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NewsPresident Du Zhixiong Meets with IATP Director Hao KemingOn the afternoon of June 3, 2013, President Du Zhixiong met with Mr. Jim Harkness, Director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policies (IATP) in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on a series of issues such as the recent agricultural development situation in China and the United States, the main issues of concern to scholars, China's food security, and the impact of multinational companies on China's agriculture. During this period, President Du also briefed him on the preparations for the "International Symposium on Comparative Agricultural Modernization between China and Foreign Countries" to be jointly organized by the China Foreign Agricultural Economic Research Association and the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in the second half of this year. Mr. Hao expressed a clear interest in this meeting and was willing to support and participate in this seminar. Secretary-General Tan Xuewen participated in the meeting. (Responsible editor: if so)
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NewsVice President Professor Tang Zhong as the new Dean of Agricultural Development College of Renmin University of China24 May 2013 Vice President tang Zhong professor, Dean and Vice President, School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Renmin University of China kong Xiangzhi the professor continued to serve as the secretary of the party committee, vice president and executive director of the institute. Zhu Xinkai the professor continued as vice-president of the institute. Professor Tang Zhong is on the left in the front row and Professor Kong Xiangzhi is on the right in the back row. (Responsible editor: Shixin)
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NewsResearch Society Newsletter No. 2 [2013-05]Newsletter of China Foreign Agricultural Economic Research Association (Phase 2) 24 May 2013 this newsletter releases 6 messages: the co-author of "World Agriculture" organized by the 1. Council entered the writing stage. After more than a month of communication and preparation, and after the outline was discussed and revised by the president's office meeting, the authors of all 12 chapters in the outline of world agriculture were put in place. At present, the authors are drafting a detailed three-level outline and writing ideas, and will discuss with us in the near future. After the discussion is completed, they can enter the separate writing. 2. President Du Zhixiong Meets Relevant Foreign Guests on the afternoon of May 13, President Du Zhixiong, former director of IFAD, researcher Zhang Xiaoshan and Tan Xuewen, returned together with Mr. Wu Han, a guest from the European Foundation for Human Progress, to discuss the Eating City project and other issues of interest, and to discuss the possibility, feasibility, specific contents and plans of cooperation with the Rural Development Research Institute and the Association. On the afternoon of May 17, President Du Zhixiong met with a nine-member delegation led by Ms. Valérie BADUEL, Deputy Director General of Education and Research of the French Ministry of Agriculture. At the request of the guests, President Du introduced China's agricultural education, research and training strategy, and discussed with each other the potential opportunities for strengthening cooperation in this field between China and France. Liao Yongsong, executive director of the Association, and Li Renqing, research fellow of Rural Fu, attended the meeting and discussion. 3. 3 more than 10 new applications have been received since January. Since March this year, the secretariat of the association has received more than 10 new applications for membership. We will conduct a review and consent process for membership applications at the end of each quarter. After the review is approved, new members will be notified in a timely manner, providing them with a membership number, and immediately fulfilling their membership rights and obligations. 4., the website of the Association has basically entered normal operation. After the website was opened in March this year, we adjusted and improved the structure and content of the website, and basically entered the normal operation stage. The website domain name is: www.csfae.org.cn or www.csfae.cn members are welcome to visit our website frequently. This website currently consists of seven first-level columns, such as the introduction of the Institute. Among them, the dynamic column of the society mainly publishes news information, notices and announcements and other information related to the main leaders of the research society or the research society. In addition to providing member information, the member world column will focus on introducing the elegant demeanour and research experience of the members of the society through the "member dynamics" secondary column. The results publishing column mainly publishes the important research results of the research society and its members. The foreign agricultural column is a key construction column with several secondary columns, it will become a distinctive platform for foreign agricultural economic information and data. We will also mobilize members to participate in the construction of this platform and issue relevant notices in the near future. In addition, after soliciting opinions, we decided to adopt the previously publicized icon as the logo of the association, and explained its meaning, which can be seen on the relevant pages of the association's website. In 5., the Council issued a number of trial versions of the in-session system. Following the voting process of the Council, we have published a number of pilot versions of the in-session system on the Society's website. In addition to the final draft of the articles of association, other trial in-session systems include the president's office meeting system, the financial management system and the secretariat's working system. Meet the relevant web pages ( http://www.csfae.cn/ShowDetailBothList.aspx?id=16). 6. Secretariat sends out the first batch of membership cards at the beginning of May, the Secretariat of the Association sent out the first batch of membership cards. The membership card of the member who has not yet paid the membership fee has not been sent yet, and we will send it in time after receiving the membership fee. new applicants for this year's membership will undergo a qualification and approval process at the end of each quarter, as well as a membership number. The membership cards of new members will be uniformly produced at the end of the year and sent out in time after receiving the membership fee.
