Zhejiang Merchants overseas Farming: More than 3 million acres of land contracted worldwide

Is Liu Hua Huiyan zhejiang People are carrying out a "enclosure" movement.　　This reporter from Zhejiang Province Department of Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture and other departments learned that as of June this year, there are 500,000 Zhejiang merchants in the world more than 40 countries and regions engaged in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishing and other industries, contracted land area of more than 3 million acres, contracted 50 million acres of land farming development, the area has been more than the province of arable land, the equivalent of a new Zhejiang agriculture. "Imports of agricultural products are imported land and air."　　"Zhejiang Merchants Capital Investment Promotion Association Secretary-General Cai to our correspondent pointed out that Zhejiang merchants in land, environment, labor and other resources increasingly scarce today, through the" Export ", with" globalization "to break through the allocation of means of production of the space-time pattern.　　Lao Zhu's Brazilian farm has 200,000 acres of land, a farm owned by Zhu Zhangjin in He Zhou, Brazil. "I have invested more than 30 million dollars, raised more than 3,700 cows, and a lot of fertile land."　　"Haining Xie Qiao Town Huafeng Village Party branch secretary Zhu Zhangjin told reporters that from 2007 until now, his Brazilian farm sowing wheat or soybean, is more cattle or a variety of rice, need his personal decision-making." Mr. Zhu said that Brazil is a resource country with an area of 854.7 million hectares, of which arable land is 152.5 million hectares, three times times that of China.　　Fertile land, plenty of sunshine, high quality water, the innate conditions for farming are much better than in some parts of China. Brazil has a small agricultural population and only 11% of its 186 million population are engaged in agriculture, and only 62 million hectares have been reclaimed.　　Local agricultural products are expensive, many are dependent on imports, and the Government encourages foreign investment in land development. It takes 40 hours to get to Brazil by plane and 3 hours to the northeast.　　Zhu Zhangjin said that the cost of soybeans to Brazil is cheaper than the northeast, the northeast 1 hectares of soybean production is only 2/3 of Brazil, Brazil's climate is better than the northeast, the northeast is suitable for soybeans planting time of only 7-10 days a year, Brazil is 70 days, the use of machinery and equipment more cost-effective.　　In terms of freight, Brazilian soybeans to China to 50 U.S. dollars/ton, and Northeast soybeans south of Zhejiang's cost is basically flat.　　Moreover, China's domestic enterprises to set up overseas soybean and food base has preferential policies, the northeast is not much agricultural land suitable for the contract operation. Zhu Zhangjin says he produces food in Brazil mainly for domestic shipments, and what he has to grow in China.　　Beef and leather Enter the international market. "I think the Brazilian farm project investment time is ripe, can become one of the effective ways for villagers to increase income." "In February 2009, he set up a grain and oil cultivation cooperatives in Hua Feng Cun, the village 1008 households a total of 728 households to invest 5.54 million yuan, by cooperatives in Brazil farm operations."　　Now, the villagers have been able to get the principal back and begin to pay annual dividends. Soybeans in Brazil are a Hua Feng cun choice.　　The village has only about 3000 acres of arable land, with a per capita annual income of 12,000 yuan, and plans to double per capita income at the end of this year. Zhu Zhangjin said that buying an acre of permanent land in Brazil would only cost peopleRMB 1000 yuan, the international four Shang are bought in Brazil, to compete with the four Shang, first of all, in the purchase of the ground competition.　　China also has companies want to buy, but the actual action is only Hua Feng Cun.　　Now, Zhu Zhangjin and Heilongjiang Province State administration of land Reclamation cooperation, plan three years in Brazil, planted area to 300,000 acres, for five years after reaching 1.5 million acres.　　Zhu Zhangjin's long-term plan also includes transferring 100 of villagers to Brazil, exporting technology, ideas and management models, and investing in processing enterprises in the country and building a chain of agricultural products.　　The world's Zhejiang farmers are pervasive wenzhou people, of course, did not miss the agricultural feast. As early as 1991, Wenzhou people Yekongsong registered "The United States Kang Long Agricultural Development Co., Ltd.", the initial main freshwater aquaculture and mushroom cultivation. In the sales of Wenzhou lighters and other products profit, the leaf agent of American ginseng in China's business rapidly bigger.　　Recently, he and the Chinese state-farm group in the United States to develop farms in Wisconsin, plans to introduction of Southern aquatic crops bamboo shoots. 2006, Qingtian people Wangga built to Azerbaijan tourism meal found, here to order a dish of vegetable salad The cheapest also to 8 euros, even to the waiter want a tomato also to add an equivalent RMB of about 5 yuan cost.　　