Recently, approved by the Central Committee, in the Ministry of Agriculture Plant Management Division to add “pesticide management” brand, to strengthen co-ordination, to do a good job of pesticide management work. It is reported that the Ministry of Agriculture Pesticide Administration will be mainly responsible for pesticide industry planning, industry guidance, administrative licensing, supervision and management, administrative penalties and so on.

               The newly revised Pesticide Management Regulations were formally implemented on June 1, which stipulated that the functions of the pesticide production enterprises under the Ministry of Industry and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Production, and the functions of production licenses should be assigned to the agricultural sector and the pesticide registration , Production license, business license and market supervision and control by the agricultural sector.

                Ministry of Agriculture responsible comrades said that the Central Committee approved the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture Pesticide Administration, is a reflection of the central government attaches great importance to agriculture, but also marks the pesticide management into a new stage. The newly revised “Regulations” give the important responsibilities of the agricultural sector. The establishment of the Pesticide Administration is the need for the situation, the dictation of the task, the significance and far-reaching impact. Which is conducive to strengthening the pesticide administration, to ensure the safety of agricultural production, improve the pesticide management system. At the same time, it is also easy to carry out international cooperation and exchanges, and promote the scientific and institutionalized management of pesticides.

                It is understood that the Ministry of Agriculture Pesticide Administration of the functional tasks are mainly eight aspects: First, the development of pesticide industry development strategy, planning, put forward relevant policy recommendations and organize the implementation. Second, the drafting of pesticides on the laws, regulations,rules and standards, and supervise the implementation. Third, to guide the construction of pesticide management system, responsible for pesticide production, management and quality supervision and management, to guide the local agricultural sector issued pesticide production, management and other permits. Four is responsible for pesticide registration, pesticide registration test unit that the new pesticide registration test approval and so on. Five is to collect and analyze pesticide industry information, bear pesticide industry statistics, to guide the regulation of pesticide market. Six is ​​to organize the use of pesticide risk monitoring and evaluation, the release of early warning information to guide the rational use of pesticide science and pesticide injury identification. Seven is the organization of edible agricultural products in the determination of pesticide residues and testing methods of national standards. Eight is to carry out international exchanges and cooperation in pesticides, commitment to the “Stockholm Convention” Rotterdam Convention and other pesticide-related international conventions compliance.

                Ministry of Agriculture responsible comrades said the establishment of Pesticide Authority, which is the strengthening of the functions of the agricultural sector, the task of aggravating, increased responsibility. The next step, the agricultural departments at all levels should dare to play, strengthen the responsibility, pay close attention to implement, improve the management of pesticide supporting regulations, strictly fulfill the administrative licensing approval duties, strengthen pesticide guidance services, strengthen pesticide market regulation, improve pesticide management system, promote pesticide management information.