Xinhua News Xinjiang News September 27 (Shi Songtao) recently, Shawan City, the old Shawan Town, Xinjiang cotton target price subsidies and quality linked policy interpretation and cotton picker driver safety operation training will be held, the town planting large households, agricultural mechanics, the village in charge of the meeting.

At the meeting, Beijing Smart Cotton Technology Co., Ltd. quality traceability product manager Zhang Zhaoguo to explain the Xinjiang cotton target price subsidies and quality linked policy background, policy changes, quality cotton subsidy standards, conditions, recognition and other content.

Zhang Zhaoguo, Quality Traceability Product Manager of Beijing Smart Cotton Technology Co., Ltd, said, “Firstly, the restriction of cotton planting area is canceled in 2024. As long as you planted cotton and reported the information on the planting information platform, you can participate in the quality subsidy, there is no restriction on the size of the area. Secondly, the corps and localities have fully realized mutual mutual recognition, which means that local cotton and corps cotton can be delivered and sold to each other, and both can enjoy the national target price subsidies and quality subsidies, which are the two most crucial points for farmers in terms of this year's policy changes.”

According to the policy requirements, meet the quality subsidies quality cotton standards, to be 0.35 yuan \ kg quality subsidies, quality cotton indicators to reach “double 29B2” level and above, and to meet the quality of subsidies for other requirements. The policy is designed to effectively incentivize the production of high-quality cotton, improve the quality of cotton production and processing.

Zhang Zhaoguo, quality traceability product manager of Beijing Smart Cotton Technology Co., Ltd. said: “According to the policy requirements, the same plot must be a single variety, if the same plot planted more than one variety, it does not meet the quality subsidy requirements. In the harvest time must be the kind of rolled, is what we commonly known as “egg cotton”. To the processing plant to sell cotton when you must let the cotton processing plant brush your ID card, and then print the quality of the traceability card, and you have to ensure that it is every cotton rolls are affixed to a traceability card, you can receive quality subsidies.”

At the meeting, the city's comprehensive agricultural law enforcement brigade law enforcement officers also cotton picker drivers for agricultural machinery safety operation training, the issuance of agricultural machinery safety operation informational book, for the fall harvest to lay a safe foundation.

Shawan City Agricultural Comprehensive Law Enforcement Brigade squadron leader Guo Changjin said: “All of us to participate in the operation of the cotton picker are equipped with firefighting equipment in place, and then a cotton picker in the process of transfer, the requirements of two vehicles a front and a back for escort and safety guidance. Then we require all cotton pickers are strictly prohibited to work under high voltage lines, so as to avoid electrocution accidents.”