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NewsPresident Du Zhixiong Meets with French Ministry of Agriculture DelegationOn May 17, Professor Du Zhixiong, deputy director of the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and president of the Association, met with a nine-member delegation led by Ms. Valérie BADUEL, deputy director of the General Administration of Education and Research of the French Ministry of Agriculture. At the request of the guests, President Du introduced China's agricultural education, research and training strategy, and discussed with each other the potential opportunities for strengthening cooperation in this field between China and France. deputy research fellows liao yongsong and li reqing attended the meeting and discussion. (Responsible editor: Shixin)
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NewsPresident Du Zhixiong Meets Guests of European Foundation for Human ProgressOn the afternoon of May 13, 2013, Du Zhixiong, President of the Association, and Zhang Xiaoshan, former director of the Institute of Rural Development, met with visiting old friends, Mr. Wu Han, head of the Asian project of the European Foundation for Human Progress, Professor Jin Siyan, director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Aldova in France, and Mr. Chen Lichuan, president of the (French) Cultural Media Association. Secretary-General Tan Xuewen attended the meeting. The Human Progress Foundation (FPH) where Mr. Wu Han works has a long-term friendly cooperative relationship with the Agricultural Development Institute and the Association. He once co-hosted the 2005 Coastal Fishery Survey and the 2008 Shandong Sustainable Food Supply Chain International Forum with us. We also published the book "Sustainable Food Supply Chain: Practice from China" based on cooperative research. The purpose of Mr. Wu Han's visit is to discuss the possibility, feasibility, specific cooperation content and plan with the Rural Development Institute and the Association on the Eating City project and other issues of interest. Du Zhixiong and Zhang Xiaoshan respectively responded positively to the above proposals, expressing their willingness to maintain close contact and consultation with the European side on relevant cooperation proposals, and choose the opportunity to promote relevant cooperation and exchange projects when reaching an agreement on relevant issues. The Eating City project is an action jointly initiated by FPH and the Italian RISTECO to improve the sustainability of the urban food supply system. It has many years of practice and rich experience in Europe, and has also carried out a number of seminars and research activities in China. We have expressed strong interest and positive attitude in this regard, and expressed our willingness to seize the opportunity to carry out follow-up research activities. Du Zhixiong also introduced to the European guests a monograph that we are organizing members to jointly write to review the changes in the world agricultural development pattern since the establishment of WTO and the entry of agriculture into WTO 20 years ago. He proposed that if the foundation is interested, it can take the opportunity of the publication of the book to jointly hold an international seminar on the impact of WTO accession in the first half of 2014. Mr. Wu Han expressed a clear interest in this, and the two sides are willing to keep in touch at any time on the above issues and reach an agreement on specific issues as soon as possible.
