供销合作社是在国家扶持下,按照自愿、互利、民主、服务的原则,以农民为主体组织起来的合作经济组织。它主要担负着农副产品收购、加工和推销,农村生产和生活资料供应,废旧物资回收利用,以及农村饮食、服务、旅游等各项任务。在我国国民经济中,供销合作社占有重要地位,它是农村流通的主渠道,是城乡经济联系的纽带,在社会主义现代化建设中发挥着重要作用。 Supply and marketing cooperatives are cooperative economic organizations organized under the principle of voluntariness, mutual benefit, democracy and service under the support of the State and organized mainly by farmers. It is mainly responsible for the acquisition, processing and marketing of agricultural and sideline products, the supply of rural production and living materials, the recycling of used materials, and the tasks of rural catering, services, and tourism. In China’s national economy, supply and marketing cooperatives occupy an important position. It is the main channel for rural circulation, the link between urban and rural economies, and plays an important role in the socialist modernization drive.