According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on December 11, the country's total grain output in 2023 will be 13,908200 million catties, an increase of 177 over the previous year600 million catties, an increase of 13%, stable at 1 for 9 consecutive yearsMore than 3 trillion catties. With the good news that China's annual grain output has hit a record high, the first rural work conference was held to analyze the current situation and challenges faced by the "three rural" work, and deploy the "three rural" work in 2024. **The general secretary stressed that to promote Chinese-style modernization, we must unremittingly consolidate the foundation of agriculture and promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. Highlight the status of "three rural" again, aiming to "next year to adhere to the policy tone of seeking progress in stability, promoting stability with progress, and establishing first and then breaking", further emphasizing that agriculture is an important part of the national economic system, further highlighting the basic position of agriculture and rural areas in the overall strategic situation, and further consolidating agriculture and rural areas is a fundamental in "stability".
**The general secretary pointed out that it is necessary to improve the level of rural industry development, rural construction and rural governance, strengthen measures to increase farmers' income, and promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas to continuously achieve substantial progress and phased results. **The economic work conference highlighted that the focus is on improving the level of rural industry development, rural construction, and rural governance, strengthening the two-wheel drive of science and technology and reform, and strengthening measures to increase farmers' income. **Focusing on improving the level of rural industry development, rural construction, and rural governance (hereinafter referred to as "improving the three levels") is to clarify the direction of learning and applying the experience of the "Ten Million Project", highlight the key points of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization, and make the starting point of agricultural and rural modernization concrete. To improve the level of rural industrial development, it is to adhere to the principle of rejuvenating agriculture by industry, quality and green, cultivating rural industries accurately and pragmatically, improving the mechanism of linking agriculture with agriculture, and implementing actions to promote farmers' income. To improve the level of rural construction is to adapt to the changing trend of rural population, optimize the layout of villages, industrial structure, and allocation of public services, promote rural construction in a solid and orderly manner, thoroughly implement actions to improve the rural living environment, and promote rural infrastructure to make up for shortcomings. To improve the level of rural governance, it is necessary to coordinate the new urbanization and the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, improve the comprehensive carrying capacity and governance capacity of the county, and promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas at the county level. Improve the rural governance system, promote party building and promote rural revitalization, adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao experience" in the new era, and build safe villages. Vigorously strengthen the construction of spiritual civilization in rural areas, and continue to promote the change of customs in rural areas. Taking the "three levels" as the focus of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization is to guide the broad masses of farmers to take the initiative to build with a clear task orientation, call on the active participation of the vast number of social forces, lead the majority of party members and cadres to work in unity, and concentrate on doing a good job of doing a number of practical things that can be felt by the masses, so as to build a livable, workable and beautiful village.
For farmers, industrial prosperity is the most fundamental sense of security, complete facilities are the most intuitive sense of happiness, convenient service is the most direct sense of gain, environmental livability is the most concerned sense of comfort, and good governance is the most important sense of belonging, and improving the "three levels" of rural industry, construction and governance is the most basic value orientation of rural revitalization. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's rural infrastructure has been more perfect, the rural toilet revolution has been steadily promoted, the living environment has continued to improve, and the countryside has become more beautiful and livable. Basic public services in rural areas have been continuously improved, and people's livelihood has been more effectively guaranteed. However, due to the long-term lag in the construction of rural infrastructure and public services, there is still a big gap between rural areas and basic modern living conditions. In some remote rural areas, there is still a large gap in transportation, drinking water and sewage treatment facilities, broadband, information, and e-commerce have not yet entered the villages, the productive infrastructure is insufficient, the capacity of rural public services continues to decline, the level of integration and equalization is low, and the contribution of industry to rural households' income continues to decline.
**The general secretary requested that the goal of building an agricultural power be anchored, and the promotion of comprehensive rural revitalization should be taken as the general starting point of the "three rural" work in the new era and new journey, and the experience of the "Ten Million Project" should be learned and used. Learning from the experience of the "Ten Million Project", at the level of ideological understanding, we should realize the importance of the "Ten Million Project" for the construction of livable, workable and beautiful villages, for the "three rural" work, rural revitalization and the construction of an agricultural powerAt the party level, Zhejiang's "Ten Million Project" not only has an overall design, but also combines the basic conditions and resource endowments of different regions, and pays attention to regional coordinationAt the level of reform linkage, the "Ten Million Project" not only includes hardware construction, but also involves the reform of the land system and the reform of the household registration system. The "three levels of improvement" cover a wide range of content, involve a wide range of departments, thick institutional barriers, and are difficult to promote, and it is necessary to highlight four key points at present.
Focus on the key grippers to stimulate the multiplier effect. Take the improvement of the level of industrial development as the top priority, take the farmers to live a modern and civilized life on the spot as the starting point and the end point, and give priority to the key tasks such as growing grain to make money, nearby employment, public transportation into the village, network entry, popularization of sanitary toilets, sewage and fecal treatment, nearby enrollment and kindergarten, convenience of medical treatment, homogeneity of pension, and talent introduction, so as to comprehensively promote the prosperity of rural industries, the completeness of infrastructure, the convenience of public services, and the comfort of the living environment.
Based on the national conditions and agricultural conditions, highlight the characteristic advantages. Based on the basic agricultural conditions of a large number of small farmers, we should give full play to the characteristics of the basic management system of combining unification and decentralization. We should persist in the thoroughness of "separation" and give greater prominence to the "unification" in place. The thoroughness of "distribution" is to ensure that the original contracting rights of the majority of peasant households remain stable. We should highlight the "unification" in place, and provide good service, promotion, and development to small farmers. Give full play to the ecological value of rural areas and realize a virtuous cycle of production, ecology and life.
Strengthen the civilization of rural customs, and lead the good governance of peace. Deeply excavate the ideological concepts, humanistic spirit, and moral norms contained in the excellent traditional farming culture, and cultivate civilized rural customs, good family customs, and simple folk customs. Highlight the main body of farmers, adhere to the perspective of the masses, and form an atmosphere in which the peasant masses compete to do it, the grassroots cadres work in a down-to-earth manner, and the social forces work together. Improve the rural governance system that combines autonomy, rule of law, and rule by virtue to ensure that rural society is vibrant, stable and orderly.
Strengthen overall planning and coordination, and implement priority development. Leading cadres at all levels should strengthen the study and implementation of the important exposition of the general secretary on the "three rural" work, and promote "the secretary of the county party committee should focus on the "three rural" work and be the "front-line commander" of rural revitalization. Strengthen the implementation and coordination of tasks and responsibilities, funding and land policies, and coordination mechanisms by the secretaries at the fifth level. Understand the profound connotation of adhering to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, encourage enterprises to return to their hometowns more, support more social capital to go to the countryside, attract more talents to return to their hometowns, and promote more elements and services to serve the "three rural" areas.
The author is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and former party secretary of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
*: CPPCC Daily (December 26, 2023 Edition 03).
Author: Zhang Synthesis Layout Editor: Si Jin Lixin**Editor: Hong Lin Review: Zhou Jiajia.