There is a terrible desertion in the Chinese countryside, but people from the city will eventually flock to the countryside!
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Recently, some people have spoken online about the current situation in rural China.
I also came from the countryside, and now I often go back to my hometown to see, and I have a better understanding of the rural situation. Here, I would like to share my personal opinion.
The real situation in the countryside: prosperity and desolation
The situation in rural China is indeed very different from what it used to be, rural roads have basically been hardened, most families have built new houses, usually two-story brick and concrete buildings, almost every household has access to electricity, most of the domestic water is clean tap water and deep well water, and the living conditions are not much different from those in the towns.
On the surface, the countryside is now showing a flourishing scene. At the same time, some land is barren, but the good leveled arable land is not abandoned. This is due to the mechanization of agriculture. Otherwise, in the absence of labor, most of the agricultural land will inevitably be deserted because it is uncultivated. The current situation is that most of the young and middle-aged people in the rural areas have gone out to work or do business, and most of those who remain are the old and the young, and a few people are weak, sick and disabled. As a result, some people expressed their grief and emotion, believing that it was worrying to continue like this, and that there was no future in the countryside. Is this really the case?
The Great Change in the Countryside: A Sign of the Progress of the Times
I remember that in the sixties and seventies of the last century, the countryside was very lively. At that time, young people were in the countryside and there was nowhere to go. Lively is lively, but people are generally poor. How much labor value can be created by working on the land of the production team all day long?Therefore, at that time, the living standard of rural people was very low, and there was no way to get rich.
Since the reform and opening up, young people in rural areas have become free, and young and middle-aged people can go out to work, or do business, give full play to their personal wisdom and talents, and create labor value, and some rural people have become urban people. These people who were the first to leave the countryside have now bought their own houses in the towns, some have stable jobs in the cities, and even moved their hukou to the towns, and these people have actually become city dwellers, which is a situation.
On the other hand, some young and middle-aged people in rural areas still live in rural areas and have their household registration, and they go out to work only to generate income and are not ready to move to cities and towns. Some people have houses in nearby towns and rural villages, and they balance work and life in both places.
The above is the general situation of the rural areas of Hunan that I know and understand, and it should be similar to the situation in the rural areas of the whole country
In fact, the current situation in China's rural areas is a sign of the progress of the times and the inevitable result of the country's modernization, and it is not as terrible as some people say.
Unable to retain people in the countryside: Is it because food prices are too low?
If the rural land has use value, the rural people can get satisfactory income from the land, and they will not leave the land to make a living or generate income.
Any human intervention is contrary to the objective laws of economics and is inappropriate. Although it is necessary for the state to support and guide policies, fundamentally speaking, we should follow the law of economic development in order to maintain the healthy development of China's rural areas and even Chinese society.
Some people think that the main reason why people cannot be retained in the rural areas is that grain prices are too low, and it should be said that this is a wrong perception.
China is now an open society, and China's grain can only be determined by the world market. If domestic grain prices are too high, a large amount of foreign grain will pour in to occupy the domestic market, and no one will buy domestic grain, and it will be unsalable, and the result will be that China's agriculture will be eliminated from the market. And for a large country with a population of 1.4 billion, it is very dangerous to rely on imported food for food. Once the world has a catastrophic weather, or is sanctioned by others due to disputes between major powers, it is a predicament of food shortage, and it will take time to restore agriculture.
In fact, in order to maintain national food security, the state now gives the necessary subsidies to agriculture. Domestic food prices are likely to be lower if they are priced exclusively on the world market**.
The actual situation in our country is that grain is mainly formed by market supply and demand. When there is a major change in the relationship between grain supply and demand, in order to protect the market and protect the interests of grain farmers, when necessary, it is decided to formulate a minimum purchase for key grain varieties that are in short supply in the main grain producing areas. When the grain is significant or likely to be significant, the state and provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may take intervention measures in accordance with the provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China.
It can be seen from this that if we artificially raise the grain rate, it is against the laws of the economy, and the so-called low grain prices are not the main reason why people cannot be retained in the rural areas.
The countryside becomes a leisure place: people from the city will eventually flock to the countryside
The current situation in China's rural areas requires the attention of the state, and although the state has adopted and is adopting some policies to support and guide the revitalization of the countryside, it still seems that it is still very insufficient.
First of all, it is necessary to solve the problem of being able to retain people in rural areas. In order to retain people, it is necessary to increase the rate of agricultural labor. Rural China can accommodate many people, but it does not require many people to participate in agricultural labor.
According to reports, an American farmer can take care of 3,000 acres of land, and an American farmer can feed 98 Americans and 34 foreigners, a total of 132 people. China's peasants are not lacking much than the Americans, and agricultural science and technology are not lagging behind the United States. Therefore, it is important to explore major reforms of the rural land system to adapt to the new era of change.
If a Chinese peasant can feed 100 people, then China only needs 14 million peasants to bear China's grain**, and the rest can be engaged in other jobs, or simply leisure and not work, and be supported by the state.
This is only a problem that needs to be addressed in the near future, and if you look a little further into the future, the situation will be very different. The great news is that the progress of modern science and technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, which will completely change the production and lifestyle of rural people.
At present, the factory production of grain has been successfully tested. It has been reported that in the future, only air and water will be needed to obtain enough food for human consumption. Once this groundbreaking technology is popularized and applied on a large scale, there will be more or less food in the future, and there is no need to worry about food security. At that time, the countryside will be a good place for people to relax, far better than living in a crowded city.
From this, we have reason to believe that people do not have to worry about the future of China's rural and agricultural areas. With the development of the country's economy and the advancement of science and technology, China's rural areas will become a good place for leisure and play in the future, rather than a place for hard work. The future of China's rural areas is bright and desirable, and urban people will eventually flock to the countryside.