China News Service, Yan'an, September 17 (Reporter Zhou Rui) Guo Lanfeng, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, revealed in Yan'an on the 17th that in the first half of 2020, the government, enterprises and society directly purchased more than 22 billion yuan of agricultural products from impoverished areas. , The same below), help sales more than 200 billion yuan.

  Guo Lanfeng made these remarks at the 2020 National Consumer Poverty Alleviation Forum held on that day.

  He said that poverty alleviation by consumption is not only to help poor people sell specialty agricultural products, but more importantly, to guide the poor people to carry forward the glorious tradition of working to get rich and work out of poverty.

Consumption poverty alleviation is not only to promote production and supply in impoverished areas, but also an important measure to realize the strategy of expanding domestic demand and form a new development pattern.

  Guo Lanfeng summarized the six "furthers" for the consumption poverty alleviation work since 2020.

  One is to further release the dividends of the consumption poverty alleviation policy.

The National Development and Reform Commission jointly carried out 30 specific actions with 27 departments.

The Ministry of Finance of China has promoted budgetary units at all levels to reserve purchase shares, and the transaction volume exceeded 1 billion yuan.

  2. To further penetrate the last kilometer of agricultural products in impoverished areas.

The Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China instructs all regions to exempt tolls for transportation of agricultural products.

China's State Post Bureau promoted express delivery to the countryside, and the country's township express delivery network coverage increased to 97%.

  The third is to further enhance the market attractiveness of agricultural products in poor areas.

The Ministry of Science and Technology of China guides universities, institutes and leading enterprises to cultivate and develop varieties of agricultural products suitable for different regions.

  The fourth is to further promote the upgrading of rural tourism and leisure agriculture.

The National Development and Reform Commission has allocated nearly 3 billion yuan from the central budget to support the implementation of 306 tourism projects in deeply impoverished areas.

The Ministry of Transport accelerates the construction of tourist roads in poverty-stricken areas and prioritizes the improvement of transportation facilities in tourist attractions such as natural humanities, ethnic minorities, characteristic villages, and small villages.

  The fifth is to further expand the consumption of products and services in poverty-stricken areas, especially those areas that are heavily affected by the epidemic.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China organized production and marketing matchmaking activities to help sell nearly 4 billion yuan in agricultural products.

Four departments including the National Federation of Industry and Commerce organized social e-commerce platforms to help sell nearly 1.4 billion yuan in agricultural products.

China's Ministry of Education organizes the university system to purchase nearly 600 million yuan in agricultural products in just six months.

  The sixth is to further create an atmosphere for the whole society to participate in non-poverty alleviation.

The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of China instructs all localities to publicize agricultural products brands in poverty-stricken areas through public service advertisements, programs, short videos for poverty alleviation through consumption, and live broadcast + poverty alleviation through consumption.

  Looking forward to the future, Guo Lanfeng said that on the basis of giving full play to the role of governments at all levels, more attention will be paid to the role of market mechanisms to connect the people who have been lifted out of poverty and the wider market; they will protect and make good use of the development of underdeveloped regions. On the basis of regional products, more attention will be paid to promoting people out of poverty, changing their concepts and improving skills; on the basis of continuing to expand the scale and scope of consumption poverty alleviation, more attention will be paid to improving the quality of products and services in developed regions from the supply side . (Finish)