So he found a 50 acres of land in the Blada city of the country and invested 3 million yuan in vegetables. Wang Gajian said that only in Blada city there are four or five Zhejiang people run the market, Zhejiang Vegetable growers about 100 people. And conservative estimates, the entire Wenzhou region as "farmers" more than 800 people.　　With an average of 15 people per farm for day-to-day management, Wenzhou overseas vegetable growers will reach 12,000 people.　　At the same time, more Wenzhou capital is a fancy forest, pasture and other resources. In 2004, Wenzhou people Lu Weiguang invested 100 million yuan to buy 1.5 million acres of Brazilian forests with permanent felling rights – in fact, the land and all the plants and animals on the land had been bought by him.　　According to Brazilian law, the floor maker must plant a new sapling for every tree cut down. 2005, Lu Weiguang also spent 80 million yuan, the purchase of Russian Vladivostok 60 mu of woodland.　　He said that 1998 years later, the domestic prohibition of deforestation, and in the floor exports to enjoy the tax rebate policy, timber import tariff is zero background, who control the forest resources, who in the entire wood flooring industry chain to grasp the opportunity. 2007, Wenzhou Tak Jia Wood Industry Co., Ltd. obtained Congo (cloth) 636,000 hectares of land development rights, timber reserves of more than 20 million cubic meters.　　At present, Wenzhou Guangshou, Zhejiang Xinzhou more than 10 private enterprises also in Russia, Australia and other countries to invest in forest harvesting, fishing and processing projects. "In Australia, hundreds of yuan can buy an acre of land, access to ownership, permanent use, is very worthwhile to invest." "Ruian Agriculture leading Enterprise Association consultant Wu Zhisong said that Australia agriculture is very advanced, and many local farmers are tired of rural life, there is the intention to sell the farm, have a certain facilities of agricultural land is only priced less than 1000 yuan/mu."　　Recently, Ruian, deputy director of the NPC Standing Committee Shengzhirong led, agriculture, foreign Trade, Federation and other departments to visit Australia for a week of field visits, many private enterprises have a strong investment intention.　　Zhejiang government: To establish a database of overseas Zhejiang Agriculture, Zhejiang merchants Overseas "enclosure" trend of the menacing. Last year, Hua Li Group in Cambodia to buy nearly hundred hectares of land to grow cassava, will be all provided to the PetroChina fuel ethanol project, is expected to sell more than 7 billion yuan.　　To this end, the group plans to buy another 200,000 hectares to control 400,000 hectares. Shaoxing peasant China to Malaysia Sabah, obtain 116,000 mu deserted farmland 99 years of right to use.　　Today, its rice annual output of more than 60,000 tons, total income of more than 30 million yuan. This reporter learned from the Zhejiang Department of Commerce, in January-August, only Hangzhou, the total foreign investment in agriculture amounted to 433.379 billion U.S. dollars, the Chinese agreement to contribute 346.129 billion U.S. dollars.　　Up to now, the approved exit of Zhejiang Agricultural Enterprises (organizations) more than 90, foreign investment principal of 176 million U.S. dollars.　　Zhejiang Province Agriculture Department deputy director Zhu Zhiquan said, now the United States, Japan, Korea, Uruguay and other areas have Zhejiang agricultural products base, only Zhejiang farmers in the foreign plant area of more than million acres, and in the overseas farming of Zhejiang business has reached 500,000 people.　　A report from Zhejiang Agriculture Department said that Zhejiang per capita arable land only 0.53 mu, per capita only 0.34 acres of grain, "outside the extension of agriculture" not only alleviated the shortage of land resources in Zhejiang Province, but also conducive to the removal of technical barriers to trade, promote private enterprises and Zhejiang businessmen to participate in international market competition. Zhejiang Provincial Party School, the Soft Science Institute, Dr. Shingpo that Zhejiang enterprises to "go out" to achieve the expansion of capital abroad is the inevitable result of economic development. When the GDP per capita is around 2000 trillion dollars, the outflow of capital will appear "blowout" type rise.　　Among the 2600~5600 dollars per capita, there will be a net outflow of capital, that is, large-scale export.　　On the whole, Zhejiang has entered the late stage of industrialization, according to the average exchange rate, Zhejiang in 2008 per capita GDP reached about 6000 U.S. dollars, has entered a period of large-scale capital outflow. Cai, Zhejiang Merchants Capital Investment Promotion Association, reminded that overseas investment in agriculture has some uncertain factors such as politics, policy, price and exchange rate.　　In 2008, for example, Australia eased restrictions on foreign investment in residential real estate, which led to a substantial increase in real estate investment from overseas.　　Related to the political risk is the policy risk, land transfer, contracting, farm management, and other conditions, tax changes, may be to the overseas investment in agriculture to bring impact. Zhejiang Province Agriculture Department deputy director Xiangjianzhang told reporters that the current government departments to overseas Zhejiang Agricultural information Base, "What foreign tax policy, investment has any preferential policies, we will provide them with timely information to help." ”