People’s Governments of all counties (cities, districts); Administrative Committees of the Urban-Rural Integration Demonstration Zone, High-Tech Zone, Yahe Industrial Zone, and Guan Zhuang Industrial Zone; and relevant departments of the Municipal People’s Government:

To earnestly implement the strategic directives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, the Provincial Party Committee, and the Provincial Government regarding the active development of the beef cattle industry and the revitalization of the dairy sector, and to fully leverage our city’s advantages in crop straw resources to vigorously promote the high-quality and leapfrog development of the cattle industry, the following opinions are hereby formulated.

I. General Requirements

(1) Guiding Principles

Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, led by the comprehensive implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, and centered on supply-side structural reform, we will vigorously advance the development of the cattle industry as a key measure for rural industrial revitalization and the consolidation of achievements in poverty alleviation. With support for the growth and expansion of leading enterprises as the primary focus, we will vigorously promote regionalized layout, standardized production, scaled operations, industrialized development, and green products. We will strive to enhance the quality, efficiency, and competitiveness of the industry, and build our city into a major national production and processing base for cattle products.

(2) Basic Principles

— Adhere to ecological and standardized practices. Vigorously promote the conversion and value-added utilization of crop straw through livestock digestion, as well as the on-site and nearby application of livestock manure to farmland. This will foster the integration of crop and livestock production and circular development, advance standardized and large-scale breeding, cultivate a group of major cattle-raising counties, and consolidate the industrial foundation.

— Adhere to the integrated development of the three chains. Deepen the mechanism of coordinated development where large enterprises support small ones, promote industrial models such as “household breeding, enterprise rearing, and leading enterprise-driven development” as well as “scaled breeding and cluster development,” cultivate and strengthen a group of leading industrial enterprises, and accelerate the construction of a full industrial chain system integrating “feed, breeding, processing, agriculture, industry, and trade.”

— Focus on breakthroughs in branding. Continue to intensify efforts to protect, develop, and utilize Nanyang cattle genetic resources; strengthen the breeding of new varieties; accelerate the approval process for the Pinan cattle breed; and continuously improve breeds, strengthen brands, and maximize benefits.

— Commit to supporting rural revitalization. Support and encourage various financial institutions, including banks, insurance companies, and investment funds, to participate in the cattle industry through diverse forms and channels. Strengthen land use support, focus on tapping internal potential and revitalizing resources, and use the revitalization of the cattle industry to drive rural revitalization, thereby achieving agricultural efficiency, farmer prosperity, and urban-rural integration.

(3) Development Goals

By 2025, the city aims to reach a cattle inventory of 1 million head, with the primary sector output value of the cattle industry reaching 10 billion yuan and the total industrial chain output value reaching 60 billion yuan. By 2030, a modern industrial system, production system, and management system for the dairy cattle industry will be fully established, and the industry’s high-quality development will rank among the nation’s leaders.

II. Key Tasks

(1) Promote a Scientific and Regionalized Production Layout. Based on a comprehensive assessment of regional advantages such as land carrying capacity and forage resources, we will adopt a tailored, coordinated, and scientifically planned approach. Following the principle of developing smallholder suckler cow farming in low-mountain and hilly areas and large-scale farming in plain areas, we will vigorously promote development models such as “village-collective-built farms leased to business entities.” This will guide the relocation of cattle farming “from villages to dedicated facilities.”Select a group of major cattle-raising counties with strong industrial foundations and significant development potential. Coordinate policies such as loan interest subsidies, risk compensation, and insurance premium subsidies to establish model towns (townships), villages, and households for cattle farming. Accelerate the expansion of breeding scale to achieve scientific production and regionalized layout of the city’s cattle industry.We encourage all counties (cities, districts) to actively seek designation as major cattle-raising counties. By 2025, we aim to cultivate at least five major cattle-raising counties with herds exceeding 100,000 head. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Bureau of Rural Revitalization, Finance Bureau, Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning; governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts]. The first-listed unit is the lead agency; the same applies below.)

