(Economic Observation) What policy signals will the National Rural Revitalization Bureau officially launch?

　　China News Service, Beijing, February 25th, title: What policy signals will the National Rural Revitalization Bureau officially announce?

　　China News Agency reporter Chen Su

　　On the eve of the Lantern Festival in the Year of the Ox, the National Rural Revitalization Bureau was officially listed.

As the gorgeous turn of the “National Office for Poverty Alleviation”, the listing of the National Rural Revitalization Bureau has released many policy signals.

The Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council becomes history

　　Before the National Bureau of Rural Revitalization was officially listed, the “State Council’s Poverty Alleviation and Development Leading Group Office” was removed from the front door of the bureau’s office building.

　　On May 16, 1986, in order to strengthen the guidance and support for the economic development of impoverished areas in China and change the appearance of impoverished areas, the State Council of China decided to establish a leading group for economic development in impoverished areas.

　　On December 28, 1993, the State Council’s Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development was officially confirmed as the State Council’s deliberative and coordinating body. The Office of the State Council’s Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development was established under the State Council to undertake daily work, including drafting poverty alleviation policies and plans, reviewing poverty alleviation fund allocation plans and coordination Solve important issues in poverty alleviation work, and do a good job in the top-level design of major strategic policies and measures for poverty alleviation and development.

　　At 16:00 on February 25, 2021, the National Bureau of Rural Revitalization was officially listed, which means that the "Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council" has become history.

On February 25, the National Rural Revitalization Bureau was officially listed.

At 16:00 on the same day, the National Bureau of Rural Development was listed on the original site of the "State Council Leading Group Office for Poverty Alleviation and Development" in Beijing. Prior to this, the "State Council Leading Group Office for Poverty Alleviation and Development" had been removed.

The picture shows related staff taking pictures in front of the sign of the National Bureau of Rural Development.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Qiming

New life, new struggle, new requirements

　　In 2020, China will complete its poverty alleviation goals and tasks as scheduled. Under the current standards, all rural poor people will be lifted out of poverty, eliminating absolute poverty and overall regional poverty.

　　Ye Xingqing, director of the Rural Economic Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council of China, told a reporter from China News Agency that the official launch of the National Bureau of Rural Revitalization marks China’s elimination of absolute poverty and the completion of the historical mission of the previous stage. At the same time, it also ushered in a new era of rural revitalization. mission.

“In the first centenary goal, poverty alleviation is China’s bottom-line task, so China has established the State Council’s Poverty Alleviation Office, and now the National Bureau of Rural Revitalization is listed, which means that in the second centenary goal, rural revitalization has become China’s As the bottom line task, China has higher development goals and requirements."

　　Jiang Wenlai, a researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Agricultural Regional Planning of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said that the listing of the National Bureau of Rural Revitalization marks China's overall victory in the fight against poverty, and also marks the beginning of a new historical starting point for comprehensively promoting rural revitalization. Rural areas are the shortcomings of China's modernization. Only by quickly making up for this short board can modernization be accelerated.

What are the new duties of the Rural Revitalization Bureau?

　　What are the responsibilities of the newly listed National Rural Revitalization Bureau?

What role will it play in rural revitalization?

　　Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told reporters that China will continue to promote rural revitalization, and the difficulty will still be poverty alleviation areas. After the National Rural Revitalization Bureau shifts from poverty alleviation to rural revitalization, it will continue to focus on poverty alleviation areas. Undertake the task of consolidating and expanding the results of poverty alleviation and effectively connecting the transition period with rural revitalization.

　　The 2021 Central Document No. 1 issued on the 21st of this month proposes that after the poverty alleviation goals and tasks are completed, a five-year transition period will be established for counties who have escaped poverty from the date of poverty alleviation. The existing major assistance policies are generally stable, improve the dynamic monitoring and assistance mechanism for preventing return to poverty, continue to focus on strengthening industry and employment assistance, and identify a number of national rural revitalization key assistance counties in the poverty alleviation counties.

　　Ye Xingqing said that the National Bureau of Rural Revitalization will be responsible for promoting rural revitalization, while focusing on the weak areas and weak areas in rural revitalization. The weak areas are underdeveloped areas and the weak areas are rural construction. In the rural revitalization strategy of "civilization, effective governance, and affluent life", there is still much work to be done in rural construction.

　　Jiang Wenlai said that, like poverty alleviation, rural revitalization also needs to achieve "a game of chess for the whole country". The National Bureau of Rural Revitalization needs to play an important role in coordination between the top and bottom and clarify the comprehensive top-level design plan for rural revitalization across the country.

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