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NewsThe Council held the second president's office meeting to consider a number of issues [2013-03-15]The second president's office meeting was held to consider a number of issues. On March 9, 2013, President Du Zhixiong convened the second president's office meeting in Beijing. Vice presidents He Xiurong, Jiang Changyun, Sun Dongsheng, Tan Qiucheng, Tang Zhong, Wang Jianing, Xu Hui, Zhou Yingheng, Zhu Lizhi and Secretary General Tan Xuewen attended the meeting, and some deputy secretaries general attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates. The meeting is divided into six items on the agenda, namely: issuing letters of appointment and membership cards, reviewing and adopting various systems, reviewing and adopting the list of directors, standing directors and new members to be added, discussing the addition of honorary presidents, discussing the development plan of members, discussing the construction of websites and "foreign agriculture" literature databases, and discussing the outline and operation methods of "world agriculture. The meeting fully affirmed the importance of establishing rules and regulations, discussed in detail and adopted in principle the existing draft of four rules and regulations, including the president's office meeting system, the financial management system, the draft regulations on member development and job nomination in the meeting, and the working system of the Secretariat, and proposed amendments to some questions in the documents. The meeting decided that the vice presidents would return their written amendments within ten days after the meeting, and the secretariat would send them to all directors for deliberation and approval after centralized amendments. According to the spirit of the first president's office meeting and based on the member development and post nomination regulations just passed in principle, the meeting deliberated and approved the list of new members, additional directors and executive directors. It is believed that these additional directors and executive directors are all outstanding talents in the field of agricultural economy, and they are also willing to participate in the activities of the research society. Their addition is conducive to the growth of the strength of the research society and the development of activities. The meeting considered a total of 8 new members, 6 directors and 4 executive directors (of which the executive director was also added as a director). The new members are: Hui Guoqin, Luan Jingdong, Luo Jianchao, Liu Xianwu, Zeng Yuhuan, Yao Lina, Huang Qinghua and Wen Tao. The additional directors are: Liu Xuedong, Dai Yongzhong, Chen Danmei, Gao Lei, Huang Qinghua and Wen Tao. The additional executive directors are: Luan Jingdong, Luo Jianchao, Hui Guoqin and Liu Xianwu. The list of additional directors and executive directors is pending approval by the Council. The meeting discussed the issue of adding honorary presidents and feasible candidates, affirmed its feasibility, and will continue to discuss this matter in the future in conjunction with the organization and construction of the research society. The meeting affirmed the importance of vigorously developing new members, and believed that vice presidents should bear the responsibility of developing members more than ordinary members, and also have more advantages. The meeting agreed to the member development plan proposed by the secretariat, including member introduction and website publicity. At the same time, the vice presidents took the initiative to undertake the member development work and instructed the secretariat to propose an operation plan for member development through the vice presidents as soon as possible. The Secretariat showed the current website construction situation to the meeting, and the vice presidents put forward specific suggestions on the website image logo, columns, data collection, update and maintenance. Vice President He Xiurong took the initiative to further modify and maintain the website. The vice-presidents also suggested possible sources of foreign agricultural economic data. Based on the proposal of the first president's office meeting, the secretariat, under the guidance of the president, wrote the writing outline of "World Agriculture: Patterns and Trends" and the corresponding operating methods. This book will echo the works of the same name written by former vice president Ding Zeji in the 1990 s. The meeting had a heated discussion on this outline. The content design will study the overall design and brand building of the book department, the specific content of each chapter of the bibliography, and how to select the author. In view of the difficulty of operation of this book, no consensus has been reached on the content and operation. The meeting instructed the secretariat to further refine the outline and operation plan. [Updated: 2013-03-15]
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NewsThe Council Held the First President's Office Meeting to Discuss the Work in 2013 [2012-12-01]The Council Held the First President's Office Meeting to Discuss the Work in 2013 on November 25, 2012, President du Zhixiong convened the first president's office meeting of the sixth Council of the Association in Beijing. Vice presidents Cheng Guoqiang, he Xiurong, Jiang Changyun, Kong Xiangzhi, Tang Zhong, Wang Jianing, Xu Hui, Zhu Lizhi and Zuo Changsheng attended the meeting, and some deputy secretaries-general attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates. The theme of this meeting is the recent work of the China Foreign Agricultural Economic Research Association and the work arrangement in 2013. The president first reported the progress of the work since the general meeting on August 18, 2012, including the general audit, the approval and certification of the Ministry of Civil Affairs online general application, membership registration and collection of membership fees, the construction of rules and regulations, and the construction of websites. By the end of November, the association had completed the filing of the president, vice-president, secretary-general and other responsible persons as well as the filing of the organization. The (re) registration of most new and old members has been completed, more than 60 members have completed the payment of membership fees, drafted a number of draft systems within the association, and initially completed the website registration and architecture design. Next, the president put forward proposals and ideas on the work of the seminar in the near future and 2013. The contents to be discussed and the main work ideas include: in 1.2013, it aims to publish a book and hold a high-quality seminar. 