(2) Accelerate the conservation, breeding, and utilization of the Nanyang cattle breed. Strengthen the protection, development, and utilization of Nanyang cattle genetic resources. The municipal government will allocate 4 million yuan annually in special funds to support the development of Nanyang cattle conservation farms and the Nanyang City Sire Station, thereby enhancing the quality and capacity of semen production and supply, and ensuring a core herd of at least 200 head;The municipal government will allocate 2 million yuan in special funds to implement a policy of free supply of Nanyang beef cattle frozen semen pellets (fine tubes) citywide; county-level governments will subsidize 50% of the artificial insemination service fees. Accelerate the breeding of new varieties such as the Pinan and Denan cattle. By 2022, Xinyi County must establish a core breeding farm with a capacity of over 500 head, and strive to complete the variety approval process for the Pinan cattle by 2023.Strictly implement all provincial-level and higher support policies related to the cattle breeding industry. Support the development of national-level core breeding farms and breeding bull stations. Conduct production performance testing at core breeding farms, providing subsidies at a rate of no more than 1,000 yuan per beef breeding bull and no more than 500 yuan per dairy breeding bull;Conduct progeny testing at breeding bull stations, providing subsidies of up to 60,000 yuan per beef breeding bull and up to 12,000 yuan per dairy breeding bull. Provide subsidies for imported beef and dairy cattle breeding embryos at rates of up to 3,000 yuan and 5,000 yuan per embryo, respectively.Support will be provided for foundational breeding work such as beef and dairy cattle breed registration and production performance testing; efforts to establish high-yield dairy cattle core herds will be accelerated, and large-scale dairy farms that breed eligible female calves will receive subsidies of up to 800 yuan per head. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Bureau of Science and Technology, Bureau of Finance; governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(3) Support the utilization of crop straw as feed. Focus on establishing specialized collection, storage, and transportation systems for straw feed utilization in major grain-producing counties and major cattle-raising counties. Prioritize major cattle-raising counties in crop straw comprehensive utilization projects, giving priority to the use of straw as feed.Implement pilot projects for the grain-to-forage conversion initiative and strictly enforce provincial fiscal subsidy policies. Provide a subsidy of no more than 60 yuan per ton to business entities for the collection and storage of whole-plant silage. Focus on newly established concentrated alfalfa planting bases covering 500 mu or more, providing a one-time subsidy of no more than 800 yuan per mu. Utilize fiscal funds for promoting rural revitalization to provide a one-time subsidy of no more than 800 yuan per mu for newly established hybrid paper mulberry planting bases.Strengthen the demonstration and leadership of integrated crop-livestock systems, and encourage large-scale livestock farms to establish their own high-quality forage bases. Strive to achieve a straw-to-forage utilization rate of over 30% by 2025, with the city’s high-quality forage area expanding to 300,000 mu. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Finance Bureau, Rural Revitalization Bureau; governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(4) Vigorously develop dairy cattle breeding. Encourage and support farmers in introducing and purchasing high-quality dairy cows. Vigorously promote advanced breeding technologies such as sex-selected frozen semen and embryo transfer to continuously expand the dairy cattle herd. Encourage large-scale fattening farms to collaborate with dairy cattle farms (households, cooperatives) through contract farming and other methods to promote the integrated development of breeding and fattening.The goal is to cultivate more than 5,000 business entities with a beef cattle foundation cow herd of 10 or more by 2025. Provincial fiscal support policies will be fully implemented; within major cattle-raising counties, policy-based insurance for beef cattle foundation cows will be implemented, with a coverage amount of 8,000 yuan per head and a premium rate of 4%. The provincial and county governments, along with farmers, will bear the corresponding premiums according to provincially determined ratios;Eligible beef cattle breeding herd operators in major cattle-raising counties will receive a subsidy of no more than 1,000 yuan per breeding cow per year. Non-major cattle-raising counties will provide subsidies from county-level finances in accordance with the aforementioned standards. