Regulations on Farmers’ Professional Cooperatives in Jiangsu Province (2021 Revision)

Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 In order to standardize the organization and behavior of farmers' professional cooperatives, encourage, support and guide the high-quality development of farmers' professional cooperatives, protect the legitimate rights and interests of farmers' professional cooperatives and their members, and promote rural revitalization , to promote the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, these regulations are formulated in accordance with the "Farmers' Professional Cooperatives Law of the People's Republic of China", "Farmers' Professional Cooperatives Registration and Management Regulations" and other laws and administrative regulations, combined with the actual situation of this province. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the organization, operation, development promotion, supervision and management of farmers’ professional cooperatives within the administrative region of this province.

The term "farmers' professional cooperatives" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to the mutual assistance of producers and operators of agricultural products or providers and users of agricultural production and operation services on the basis of rural household contract management, voluntary association and democratic management. economic organization. Article 3 Farmers' professional cooperatives take their members as their main service targets and carry out one or more of the following businesses:

(1) Purchase and use of agricultural production materials;

(2) ) Production, sales, processing, transportation, storage and other related services of agricultural products;

(3) Development and operation of rural folk crafts and products, leisure agriculture and rural tourism resources, etc.;

(4) Technology, information, facility construction and operation and other services related to agricultural production and operation. Article 4: Farmers’ professional cooperatives enjoy equal legal status with other market entities. No unit or individual may infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of farmers' professional cooperatives and their members. Article 5 Local people's governments at or above the county level shall incorporate the development of farmers' professional cooperatives into the national economic and social development plans, establish a comprehensive coordination mechanism for the work of farmers' professional cooperatives, and provide overall guidance, coordination, and promotion of the construction and development of farmers' professional cooperatives.

The agricultural and rural administrative departments of local people's governments at or above the county level and other relevant departments and organizations shall provide guidance, support and services to the construction and development of farmers' professional cooperatives in accordance with their respective responsibilities.

The township people's governments (subdistrict offices) shall do a good job in promoting the construction and development of farmers' professional cooperatives in accordance with their responsibilities. Article 6: Support the high-quality development of farmer cooperatives, innovate cooperation models and mechanisms, promote various forms of large-scale operations, expand the business content and fields of farmer cooperatives, improve the interest connection mechanism between farmer cooperatives and their members, and enhance the services of farmer cooperatives Driving ability. Article 7 Qualified farmers' professional cooperatives shall establish party organizations in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Communist Party of China and intra-party regulations. Farmers' professional cooperatives should provide necessary conditions for the activities of party organizations. Article 8: Implement the national strategy for integrated regional development of the Yangtze River Delta, establish a collaboration mechanism with provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Delta region to promote the development of farmers' professional cooperatives, carry out cooperation and exchanges in agricultural production, leisure agriculture, rural tourism, industrial development and other fields, and promote the establishment of agricultural product quality and safety Mutual recognition and other collaborative systems. Chapter 2 Organization and Operation Article 9 To establish a professional farmer cooperative, one must meet the statutory conditions and register in accordance with the law, obtain a legal person business license for the professional cooperative farmer, and obtain the legal person qualification of the professional cooperative farmer. Without registration in accordance with the law, no production and business activities may be conducted in the name of farmers' professional cooperatives.

If the statutory registration items of farmers' professional cooperatives change, they must apply for change registration in accordance with the law. Article 10: Registration authorities and relevant departments of agriculture and rural areas shall provide facilitation services in accordance with the law. The registration information of farmers' professional cooperatives should be shared with relevant departments and organizations such as agriculture and rural areas through the province's big data sharing and exchange platform. Article 11 The capital contribution methods of members of farmers' professional cooperatives shall comply with the provisions of laws and administrative regulations. If the investment is made in the form of non-monetary property such as physical objects, intellectual property rights, land management rights, forest rights, etc., the valuation shall be determined by all members; upon the decision of all members, an appraisal agency may be entrusted to assess the valuation. Article 12 The articles of association of farmers' professional cooperatives shall be formulated in accordance with the law and specify statutory matters.

The agricultural and rural authorities, other relevant departments and organizations shall, in accordance with the principle of classified guidance, guide farmer cooperatives to formulate charters that suit their own characteristics with reference to the model charters. Article 13: Encourage and support farmers to establish farmers' professional cooperatives through land management rights investment and other methods to carry out moderate-scale agricultural operations. Farmer members have priority to work in the society under the same conditions.

Encourage and support rural collective economic organizations, grassroots supply and marketing cooperatives, family farms, agricultural enterprises, agricultural scientific research units and agricultural science and technology service organizations, as well as agricultural practitioners whose main occupation is agricultural production and operation services, Establish professional farmer cooperatives.

Operating assets formed by fiscal funds to support the development of rural collective economic organizations, if they meet the regulations, can be invested in farmers' professional cooperatives in the form of capital contributions. Article 14 Farmers' professional cooperatives shall abide by the principles of voluntary membership and freedom of withdrawal, and the membership structure shall comply with legal provisions. Farmers should account for at least 80% of the total members.

Members of farmers' professional cooperatives who meet one of the following conditions will be included in the proportion of farmer members:

(1) Have rural villager status;

(2) Having a land contract management right certificate;

(3) Having a certificate of membership in a rural collective economic organization.

If persons who are not registered in this province establish and join farmers' professional cooperatives in this province, meet one of the conditions in the preceding paragraph, and lease land, water, etc. in this province, they will be included in the proportion of farmer members.

Residents who have moved to urban areas but still retain rural land contract management rights, forest rights, and rural collective asset equity can establish or join farmer professional cooperatives as farmers.