2. Internal organizational structure construction and division of labor mechanism. Is it necessary to set up secondary institutions, such as research department, development department, conference department, etc? 3. Some units have already applied for affiliation. What are the procedures for consideration and the principles for ratification? 4. On the appointment of a group of retired senior cadres as honorary presidents or advisers of the Association 5. Principles for handling applications for membership and new executive directors and directors 6. Preliminary idea of hosting the annual meeting of the ECARDC2015 in the name of the Research Society the vice-chairman of the meeting held a heated discussion on the proposals and ideas put forward by the president on the work of the 2013 research association. Tang Zhong, He Xiurong, Wang Jianing, Kong Xiangzhi, Cheng Guoqiang, Xu Hui, Jiang Changyun, and Zhu Lizhi spoke successively. A consensus was reached as follows: 1. In order to improve the social influence of our association, it is necessary to appropriately add some positions above the director level, including honorary president, consultant, executive director, director, etc; 2. Agree to organize the members of the research association to write and publish a book related to foreign agricultural development every year, form a series of brand publications, and gradually expand the influence of the brand. An editorial board should be set up to plan and check the outline and the final results. Some vice-presidents at the meeting voluntarily expressed their attitude of providing publishing subsidies and implementing specific issues of publishing. The 3.2013 Annual Academic Conference should be prepared as soon as possible and papers should be collected before July 2013. We can refer to the meeting ideas of the "China Agricultural High-level Forum", closely combine the current topics of high concern of the government and society, integrate superior resources, and make the academic annual meeting a high-end and international brand think tank forum. Conference excellent papers according to the paper writing paradigm and content, respectively, priority to "China's rural economy", "reform" and "world agriculture" recommended published. The meeting instructed the secretariat to put forward a detailed work plan on matters 2 and 3 as soon as possible, which will be formally implemented after the president's office meeting. 4. For institutions that can provide resources for the research society, they can be attached to the research society after deliberation and approval by the president's office meeting. Its operation, management, finance and other work need to strictly abide by the articles of association and various systems of the research society. The affiliated units must be strictly audited and the process controlled to avoid potential risks and troubles. 5. At present, the daily work of the conference is selected by the secretariat and individual president units, which basically does not affect the efficiency and effect of the work. Therefore, the establishment of a permanent body in the conference is not considered for the time being. It can be set again in the future as needed. [Updated: 2012-12-01]
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NewsThe 6th Member Congress was held in Beijing [2012-09-01]On August 18, 2012, the 6th Member Congress and Academic Seminar of China Foreign Agricultural Economic Research Association was held in Beijing. The meeting elected a new leading body of the research association and held high-level academic seminars. More than 100 member representatives from Beijing and all over the country attended the one-day meeting. The China Foreign Agricultural Economic Research Association was established in 1982 and registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs in 1991. It is a national academic organization under the supervision of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Its purpose is to unite all members, promote the research and exchange of foreign agricultural economy and international agricultural economy, trade and cooperation, and serve the construction of agricultural modernization. Since its establishment, the Research Association has successively set up five councils, including He Kang, deputy director of the State Agricultural Commission and minister of agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery, Hong Fuzeng, vice minister of agriculture, and Xu Gengsheng, member of the standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and researcher of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The Society has a glorious history. Since its establishment, it has carried out a large number of research, consultation, exchange and discussion, and training activities. The research topics involve world agricultural development models and strategies, national agricultural economies and policies, world agricultural product markets and price mechanisms, agricultural products International trade, GATT and WTO issues, world food security issues, food safety issues, agricultural modernization issues, etc., and published or published a large number of research results, many of the results are leading in the field. The meeting is divided into two units: the member congress and the academic seminar, which are held in the morning and afternoon respectively. The morning