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Municipal Finance Bureau, and governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(5) Vigorously develop standardized, large-scale farming. Guide the allocation of new production capacity toward areas surrounding leading processing enterprises, improve benefit-sharing mechanisms, and promote on-site processing and value-added activities. Prioritize support for the construction of beef and dairy cattle farms with 200 or more livestock units, and advance farming standardization. Strive to ensure that by 2025, the proportion of large-scale farming in the city’s beef and dairy cattle sectors reaches 35% and 70%, respectively.Effectively implement provincial subsidy policies by providing subsidies to newly constructed standardized beef cattle farms with 500 or more livestock units and dairy cattle farms with 300 or more livestock units. Subsidies shall be provided at a rate not exceeding 1,000 yuan per livestock unit for beef cattle and 2,000 yuan per livestock unit for dairy cattle, with a maximum subsidy of 20 million yuan per farm. Effectively implement the upgrading and renovation project for small and medium-sized dairy and livestock farms, providing a subsidy of 150,000 to 200,000 yuan per farm.County-level finances shall provide subsidies for newly constructed farms with 200–499 standardized beef cattle stalls and 200–299 standardized dairy cattle stalls, with subsidies not exceeding 1,000 yuan and 2,000 yuan per stall, respectively; simultaneously, farms newly constructed with 50 or more beef or dairy cattle shall receive a subsidy equivalent to 50% of the land lease fees.(Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Finance Bureau, Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning, Bureau of Rural Revitalization; governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(6) Steadily advance the construction of cattle trading centers. Adhering to a combination of government guidance, social investment, and market-oriented operations, accelerate the construction of live beef and dairy cattle trading markets, and actively plan for the construction of beef and dairy cattle trading centers that integrate trading, accommodation, catering, and logistics, as well as the deep integration of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries.For major cattle-raising counties with a livestock population of 100,000 head or more, county-level finances shall provide subsidies ranging from 100,000 to 500,000 yuan to entities involved in establishing and improving live beef and dairy cattle trading markets. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Bureau of Finance, Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning, and governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(7) Implement the Slaughter and Dairy Processing Efficiency Enhancement Initiative. Gradually standardize beef cattle slaughter and implement the “centralized slaughter and centralized quarantine” management system. Develop deep processing, optimize and upgrade product structures, expand the production of beef products such as steak and beef jerky, as well as low-temperature dairy products like pasteurized milk and yogurt, and develop high-value-added products such as cheese and functional dairy products to enhance market competitiveness and capture the high-end market.The local government where tax revenue is generated shall provide interest subsidies of up to 2% on bank loans for slaughter and dairy processing enterprises. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Finance Bureau, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology; governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(8) Implement the Action Plan for Capacity Building in Disease Prevention and Control. Further strengthen the animal disease prevention and control system, and continuously intensify efforts to prevent and control animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, brucellosis, tuberculosis, and bovine nodular dermatitis.Support the establishment of national and provincial-level “Two Diseases” (brucellosis and tuberculosis) eradication farms, demonstration zones, and areas free of specified animal diseases to enhance biosecurity standards. Gradually improve and fully implement the subsidy policy for the safe disposal of dead cattle. