On June 25-26, the 2008 National coordinate production and sales of Agricultural Products in Poverty-stricken Areas was launched in Beijing with the theme of "Products Out of Villages and Helping Out of Poverty". The first docking activity signed a contract of more than 5.4 billion yuan, with a total purchase amount of 12.7 billion yuan and a purchase volume of about 2.526 million tons. Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, attended the launching ceremony and delivered a speech.

Han Changfu pointed out that the coordinate production and sales of agricultural products in poverty-stricken areas is a concrete action to implement the idea of poverty alleviation in Xi Jinping and the Guiding Opinions on Winning the Three-year Action to Fight Against Poverty. At the first meeting of the Central Committee on Finance and Economics in April this year, the General Secretary of the Xi Jinping stressed that poverty alleviation through business development should focus on effective measures to support the coordinate production and sales of agricultural products in poverty-stricken areas. We should take promoting coordinate production and sales in poverty-stricken areas as an important grasp to realize the "bullnose" of farmers'poverty alleviation and income increase and to win the battle of precise poverty alleviation.Promoting the coordinate production and sales of agricultural products in poverty-stricken areas and letting these green, high-quality and characteristic agricultural products go out of the mountains and into the homes of ordinary people will not only help to "promote production by sales", promote the healthy development of industries in poverty-stricken areas, and provide stable income channels for poor people, but also help to enrich the dining tables of urban residents and meet the needs of the people for a better life. As the leading department of poverty alleviation through business development, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas has formulated the Implementation Plan of coordinate production and sales of Agricultural Products in Poverty-stricken Areas, focusing on concentrated poverty-stricken areas, especially those in deep poverty-stricken areas, focusing on high-quality and characteristic agricultural products, through the construction of standardized production bases and cold chain facilities for storage, the cultivation of new agricultural operators, and the strengthening of brand construction. So that high-quality agricultural products in poor areas can not only be produced and produced well, but also be sold at a good price.Han Changfu stressed that the fight against poverty needs to mobilize the strength of all sectors of society to participate in and work together. It is hoped that purchasers can lend a helping hand, show love, purchase more agricultural products from poor areas, and turn the care for poor areas into real orders. It is hoped that the e-commerce of agricultural products can be an enterprise with mud under its feet, fine products in its hands and love in its chest. It is hoped that producers in poverty-stricken areas will always adhere to the principle of honest management and quality first, create "works of conscience" with the spirit of craftsmen, and give back the care and help of all sectors of society with excellent product quality and quality. It is hoped that the news media will actively encourage and call for agricultural products in poverty-stricken areas, widely promote high-quality agricultural products with characteristics in poverty-stricken areas, and create a good atmosphere for the whole society to pay attention to and support the industrial development of poverty-stricken areas. At the same time, we hope that consumers will pay more attention to, publicize and consume agricultural products in poor areas.

Qu Dongyu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas, read out the Action Initiative for the Linkage of Production and Marketing of Agricultural Products in Poverty-stricken Areas at the launching ceremony. The Proposal was jointly issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas, the Working Committee of the Central and State Organs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry for Commerce, SASASAC, the State Administration of Organs Affairs, the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council and the Administration of Organs Affairs directly under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, calling on organizations at all levels, news media and consumers to take action. Actively contribute to the coordinate production and sales of poor agricultural products.It is understood that this year's coordinate production and sales campaign will carry out six major activities in poverty-stricken areas, namely, the activities of agricultural products going out of villages, the project of e-commerce of agricultural products going out of villages, the public welfare activities of caring for poverty alleviation and sales, the activities of creating characteristic agricultural brands, the project of market construction of agricultural products producing areas, and the propaganda activities of coordinate production and sales of agricultural products in poverty-stricken areas. More than 1800 suppliers from 453 poverty-stricken counties in concentrated poverty-stricken areas participated in the first docking activity, and more than 1370 purchasers made on-site orders.