中华人民共和国农业技术推广法 Law of the Peoples Republic of China on the Popularization of Agricultural Technology

ment of science and technology， and be carried out with cooperation by administrative departments of agro-technical Popularization and of science and technology according to their respective functions and duties.

　　Article l8 Institutions of agricultural scientific research and relevant schools or colleges shall take up technical problems which need to be solved in agricultural production as their research subjects， and the results of their scientific research may be popularized by agro-technical popularization setups or may be popularized directly to agricultural labourers and agricultural production and operation organizations by such institutions of agricultural scientific research and such schools or colleges.

　　Article l9 The agro-techniques to be popularized to agricultural labourers must have been Proved to be advanced and applicable by experiments in the areas for popularization.

　　Anyone who popularizes to agricultural labourers agro-techniques which have not been proved to be advanced and applicable by experiments in the areas for popularization and thus causes losses to agricultural labourers shall be liable for civil compensation. The competent personnel in charge and other persons held directly responsible may be given administrative sanctions by the units they belong to or organs at higher levels.

　　Article 20 Agricultural labourers shall apply agro-techniques on voluntary basis.

　　No organization or individual shall force agricultural labourers to apply agro-techniques. Anyone who forces agricultural labourers to apply agro-techniques and thus causes losses to agricultural labourers shall be liable for civil compensation. The competent personnel in charge and other Persons held directly responsible may be given administrative sanctions by the units they belong to or organs at higher levels.

　　Article 2l Agro-technical popularization setups at the county or township level shall organize agricultural labourers to study scientific and technological knowledge of agriculture so as to raise their ability of applying agro-techniques.

　　When agricultural labourers apply

advanced agro-techniques to their production， the departments and units concerned shall give assistance to them in aspects of technical trainings， funds， materials and sales. The State shall encourage and support agricultural labourers to participate in the activities of agro-technical popularization.

　　Article 22 Popularization of agro-techniques to agricultural labourers by national agro-technical popularization setups shall， except as otherwise provided in the second paragraph of this Article， be carried out gratis.

　　Provision of agro-techniques through technical transfer， technical service and technical contract by agro-technical popularization setups or institutions of agricultural scientific research， relevant schools or colleges or scientific and technological personnel， may be carried out in the form of compensable service， and their lawful earnings shall be protected by law. In conducting agro-technical transfer， technical service and technical contract， parties concerned shall conclude contracts to define their respective rights and duties.

　　The funds needed to popularize agro-techniques by national agro-technical popularization setups shall be allocated by the financial department of the Government.

　　Chapter Ⅳ Safeguards for Agro-technical Popularization

　　Article 23 The State shall gradually increase its input to agro-technical popularization. People's governments at various levels shall secure the funds to be used for agro-technical popularization in their financial budgets and shall increase such funds year by year.

　　People's governments at various levels shall， through channels of financial allocation or drawing a fixed proportion of funds from agricultural development fund， raise special funds for agro-technical popularization to carry out projects of agro-technical popularization.

　　No state organ or unit shall intercept or misappropriate funds to be used for agro-technical popularization.

　　Article 24 People's governments at various levels shall take measures to guarantee and improve the working and living conditions of the professional scientific and technical personnel engaged in the work of agro-technical popularization， better their treatments and give subsidies to them according to the provisions of the State so as to maintain the stability of agro-technical popularization setups and professional scientific and technical personnel. In determining and conferring academic and technical titles of professional scientific and technical personnel engaged in the work of agro-technical popularization in townships or villages， their professional technical levels and achievements in the work of popularization shall be considered as major indicators for performance appraisal.

　　Article 25 Economic collectives of townships or villages shall draw a fixed potion from the funds owned by the enterprises established by them for subsidizing and developing agriculture through development of industry to be used for the input to agro-technical popularization in their own townships or villages.

　　Article 26 Agro-technical popularization setups， institutions of agricultural scientific research and the relevant schools or colleges may， according to the need of economic development in rural areas， carry out various forms of management services such as combination of technical guidance with material supply. And the State shall grant preferential treatment in respect of taxation， loan and Credit to enterprises in service of agriculture run by agro-technical popularization setups， institutions of agricultural scientific research and relevant schools or colleges.

　　Article 27 Administrative departments of agro-technical popularization and agro-technical popularization setups at or above the county level shall carry out in a planned way technical trainings for agro-technical popularization Personnel and organize them to obtain professional stu

dies so as to update their knowledge and enhance their vocational level.

　　Article 28 Local people's governments at various levels shall take measures to guarantee that agro-technical popularization setups obtain essential experimental bases and means of production to carry out experiments and demonstrations of agro-techniques.

　　Local people's governments at various levels shall guarantee that agro-technical popularization setups have necessary conditions for carrying out work of agro-technical popularization.

　　Local People's governments at various levels shall guarantee that the experimental bases， means of production and other properties of agro-technical popularization setups be free from encroachment.

　　Chapter Ⅴ Supplementary Provisions

　　Article 29 The State Council shall， in accordance with this Law， formulate rules for implementation.

　　The standing committees of the people's congresses of provinces， autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall， in accordance with this Law and in the light of their local conditions， formulate measures for the implementation of this Law.

　　Article 30 This Law shall come into force as or the date of its promulgation

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