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Municipal Finance Bureau, and governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(9) Cultivate and Strengthen Leading Enterprises. Establish at least one modern agricultural industrial park, one competitive and distinctive industrial cluster, and one agricultural industrial strong town at the provincial level or above, with beef and dairy cattle as the leading industries, to promote integrated development. For each successfully established modern agricultural industrial park, the county-level government will provide a reward subsidy of 5 million yuan.Continue to promote the development of national-level leisure and sightseeing ranches, and encourage large-scale breeding farms to adopt integrated operations encompassing breeding, processing, and sales. Cultivate well-known brands for beef and dairy cattle enterprises and their products to enhance market competitiveness. Guide local enterprises such as Keerqin and Sansige to restructure and upgrade, focusing on their core businesses to refine and strengthen their operations, and encourage eligible enterprises to list on stock exchanges.Encourage and support existing and newly introduced large-scale leading enterprises with sufficient capacity to take the lead in making equity investments across the entire cattle industry chain, including breeding, farming, deep processing of beef products, resource utilization of manure and wastewater, and the construction and operation of supporting infrastructure in cattle industrial parks. Strive to ensure that by 2025, there are at least five provincial-level or higher leading enterprises in the beef and dairy cattle industry, and that the self-sufficiency rate of milk sources for dairy enterprises reaches 55%.(Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Finance Bureau, Rural Revitalization Bureau, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Financial Work Bureau; governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(10) Implement Ecological and Green Development. Promote the integration of crop cultivation and livestock farming, and encourage livestock farms to utilize manure and wastewater locally through land transfers and contractual agreements.Guide livestock farms to construct manure treatment and utilization facilities commensurate with their scale of operations, and promote technical models such as full-volume collection and return of manure to fields and water-fertilizer integration. Prioritize the inclusion of eligible beef and dairy cattle manure treatment and utilization projects within the scope of support for initiatives such as the county-wide promotion of livestock manure resource utilization and pilot projects for green crop-livestock circular agriculture.Priority support will be given to beef and dairy cattle farms in their efforts to establish “Henan Province Beautiful Pastures” and “National Standardized Demonstration Farms for Livestock and Poultry Breeding.” County-level finances will provide one-time rewards of 100,000 yuan and 300,000 yuan, respectively, to farms that successfully achieve these designations. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Finance Bureau, Ecology and Environment Bureau; governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(11) Increase investment in and support for science and technology. Include scientific and technological talent urgently needed by the cattle industry in the “Zhuge Talent Plan,” and provide policy support for the recruitment of scientific and technological talent who meet the application criteria.Support enterprises, universities, and research institutes in leading the implementation of major provincial science and technology projects, and establish platforms such as innovation centers and industrial technology strategic alliances. Focus on technical breakthroughs in areas including the exploration and utilization of beef and dairy cattle genetic resources, healthy and intelligent farming, and the innovative supply of high-quality forage. Projects demonstrating significant results will be prioritized for recommendation to apply for major national and provincial science and technology projects.Encourage the provision of comprehensive technical services—including breeding, feeding, diagnosis and treatment, disease prevention, and manure and wastewater treatment—to small and medium-sized livestock farms (households) through means such as purchasing third-party services. (Responsible Units: Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Finance Bureau, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Municipal Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

