The ministry also pointed out that flood control and drought relief could be a tough job for North China, as the region has not seen severe flooding for years, leaving a number of weak links in this regard.
The ministry said the bans would affect about 280,000 fishermen in 10 provincial-level regions along the Yangtze.
The maxim, written in laconic, catchy and rhyming traditional Chinese, has been passed down from the Tang Dynasty, when Pei Du, a prime minister, returned to the village temporarily and invested heavily in education.
The ministry immediately sent a working group to Shandong to guide local authorities investigating these issues and to conduct inspections on farms featured in the report.
The measures took effect on Saturday, replacing interim measures released in 2007.
The meeting urged efforts to smooth overhaul fees in the financing process. Banks will be supported in increasing medium and long-term loans to the manufacturing industry, and developing credit loans and services that facilitate the roll-over of outstanding loans.
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The meeting adopted the guidelines on improving the CPPCC's work on building consensus and the guidelines on organizing research into major strategic issues by the CPPCC National Committee.
The ministry didn't disclose the amount of fines for the same period last year, but said five types of penalties went down, both in the number of cases and the amount of fines, including penalties calculated on a daily basis, production suspension, detention and criminal penalties.
The ministry also called for small and medium-sized enterprises to forge alliances for common development to consolidate the fragmented logistics sector.
The ministry will ensure the supervision arrangement remains "generally stable" after the transition period, Qian Fangli, head of the e-commerce and informatization department, said at a press conference during the China International Import Expo.