members' congress includes three links. The first link is the meeting of member representatives, the main content is to review work reports, vote on various resolutions, and elect the board of directors. President Xu Gengsheng made a work report on behalf of the Fifth Council, reviewed the history of the Research Association, introduced and evaluated the work of the Fifth Council, and put forward expectations for the next Council. Secretary-General Du Zhixiong made an explanation of the amendment of the constitution and the collection of membership fees and the standard of membership fees. The research association revised the articles of association, appropriately adjusted the membership scope, purpose and business scope of the research association, standardized the rights, obligations and membership procedures of members, and added a board of supervisors. The above-mentioned report and resolution were adopted by a vote of the Members' Congress. Subsequently, the Member Congress elected the Sixth Council, with 87 members elected as members. The meeting also elected the board of supervisors, a total of 5 members were elected as supervisors. The second part is the first meeting of the sixth Council. On the same day, all the elected directors who attended the members' Congress immediately held a board meeting, the main content of which was to elect the leading executive bodies, including the standing council, president, vice president, secretary general, and so on. A total of 48 directors were elected as executive directors, making up the Standing Council. Du Zhixiong was elected as the sixth president, Cheng Guoqiang and other 17 people were elected as vice presidents, and Tan Xuewen was elected as secretary-general. The Council also voted to approve the list of advisers and the list of deputy secretaries-general. After the council, the new president Du Zhixiong convened a meeting of all member representatives. President Du Zhixiong explained to all the representatives the work direction, concept and method of the new council from the perspective of serving the overall development of the country and serving all members of the "two services", and the short-term key work of the research association. The content and goals put forward preliminary ideas. At the academic seminar in the afternoon of the same day, Vice President Cheng Guoqiang discussed the current world food situation and China's response, Vice President Zhou Yingheng discussed the new trends of Japan's agricultural development, Executive Director Li Xiande discussed China-Africa agricultural trade and agricultural cooperation, and Executive Director Han A highly timely, wide-ranging and informative academic report on the progress of the international agricultural research system established by the Ministry of Agriculture of China in recent years. At the conference, five member authors, Yang Wanjiang, Peng Chao, Zhang Hongzhou, Liu Hecuang and Liu Xichuan, reported their latest research results on world food security, the impact of China's food imports on world food security, the progress and characteristics of the 2012 U.S. agricultural subsidy policy reform, the comparison of industrial linkages and spillover effects between China and the United States, and the new model of agricultural financing based on the agricultural industry chain. The academic report and the published content of the paper were highly recognized by the participants. Vice President Wang Jianing and President Du Zhixiong presided over the paper publication and academic report meeting in the afternoon respectively. Du Zhixiong finally made a concluding speech on behalf of the Council, saying that the new Council must carry out all kinds of work conscientiously and creatively, strive to serve the needs of members and serve them well, and at the same time, it should also open up resources and opportunities, build institutions and platforms, seriously organize its members to deepen their research on foreign agricultural economy, and create a new situation of foreign agricultural economic research and exchanges, to serve the prosperity of China's agricultural economic theory and the construction of agricultural modernization.
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NewsResearch Society Newsletter Issue 1 [2013-03]Newsletter of China Foreign Agricultural Economic Research Association (Phase 1) march 11, 2013 this newsletter released 5 news: 1. will officially open the website after about half a year of hard work, the website of the Association was officially opened, and the domain name is: www.csfae.org.cn or www.csfae.cn. CSFAE is an acronym Chinese the English name of the Association Society of Foreign Agricultural Economy, which will often appear on the Association's website and documents in the future. Members are welcome to visit our website. 2. our website and logo soliciting opinions the website of this association includes the introduction of the society, the organization, the dynamic of the society, the membership world, the achievement release, the foreign agriculture and other contents, trying to build a platform for displaying the image of the research association, member services and accumulating foreign agricultural economic information. The website section can be revised according to the needs of members. Solemnly to the majority of members to solicit any suggestions to improve the construction of the website. We use a temporary logo on our website. The main meanings of the logo are as follows:(1) The whole is the abbreviation of CSFAE;(2) Wheat ear symbolizes agriculture, and wheat is the most extensive ration in the world, which is a metaphor for international vision;(3) From green to yellow represents planting and harvesting;(4) Waves, circles and gradual color changes imply the hope and vitality symbolized by the sunrise. We are now seeking members' opinions on the above temporary logo, hoping to propose a better logo. If there is no better idea and no obvious objection, this Association will formally adopt the above logo. 3. would have been on 3. Month 9 day 2 the second president's office meeting will discuss system construction and this year's work. On the afternoon of Saturday, March 9, the second president's office meeting was held in Beijing. The president, 10 vice presidents and the secretary-general attended the meeting, and the secretariat attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates. At the meeting, several key system texts of the Council were discussed and will be submitted to the Council for voting after further improvement. The meeting also discussed two key tasks of the association this year, namely, organizing members to compile the monograph of "World Agriculture" and the solicitation of papers and the annual seminar. Specific information will be released in the near future. 