III. Support Measures

(1) Strengthen organizational leadership and support. Establish a dedicated leadership task force for the cattle industry within the meat processing industrial chain. This task force will be responsible for formulating and refining relevant policies, as well as coordinating with relevant departments such as agriculture and rural affairs, finance, natural resources, and rural revitalization to create a synergistic effort. Governments at all levels must place greater emphasis on the cattle industry, incorporate it into the rural revitalization assessment framework, increase financial investment, implement project-based management, and ensure the high-quality achievement of development goals.(Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Development and Reform Commission, Science and Technology Bureau, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Finance Bureau, Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning, Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Financial Work Bureau, Rural Revitalization Bureau, Nanyang Branch of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, and governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(2) Strengthen Financial Support and Guarantees. The municipal annual budget shall allocate a specific amount of special funds for the cattle industry, with a focus on supporting the development of the cattle industry in all districts. County (city, district) governments shall coordinate agricultural funds, including those for agricultural production development and animal disease prevention subsidies, optimize expenditure structures, and comprehensively utilize subsidies, guarantees, and interest subsidies to increase support for the cattle industry. Support policies shall be adjusted in a timely manner based on the implementation of national, provincial, and municipal decisions and policies.Localities are encouraged to use special-purpose bonds to support eligible cattle industry-related projects. Full use should be made of fiscal funds for promoting rural revitalization. Underdeveloped regions are encouraged to treat the cattle industry as a key priority based on local conditions, focusing on strengthening village-level collective economies in formerly impoverished villages and ensuring stable income growth for the population that has escaped poverty (including those under monitoring and assistance). Mechanisms for linking and benefiting farmers should be improved to accelerate industrial development.Support major cattle-raising counties in establishing an annual cattle industry risk compensation fund and emergency loan renewal revolving fund of no less than 10 million yuan, and non-major cattle-raising counties in establishing such funds of no less than 5 million yuan. Promote a new “government-bank-guarantee-investment” collaborative mechanism for agricultural support to leverage financial and social capital in supporting the development of the cattle industry.Non-major cattle-raising counties shall, in reference to the provincial fiscal interest subsidy policies for major cattle-raising counties, provide interest subsidies of no more than 2% on loans used by eligible business entities for cattle breeding. (Responsible Units: Municipal Finance Bureau, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Rural Revitalization Bureau; governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(3) Strengthen Financial Support and Safeguards. Encourage banking institutions to offer credit services such as collateralized loans against livestock pens and live animals, accounts receivable pledges, and insurance policy loans; reasonably determine loan terms and interest rates to effectively reduce financing costs for cattle industry operators. Support households that have escaped poverty and those under monitoring in developing beef and dairy cattle farming through microcredit.Accelerate the improvement of insurance policies by expanding basic dairy cow insurance to major cattle-raising counties and increasing the coverage limit for dairy cows from 8,000 yuan per head to 10,000 yuan per head, with premium rates dynamically adjusted based on underwriting and claims data. Encourage localities to include fattening cattle and calves in the scope of local specialty agricultural product insurance.The Municipal Industrial Investment Group shall initiate the establishment of a “Cattle Industry Development Fund,” with municipal and county-level finances jointly contributing capital to guide and leverage social capital investment in the cattle industry. At the same time, existing agricultural guidance funds—such as the Modern Agriculture Development Fund and the Henan Zhongken Rural Revitalization Fund—shall be utilized to focus on the upstream and downstream segments of the cattle industry chain. This will facilitate industrial layout, as well as equity investments aimed at extending and strengthening the industry chain, and industrial mergers and acquisitions, thereby fostering leading enterprises and driving the development of the cattle industry.(Responsible Units: Municipal Financial Work Bureau, Rural Revitalization Bureau, Finance Bureau, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau; Nanyang Branch of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission; governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(4) Strengthen Land Use Support and Guarantees. When formulating territorial spatial plans and detailed plans, all counties (cities, districts) must clearly define the spatial layout, land use scale, and land use structure for the cattle industry. They should guide the coordinated placement of cattle slaughter and processing projects within their jurisdictions and promote their clustering in industrial parks.During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, major cattle-raising counties must reserve no less than 1,000 mu of land, while non-major cattle-raising counties must reserve no less than 600 mu. With approval, general farmland, barren hills and slopes, unutilized land, and low-efficiency or idle collective construction land may be utilized to develop cattle farming facilities.(Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning, Development and Reform Commission, Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])

(5) Strengthen Supervision, Management, and Guarantees. Relevant county-level departments, including agriculture and rural affairs, finance, and rural revitalization, shall strengthen supervision and inspection of cattle industry projects and comprehensively carry out performance management. After project implementation, annual project acceptance and self-assessment of performance shall be organized in a timely manner, and the results of acceptance and evaluation shall be reported to the municipal level for record-keeping.Municipal departments responsible for agriculture and rural affairs, finance, and rural revitalization, among others, shall conduct annual on-site verification of a certain proportion of counties (cities, districts) and projects, either through their own efforts or by commissioning third-party institutions. Any identified issues must be rectified within a specified timeframe. If rectifications are inadequate or annual performance targets are not met, funding allocations for cattle industry projects will be canceled or reduced to ensure the precise and effective allocation of fiscal funds.(Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Rural Revitalization Bureau; governments [administrative committees] of all counties [cities, districts])