In Grain Rain season, spring ploughing is busy in the north and south of the Yangtze River.
China grain, China rice bowl. Behind the roar of agricultural machinery and equipment in spring ploughing is the bumper harvest of grain production year after year, the sustained and stable improvement of agricultural and rural economy, and a good start for rural revitalization.
In October 2017, the 19 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made a major decision to implement the rural revitalization strategy. On February 4, 2018, the Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Implementing the Rural Revitalization Strategy was released, which is the 15th central document guiding the work of agriculture, countryside and farmers since the new century. The document focuses on the significance, ideas, tasks, policies and requirements of rural revitalization strategy, and raises the flag for rural revitalization in the new era.
Over the past few years, the broad masses of cadres and people have worked hard, and the development of agriculture and rural areas has achieved fruitful results. The rural revitalization picture with prosperous industries, livable ecology, civilized rural customs, effective governance and affluent life has been vividly presented, which has become a "ballast stone" for stabilizing the overall situation of economic and social development and laid a solid foundation for winning the battle against poverty and building a well-off society in an all-round way.
New steps have been taken from smart farming to integrating innovative agriculture to improve quality and efficiency.
During this time, wheat and rape were growing vigorously in the fertile fields of Jiuguan Street in Nanxun District, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Tian Shuifang, 48, is a large grain grower in Ganghu Village, Jiuguan Street. From scattered contracting to centralized contracting, his planting area has exceeded 1,000 mu.
"Preparing for farming this year is the easiest time since I farmed." Tian Shuifang said that in the past, he had to call more than 10 casual workers to the fields early this season. At present, during the busy farming season, all kinds of large-scale agricultural machinery and equipment are concentrated, and sensors and pest monitors installed in fields can monitor environmental changes in real time, carry out intelligent early warning and monitoring of pests and diseases, and even organic fertilizers can be customized according to soil conditions.
Based on promoting the quality and efficiency of agriculture and promoting the sustained prosperity of rural industries, Nanxun District has vigorously implemented the rural revitalization strategy to help farmers increase their income, promote the balanced development of urban and rural areas, and lay a good foundation for achieving common prosperity. In 2020, the per capita disposable income of residents in Nanxun District exceeded 48,000 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%.
A special fruit export record base built according to EU export standards; Yanyuan town featuring high-end medical care, education and old-age care, and Yunxi Mangu with the theme of health care and sports; International timber trading centers covering more than 20 provinces in China; The "One Belt, One Road" cooperation demonstration park with Asian-European amorous feelings, and the village hotel with "international style" … In the rural land of qingbaijiang district, Chengdu, Sichuan, high-standard and modern rural revitalization projects refresh people’s cognition. A large number of leading projects with opening, leading, demonstration, innovation, new economy, headquarters base, etc. are accelerating, and the energy level of the ecosystem with the creation of "national agricultural opening-up cooperation experimental zone" as the core is rapidly improving.
Behind the rapid development of the project, a modern agricultural industrial cluster with new industries and new formats such as deep processing of agricultural products, urban leisure agriculture, rural e-commerce, forest health care, agricultural product logistics, green farming and agricultural cultural creation as the core is taking shape, and the integration of characteristic towns and cultural tourism is expanding the field and boundary of rural industries.
In the rural revitalization, all localities have continuously deepened the structural reform of agricultural supply side and continuously strengthened the construction of modern agriculture, and achieved remarkable results. At present, China’s self-selected crop varieties account for more than 95%, with more than 1 million family farms, 2.225 million farmers’ cooperatives and 893,000 agricultural socialized service organizations, which have become the main force leading the development of modern agriculture; The qualified rate of quality and safety monitoring of agricultural products is stable above 97%, and promoting agriculture by quality and green has become the main theme of modern agriculture.
In 2020, the total grain output in China was 1,339 billion Jin, up 0.9% from 2019, and remained stable at more than 1.3 trillion Jin for six consecutive years. The mechanization rate of crop cultivation and harvest in China reached 71%; The contribution rate of agricultural scientific and technological progress has reached a new level of 60% … A series of data reflect the new vitality injected into agricultural development by the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy.
From environmental governance to rural customs, civilized countryside has become a new home to live and work in peace and contentment.
The roads are clean and tidy, the farmhouses are covered with white tiles, the green plants are scattered, the ponds are crystal clear, and the flowers are fragrant and beautiful … In Liuzhuang Village, Zhangzhai Town, where Qingdun Temple Primary School, a red base in Peixian County, Jiangsu Province, you can see the beautiful picture.
Relying on the red cultural resource of Qingdunsi Primary School, Zhangzhai Town has taken the road of red leading and green development, built a red tourism village with livable, suitable for traveling and suitable for industry, and continuously carried out village environmental improvement around key areas such as neat courtyard, green plants, village appearance improvement, toilet renovation and rural domestic waste treatment.
