Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
MARA
China’s national ministry for agriculture and rural affairs. The official legal identity is 中华人民共和国农业农村部; the English form is a display translation.
- Jurisdiction
- China
- Government level
- National
- Authority type
- Ministry
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://www.moa.gov.cn/
Official name in local language
- zh-Hans 中华人民共和国农业农村部
Responsibilities
Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.
- Farm policy
Published on the national gov.cn government domain as China’s ministry of agriculture.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
- Rural development
Rural affairs (农村) is named in the ministry’s official Chinese title 农业农村部.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
Why this body is recorded
Official name of the body responsible in China.
- Official source
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of ChinaMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
- Source page
- https://www.moa.gov.cn/
- What the source says
- “Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China”(official name)
- Standing
- Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-19
- The authoritative legal name is the Chinese 中华人民共和国农业农村部; the English name is a display aid and is not the legal identity.
- Subordinate administrations under the ministry are distinct bodies and are not described by this record.
Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.
Sources and verification
Official site loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-19; it resolved with HTTP 200 under the title “中华人民共和国农业农村部”.
Verified 2026-08-19 against https://www.moa.gov.cn/ · domain classification: Verified official
Important limitations
- The authoritative legal name is the Chinese 中华人民共和国农业农村部; the English name is a display aid and is not the legal identity.
- Subordinate administrations under the ministry are distinct bodies and are not described by this record.