           From the Ministry of Agriculture was informed that the recent approval by the Central Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture in the planting management department to add “pesticide management” brand, to strengthen co-ordination, to do a good job of pesticide management work. 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.
          According to the introduction, approved by the State Council, the newly revised “Pesticide Management Regulations” was June 1 this year, the formal implementation. “Regulations” stipulates that the Ministry of Industry, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the pesticide production enterprises designated approval, production approval certificate, production license functions assigned to the agricultural sector, pesticide registration, production license, business license and market supervision by the agricultural sector.
Ministry of Agriculture responsible comrades pointed out that the central government approved the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture Pesticide Administration, reflects the central government attaches great importance to agriculture, but also marks the pesticide management into a new stage. “Regulations” to the agricultural sector to give important responsibilities, the establishment of Pesticide Administration, 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.
           The second is to draft laws, regulations, regulations and standards on pesticides and to supervise them.
           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.
          The next step, the Ministry of Agriculture will improve the management of pesticide management regulations, strict compliance with the administrative licensing approval duties, strengthen the pesticide guidance services, strengthen the pesticide market regulation, improve the pesticide management system, promote pesticide management information.