Xinjiang BINGTUAN Rural Revitalization And Cotton Industry Development Forum Held

On July 26, Xinjiang production and Construction Corps Rural Revitalization and cotton industry development forum was held.

On July 26, the Forum on Rural Revitalization and cotton industry development of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps was held in Shihezi, Xinjiang, the "Gobi pearl", and the southern Xinjiang cotton innovation center of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps was established at the same time.

The forum invited more than ten well-known cotton research institutions, universities and their experts and professors to discuss and exchange views on the Rural Revitalization and cotton industry development of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps (XPCC), so as to provide intellectual support for the development of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps (XPCC) cotton industry, and will further enhance the scientific and technological level and competitiveness of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps and even Xinjiang cotton industry in the domestic and foreign markets.

With the national cotton industry center moving westward, Xinjiang has become the largest commodity cotton base in China. By the end of 2020, Xinjiang production and Construction Corps will account for 27% of the national area and produce 36.9% of the country's cotton, playing an irreplaceable role in the development of Xinjiang and even the national cotton industry.

Chen Qian, a member of the Party group and deputy director of the agricultural and rural Bureau of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps and a first-class inspector, said that industrial revitalization is the key to rural revitalization. The Rural Revitalization and cotton industry development of XPCC are of great significance to the economic development of XPCC and even Xinjiang. The development of cotton industry plays a key role in the Rural Revitalization of XPCC. Through the combination of production, teaching and research, it is an opportunity to promote the cotton industry development and Rural Revitalization of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, especially to take the market as the guidance, take the enterprise as the main body, use the market mechanism to allocate resources, and accelerate the industrialized operation of scientific and technological achievements.

During the forum, the cotton Expert Advisory Committee of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps was awarded a letter of appointment.

Zhou Ping, vice president of Xinjiang Academy of agricultural reclamation Sciences, introduced that the national cotton experts were gathered together to set up the South Xinjiang cotton innovation center of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, aiming to build the scientific and technological innovation platform, management service platform and technology achievement display platform of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, so as to make it a "depression" for Talent Gathering and "highland" for technical evaluation, Linking the innovation chain and industrial chain, promoting the rapid and good development of cotton industry, and playing the role of cotton industry in Rural Revitalization.

Zhang Xianlong, Professor of Huazhong Agricultural University, was employed as an expert of cotton Expert Advisory Committee of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps. He said that the establishment of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps Southern Xinjiang cotton innovation center is a very important measure and an innovation of system and mechanism. Cotton industry is an important industry for Xinjiang and XPCC to promote income increase and rural revitalization, which is more and more important in Rural Revitalization and local economic development. The establishment of innovation team can solve the problems existing in cotton production, provide technical support for cotton breeding, cultivation, management and soil protection, so as to make cotton more high-yield, high-quality, stronger resistance, and reduce investment.

In order to effectively improve the cotton quality of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, lay a solid foundation for high-quality development, promote the quality and efficiency of cotton industry, and enhance the competitiveness. In March this year, Xinjiang production and Construction Corps printed and issued the "corps cotton quality improvement action plan", which proposed to improve the scientific and technological content, enhance the support capacity, and strive to build a national high-quality cotton production base.

Hu Jianguo, director of the planting and pesticide management department of the agricultural and rural Bureau of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, said, "we recommend seven cotton varieties to farmers, increase policy support, and subsidize 25 yuan per mu of cotton seed.". At the same time, according to the overall arrangement and node requirements of the corps cotton quality improvement action plan, relevant working groups and scientific and technological teams were established to provide technical services for the management of cotton water storage peak period and topping work.

(source: China News Network)