Jilin City's Agricultural Economy Sees Strong Momentum in Mid-Year Report

Jilin City has made significant strides in its agricultural economy in the first half of the year, with a total output value of 10.996 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.7% and 0.4 percentage points higher than the province's average. Behind this strong momentum lies the city's effective efforts to break through obstacles and overcome difficulties amidst a complex economic landscape. By prioritizing agricultural modernization, comprehensively promoting scientific and technological agriculture, green agriculture, quality agriculture, and branded agriculture, Jilin City has painted a new picture of high-quality development across its entire agricultural industry chain.

Key Takeaways:

• Jilin City's agricultural sector has prioritized agricultural modernization, with a focus on scientific and technological agriculture, green agriculture, quality agriculture, and branded agriculture.
• In the first half of the year, the city implemented a large-scale grain yield improvement action, promoting 32 high-yield and high-efficiency technologies and 63 major crop varieties.
• The city built a national benchmark modern agricultural science and technology experimental demonstration base for soybeans and rice, promoting the production technology of edible fungi facilities, and implemented the "Eight Actions" of the ginseng industry in depth.
• Jilin City has strengthened its ecological security barrier by building 21 regional livestock and poultry manure treatment centers and promoting comprehensive straw utilization in four key counties.
• The city has accelerated its process of modernizing agricultural infrastructure, building 2,040 mu of new greenhouses and developing 72 greenhouse parks.
• Jilin City has deepened its quality revolution, creating 6 provincial-level high-quality green agricultural product quality and safety standardized production bases, and the number of green, organic, and landmark agricultural products certified within the city reached 187.
• The city has expanded its market value-added space, promoting high-quality Ganoderma lucidum brands and including Shulan rice in the national agricultural product boutique brand cultivation plan.
• Key data points include a bumper grain harvest, with a grain planting area of 10.987 million mu, conservation tillage reaching a record high of 706,600 mu, and the output value of the full-caliber agricultural product processing industry reaching 21.9 billion yuan with a growth rate of 15.2%.

Statistics:

• Total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery in Jilin City: 10.996 billion yuan
• Year-on-year increase: 4.7%
• Investment in agricultural modernization: 28.38 million yuan
• Number of new greenhouses: 2,040 mu
• Number of greenhouse parks: 72
• Number of green, organic, and landmark agricultural products certified: 187
• Output value of full-caliber agricultural product processing industry: 21.9 billion yuan
• Growth rate: 15.2%

Sources:

• Jilin Provincial Government (https://www.jl.gov.cn/yaowen/202508/t20250806_3488675.html)