The pratacultural achievements in last decade and pratacultural perspectives in next decade in China

The early two decades of 21st century is an opportunity for the pratacultural development in China. Over the past decade, there were some outstanding issues and significant achievements. Then the emphases of the next ten years were followed as, firstly, it was effort to promote the scientific innovation abilities of prataculture for encouraging paracultural development to change from resources driver to scientific innovation driver; Secondly, turning quantitative quantity husbandry into ecological husbandry is a necessary way to rational use grassland by improving the animal production pattern; thirdly, it is necessary to improve ecological protection system of grassland by focusing on protection system rather than current project; fourthly, it is urgent to develop industrial production of forages, especially alfalfa, to ensure sufficient supply of high quality forage; fifthly, it is important to construct system of preventing and reducing disaster, which would change from current passive resistance to active prevention.