GAZETTE OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OF

THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Joint Circular of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Health, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and the State General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on Carrying out Campaigns to Improve Milk Collection StationsNationwide…………………………………………………………………………………………4

Opinions of the Ministry of Agriculture on Strengthening Prevention and Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and other Major Animal Epidemics in the Autumn of 2008…………………………………………………….…………………………………...……..8

Circular of the Ministry of Agriculture on Releasing the List for the Fourth Batch of State Key Leading Enterprises in Agricultural Industrialization……………………………………15

Circular of the Ministry of Agriculture on Releasing the List of Business-startup Bases for Agricultural Product Processing Nationwide………………………………………………….21

Opinions of the Ministry of Agriculture on Implementing the Work Arrangement for Energy Efficiency and Emission Reduction in 2008 by the State Council…………………………..24

Circular of the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture on Printing and Distributing the Work plan for Inspection of Illegal Fund-raising Risk in Agricultural Sector………………28

Circular of the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture on Management of Counties Engaged in Establishing Demonstration Bases for Production of Safe Agri-food (from Crop Farming)………………………………………………………………………………………….30

Circular of the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture on Strengthening Management for Implementing Projects of Returning Grazing Pastures to Natural Grasslands………..31

Circular of the Ministry of Agriculture on Printing and Distributing the Trail Measures for Fanli Science and Technology Reward of China Society of Fisheries….…………………33

Announcement No.1071 of the Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China……………………………………………………………………………………………...37

Circular of the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture on Printing and Distributing the Trail Measures for Managing Information of Projects of Establishing Quality Tracing Systems for Agricultural Products from the State Farms and Land Reclamation sector……………………………………………………………………………………………..40

Circular of the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture on Printing and Distributing the Work plan of Striving for Higher Yields of Grains, Cotton and Oilseeds in 2009..………..42

Circular of the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture on Printing and Distributing the Work Plan for Integration and Importation of Data in Management of Fishing Permit..…36

Announcement No.1069 of the Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China……………………………………………………………………………………………...45

Announcement of Appointments and Removals

List of Appointments and Removals of the Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China…………………………………………………………………………………………..48