党的十六届三中全会指出,要“支持农民按照自愿、民主的原则,发展多种形式的农村专业合作组织”。《中共中央、国务院关于促进农民增加收入若干政策的意见》也提出了“鼓励发展各类农产品专业合作组织、购销大户和 The Third Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee pointed out that it is necessary to ”support the peasants in developing various forms of specialized rural cooperative organizations according to the principle of voluntariness and democracy.“ The Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Several Policies for Promoting Farmers’ Income Increase also put forward the principle of ”encouraging the development of various professional cooperatives for agricultural products,