Typical Cases -- Reference Model for Building Socialist New Countryside

Author: Sun Jun, Wang Foquan
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: The 16th Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China proposed the historic task of building a new socialist countryside and incorporated it into the main objectives of the 11th Five-Year Plan for economic and social development. This is a major strategic measure to fundamentally address the "three rural issues" (agriculture, rural areas, and farmers), indicating that building a new socialist countryside will become the overall approach and key focus of China's "three rural issues" work in the coming period. The Central Committee's proposal for the 11th Five-Year Plan states: "Adhere to the principle of 'giving more while taking less,' increase the input of all levels of government into rural areas, expand the coverage of public finance in rural areas, strengthen the government's services to rural areas, and establish a long-term mechanism for promoting agriculture through industry and leading rural areas with urban development." Therefore, it can be said that the major policies are set, and the goals and requirements are clear. Under the premise of promoting coordinated urban-rural development, the conditions for building a new socialist countryside are ripe. However, due to the long-standing urban-rural dual structure, agriculture remains a weak link in the national economy. Compared to urban areas, there is still a significant gap in the development of rural areas and the living standards of farmers, and this gap is gradually widening. Some deep-seated contradictions in rural society are difficult to eliminate. Building a new socialist countryside is a heavy task with a long way to go, and many outstanding issues need to be addressed both in the short term and in the long term.