The State Council has issued a notice on carrying out the third national soil survey, which will start in 2022 and take four years to thoroughly identify the soil quality of agricultural land.
The census targets farmland, garden, forest, grassland and other agricultural land and some unused land soil. Among them, forest land and grassland will focus on land related to food production, while unused land will focus on land related to arable land resources, such as saline-alkali land.
Instruments and equipment are the most important part of the work involved in all the work plans of “Ten Items of soil”. Instruments and equipment are an important embodiment of the ability of soil testing laboratories, and also an effective way to ensure the smooth progress of “Ten items of soil” and improve the use efficiency of “special funds”.