4. President's Office will call on members to develop new members in order to expand the membership base and enliven the activities of the Research Society, the Society regards the development of new members as an important routine work. In addition to publicity through the website, vice president efforts, but also called on the majority of members to develop new members. Anyone who is engaged in teaching, research, practical work or study in related fields of agricultural economy, is interested in participating in the activities of the research association, and is willing to abide by the articles of association of the research association can apply for membership. The preferential policy of reducing membership fee will also be adopted for students applying for membership. 5 [ forward] american Environmental Protection Association Low Carbon Agriculture Project Manager Recruitment Information in response to the proposal of Vice President Zhu Lizhi, the Association forwarded a message to its members about the recruitment of low-carbon agricultural project managers by the American Environmental Protection Association. Details are as follows: • Position: Low Carbon Agriculture Project Manager • Responsibilities: Responsible for the design and implementation of China's rural greenhouse gas emission reduction projects • Main work contents: 1) Cooperate with the State Council Poverty Alleviation Office to provide technical guidance for low-carbon agricultural projects, including on-site measurement and sampling based on different tasks, quantification of greenhouse gas emission reductions, monitoring and certification of specific projects and provision of project status assessment reports. 2) Cooperate with the relevant staff of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to ensure that the greenhouse gas quantification method applied in the project is technically correct and feasible. 3) Cooperate with Peking University and other qualified entities to conduct on-site investigation of the project and collect valid data. 4) Design and conduct relevant courses and training authorized by EPA and its partners; provide third-party certification for greenhouse gas emission projects in China; draft relevant low-carbon agriculture project reports, including measurement, monitoring and verification of relevant projects; draft relevant publications on low-carbon agriculture projects. • Location: Beijing, China • Report to: Director of Low Carbon Agriculture Program in China, Environmental Protection Agency (EDF) • Contract period: 2 years, subject to renewal • Requirements: 1. Postgraduate degree: agricultural technology, economics/management related major, agronomy, agricultural economics/business, agricultural engineering, soil or grass science, or related professional discipline graduate degree or above (relevant work experience can be considered to replace the above requirements). Familiar with agricultural technology promotion and farmer education programs in China. 2. Practical experience: at least 2 years of experience in agricultural project development, research field or government related work. Either as a researcher or practitioner in this field, should have a holistic knowledge framework for crop research. Understand the actual situation in rural China today. Experience in working with Chinese governments at all levels. Experience in commercializing agricultural research results is desirable. Excellent written and oral communication skills in both Chinese and English. Salary: negotiable, please send your resume to zhaopin@cet.net.cn if you are interested. Background introduction of the American Environmental Protection Association's China project (for more details, please see www.cet.net.cn): the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) first launched a low-carbon agriculture-related project in 2005. Low-carbon agriculture-related projects refer to: agricultural greenhouse gas emission reduction projects designed to improve agricultural efficiency, and cooperate with relevant local organizations to develop and monitor project greenhouse gas emission reductions and sell them in the global carbon market. As a result, farmers will benefit from the "overall cost reduction", "yield per mu increase" and "carbon index profit" brought about by the project. At the same time, the "carbon footprint" generated by activities related to farming and water resources will also be reduced. In 2011, the U.S. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) signed a memorandum of agreement with the State Department's Office of Poverty Alleviation to more broadly expand greenhouse gas reduction activities in rural areas across China. The State Council's Office of Poverty Alleviation, together with the Department of Agriculture, has more than 200 related offices across the country and will work together with the American Environmental Protection Association (EDF) on low-carbon agriculture-related projects. The ultimate goal of low-carbon agriculture-related projects is to first ensure farmers' income, at the same time, as much as possible to reduce the impact of climate change on agriculture, and finally, improve the local natural resource environment. This project reduces greenhouse gas pollution in non-urbanized areas of China by establishing a self-operating model.