"The village environment is changing almost every day. Walking out of the house is like walking into a park, which is very comfortable. The party history museum was built in our village, the environment is getting more and more beautiful, and the villagers’ happiness is increasing. " Wang Mingyun, secretary of the Party Committee of Zhangzhai Town, said.
"Garbage is blown by the wind and sewage is evaporated" was once a true portrayal of many villages.
Since the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, China has vigorously implemented the three-year action of rural human settlements improvement, and relevant departments in various localities have jointly promoted the rural toilet revolution. Up to now, the penetration rate of rural sanitary toilets has exceeded 68%, and the coverage rate of domestic garbage collection, transportation and disposal system in administrative villages has exceeded 90%. The three-year action target and task of rural human settlements improvement have been basically completed. The construction of infrastructure such as water, electricity and telecommunications in rural areas has been accelerated, the level of public services such as education, medical care and old-age care has been continuously improved, and the countryside has taken on a new look.
The village is clean and beautiful, and the villagers’ spirit has also been improved.
In the eastern suburb of Jiangzi Town, Jiangzi County, Shigatse City, Tibet, in recent years, the two committees of the village have mobilized everyone to participate in the formulation of rules and regulations, and written down the rules and regulations for quitting smoking and controlling smoking and not littering. The villagers are actively concerned about village management, attaching importance to education and advocating science has become a new fashion. Zaton, a villager, said: "Everyone is better than eating and wearing, and there are more college students, and the children are better than who can get into a good school!"
Strengthen the protection of traditional villages, ethnic villages and agricultural relics; Strengthen rural grassroots governance and actively mediate and resolve rural contradictions and disputes; Create a new model of good governance in rural areas under the guidance of Party building … All localities have solidly promoted the rural governance system and the construction of rural civilization, and a fresh wind is blowing in the vast fields, making villagers’ lives more comfortable and comfortable.
From policy support to industry to help farmers rush to a rich and prosperous new life
Well-off is not well-off, the key depends on fellow villagers.
It is an important goal of rural revitalization to continuously increase farmers’ income and let farmers’ "money bags" swell up. Entrepreneurship and innovation in rural areas has become an important way to prosper rural industries and increase farmers’ income.
"At last year’s’ Ecological Poyang Lake-Green Agricultural Products’ Guangdong Fair, Shangbao Miguo won the product gold medal, and customers ordered 15,000 Jin at the scene." Liu Jinping, a villager in Chishui Village, Shangbao Township, Chongyi County, Jiangxi Province, said that the sales of rice fruits are increasing, and she has been busy making rice fruits.
Take the initiative to understand preferential policies, visit agricultural experts, and go out for training; Explore more efficient planting methods and increase rice yield; Free distribution of high-quality seeds to farmers; Learn a new sales model, strive to be a "online celebrity", and open up a new channel for online live broadcast with goods … Under the leadership of Liu Jinping, the traditional rice fruit making skills have been better passed down, and the brand of "Shangbao Rice Fruit" has become bigger and bigger, driving farmers to increase their income by more than 2,000 yuan.
If the countryside is prosperous, the farmers will be rich. With the acceleration of rural revitalization, farmers’ income has continued to grow rapidly. In 2019, the per capita disposable income of rural residents exceeded 16,000 yuan, doubling the target of 2010 one year ahead of schedule. In 2020, the data reached 17,131 yuan, an increase of 5,709 yuan compared with 2015.
At the same time, the income structure of farmers is more optimized. Not only farming can increase income, but also going out to work, starting a business in the countryside and revitalizing resources have become new ways to increase income. From the perspective of operating income, the value-added space of agricultural products continues to expand; From the perspective of migrant workers’ income, the wage level of migrant workers is constantly improving; From the perspective of property income, the dividend of rural reform continued to be released, driving the rapid growth of net property income; From the perspective of transfer income, the policy of strengthening agriculture, benefiting farmers and enriching farmers has been continuously strengthened, and the proportion of transfer income has increased significantly.
The sustained growth of farmers’ income is inseparable from the prosperity of the industry, and it is inseparable from the help of reform. Liu Huanxin, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, rural reform continued to deepen, more than 200 million farmers received land contractual management rights certificates, and the "separation of powers" made significant progress, which was extended for another 30 years after the second round of land contracting expired; A new round of rural homestead reform pilot was launched; The verification of rural collective assets has been basically completed, the membership of more than 600 million collective members has been confirmed, and the "four beams and eight pillars" of rural reform have been basically constructed.
The development of urban-rural integration has also taken solid steps, and a unified urban-rural basic old-age insurance system, basic medical insurance system and serious illness insurance system have been established. 95% of counties in the country have passed the assessment of the basic balanced development of county compulsory education, and the level of public employment and entrepreneurship services in urban and rural areas has been significantly improved.
Standing at the new historical intersection, all localities are comprehensively promoting the organic connection between poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, making agriculture stronger, rural areas more beautiful and farmers richer, and breaking the waves towards the great goal of achieving common prosperity for all people.
(Reporter Villi)
