledge of land and resources, especially the policies and regulations on farmland protection, into the important content of the study of the central group of the municipal party Committee and the county (district) Committee, and widely publicize the basic national policy on farmland protection and the relevant land situation of the country, province and city in various forms, so as to enhance the awareness of the broad masses of cadres and people on farmland protection and enhance their consciousness on farmland protection.
Second, we must implement the responsibility system for farmland protection. The responsibility of farmland protection, especially basic farmland protection, should be implemented in counties (districts), townships (towns, streets) and villages (residential areas), implemented in farmers, and included in the assessment of government responsibility targets at all levels. Cultivated land protection should be included in the performance evaluation of leading cadres as an important basis for promotion and use. It is necessary to establish an effective incentive mechanism to commend the units and individuals that have achieved effective measures and outstanding achievements in fulfilling the responsibility of farmland protection.
Third, innovate the mechanism of farmland protection and supervision responsibility. Further improve the "red and green flag" assessment system of land and resources law enforcement and supervision, establish a government-led land and resources law enforcement and supervision system composed of land and resources, discipline inspection and supervision, construction planning and other departments, and earnestly implement the responsibility of land and resources management. If the order of land management is chaotic and cultivated land is destroyed, resulting in adverse effects or other serious consequences, a one-vote veto shall be implemented. Those who violate the provisions on land management by concealing or failing to report, and failing to investigate and deal with them effectively shall be held accountable for the main local leaders.
Fourth, vigorously promote land development, consolidation and reclamation. In recent years, Putian City has submitted 55 provincial-level land development and consolidation projects for approval, with a total project scale of 6,543,800 mu+0.29 million mu, which can increase 25,000 mu of cultivated land, ensuring the balance of cultivated land occupation and compensation in the city. During my recent investigation in Daji Town, Xianyou County, I learned that the reclamation of the old house base in Weiban Village not only sorted out more than 100 mu of cultivated land, but also changed the village appearance, which is a good way to protect cultivated land. In the future, we will further do a good job in land consolidation and reclamation of old residential bases to effectively protect cultivated land.
Protecting cultivated land does not mean that land cannot be used, but that it should be used scientifically and reasonably to give full play to its role. Economical and intensive land use is the most effective protection for cultivated land.
Yang Gensheng said that cherishing land like cherishing life has another meaning, that is, saving intensive land. Emphasizing the protection of cultivated land does not mean that land cannot be used, but that it should be used scientifically and reasonably. Whether it's a key project, an industrial project, a municipal project or a public welfare construction project, we should be careful and calculate, so as to achieve the maximum benefit with the least land consumption. In my opinion, saving and intensive land is the most effective protection of cultivated land, and we should always adhere to saving and intensive land in all construction.
Yang Gensheng introduced that at present, the share of Putian's total economic output in the province is still small, and its overall strength is in a weak position. We should unswervingly implement Scientific Outlook on Development, persist in rallying people's hearts with development, enhance people's image with development, improve people's livelihood with development, and assess cadres with development, and strive to achieve the goal of "doubling the economy and rising as a port city" and make greater contributions to the construction of the economic zone on the west side of the Taiwan Straits. With the comprehensive promotion of Meizhou Bay port city construction and the implementation of project-driven and brand-driven, the demand for construction land will increase year by year. We should pay more attention to the relationship between protection and development, plan scientifically and make rational use of it. Starting from the reality of Putian, efforts are made to promote economical and intensive land use from several aspects.
First, it is necessary to strengthen the regulatory role of land use planning and coordinate urban and rural construction land. Through the regulation function of land use planning, we will guide more projects with high quality and good benefits to land in our city, improve the unit land output rate, and promote the transformation of economic development mode and the optimization of economic structure; Guide projects to concentrate in industrial parks, further promote industrial agglomeration, and better save intensive land. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the management of rural collective construction land, strictly implement the policy of one household and one house in rural areas, and improve the utilization efficiency of rural construction land.
Second, we should pay attention to tapping the potential and revitalizing the connotation of existing land. New projects should actively guide the development and utilization of unused land and abandoned land. Those who can use less land will not use more, those who can use inferior land will not use fertile land, and those who can use cultivated land will not use cultivated land. This year, we will continue to vigorously clean up idle land, whether it is commercial construction land or industrial land. If it has been idle for two years and should be recovered free of charge according to law, it will be resolutely recovered and rearranged for use; Idle for one year but less than two years, land idle fees shall be levied according to law.
The third is to establish a long-term mechanism for saving and intensive land use. It is necessary to formulate policies to encourage economical and intensive land use, improve the construction land reserve system, strictly implement the system of inviting, auctioning and hanging industrial and commercial land, further strengthen post-approval supervision of construction land, and ensure that the central and provincial policies and regulations on economical and intensive land use are implemented.
At the end of the interview, Yang Gensheng said very firmly that cherishing the land is not only a slogan, but also a moral advocacy. More importantly, it is necessary to implement various measures to protect cultivated land, vigorously promote economical and intensive land use, establish a new mechanism to guarantee and promote scientific development, and ensure the sound and rapid economic and social development of Putian.