The Central Rural Work Conference set the three major tasks of agriculture and rural areas in 2020.
China news agency, Beijing, December 23 rd: The Central Rural Work Conference set the three major tasks of agriculture and rural areas in 2020.
Author Wang Qingkai
The year 2020 is the year when China finishes building a well-off society in an all-round way, and it is also a crucial year for rural revitalization. "Well-off society is not well-off, the key is to look at fellow villagers." What is the key to do a good job in agriculture and rural areas in 2020? The Central Rural Work Conference, which closed a few days ago, set three key tasks.
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Guarantee supply
The Central Rural Work Conference proposed that great efforts should be made to do a good job in grain production. Stabilize the sown area of grain and stabilize grain output. Accelerate the resumption of pig production.
Ensuring the effective supply of important agricultural products has always been the top priority in the work of agriculture, countryside and farmers. In 2019, China’s grain production reached a record high, with the output reaching 1,327.7 billion Jin, which has stood firm at 1.3 trillion Jin for five consecutive years. In 70 years, China firmly held his job in his own hands.
However, the current agricultural development in China is still unbalanced, and the shortcomings such as pork supply need to be filled as soon as possible. In the words of Han Changfu, director of the Central Agricultural Office and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, although there have been bumper harvests in recent years, the grain production capacity is still unstable. The tendency to relax grain production has risen in some places.
The Central Rural Work Conference clearly pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen the assessment of the responsibility system of governors for food security, increase incentives and support for major grain-producing counties, further improve the agricultural subsidy policy, and ensure farmers’ basic income from growing grain.
Doing a good job of "agriculture, countryside and farmers" next year will play a "stable role" in the overall economic and social development. Ye Xingqing, director of the Rural Economic Research Department of the State Council Development Research Center, told China News Service that the downward pressure on the domestic economy is increasing and the international situation is changing. It is even more necessary to stabilize the supply of agricultural products and stabilize farmers’ income and consumer markets.
Han Changfu said that in 2020, efforts should be made to stabilize the policy and stabilize the area, ensure that the grain area is stable at more than 1.42 billion mu, and the total grain output is stable at more than 1.3 trillion Jin. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of high-standard farmland, do a good job in disaster prevention and mitigation, and continue to adjust and optimize the structure.
Guarantee and increase income
Ensuring the sustained growth of farmers’ income is the basic requirement of a well-off society in an all-round way, and it is also the potential growth point of China’s economic development.
The meeting stressed that it is necessary to develop rural industries that enrich the people and actively encourage all kinds of talents to return to their hometowns for entrepreneurship and innovation. Promote farmers’ sustained income increase through multiple channels.
Han Changfu believes that to increase income is to ensure that the momentum of increasing farmers’ income is not weakened and the trend is irreversible, and farmers’ income continues to grow rapidly, and the growth rate continues to maintain "two highs".
In the first three quarters of 2019, the median per capita disposable income of rural residents was 10,172 yuan, an increase of 10%. In terms of income growth rate, it continues to maintain "two highs", which is higher than GDP growth rate and urban residents’ income growth rate.
The meeting particularly emphasized that it is necessary to stabilize the employment of migrant workers and intensify the rectification of wages owed to migrant workers.
Liu Qi, vice president of China Agricultural Economics Association, believes that two aspects should be done to ensure the income of migrant workers. One is to standardize the wage management of migrant workers and ensure that migrant workers and urban workers receive equal pay for equal work; The second is to strictly investigate and punish the behavior of deducting and defaulting on farmers’ wages.
"Affected by the macroeconomic situation, the growth rate of the number of migrant workers and wages is facing greater downward pressure." Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Institute of Rural Development of China Academy of Social Sciences, told the China News Service reporter that it is not easy to maintain "two highs" next year. In the future, we should open up new sources of income and attach importance to the basic role of agricultural and animal husbandry income.
poverty alleviation
2020 is the year to win the battle against poverty. In Han Changfu’s view, to ensure a well-off society is to resolutely win the battle against poverty, speed up the shortcomings of rural infrastructure and public services, and enable farmers to enter a well-off society simultaneously.
The meeting stressed that it is necessary to make concerted efforts to take advantage of the situation and concentrate on fully completing the remaining tasks of poverty alleviation. It is necessary to consolidate the achievements of tackling poverty and prevent returning to poverty, and help the returning poor and the newly poor in a timely manner.
"In recent years, the number of people who have reduced poverty every year is tens of millions. The intensity of poverty alleviation is still increasing, and the foundation for poverty alleviation is becoming more and more stable. " Wang Sangui, dean of the China Institute for Poverty Alleviation of Renmin University of China, said that next year, we should focus on areas with deep poverty, such as "three districts and three states", and solve the problem of "two worries and three guarantees" in an all-round way.
The Central Rural Work Conference pointed out that the most prominent shortcoming of building a well-off society in an all-round way lies in "agriculture, countryside and farmers". It is necessary to intensify the construction of rural infrastructure.
Han Changfu believes that rural infrastructure construction and public services are the most intuitive "gap" of a well-off society in an all-round way and the pain points of farmers’ livelihood. In 2020, efforts should be made to make up for shortcomings. Start the construction project of cold chain logistics facilities for agricultural products storage and preservation, focus on rural drinking water safety, village roads, power and electricity, strengthen the construction of village public infrastructure, and promote the reinforcement of rural education, medical care, social security and other weak links.