(Economic Observation) How can China's rural revitalization "break the situation"?
China News Service, Beijing, March 20 (Reporter Chen Su) After winning the battle against poverty, China has begun to move towards a higher goal, fully embarking on a new journey of rural revitalization, and complementing the "three rural" for the basic realization of modernization goals by 2035 Short board.
In this new stage, how to achieve a good start to rural revitalization?
At the 2021 China Development Forum held on the 20th, experts from politics, academia, and industry analyzed the "bottleneck" facing China's rural revitalization, and made suggestions for the road to rural revitalization.
Data map: Moshan Village, Changjun Township, Anyi County, Nanchang City.
Photo by Wu Pengquan
"Compared with the requirements of modernization, China's "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" are still relatively weak, and the income from agricultural labor is still relatively low. There is still a very heavy task for rural revitalization." Zhou Qiren, Chair Professor of the National Development Institute of Peking University, said, promoting rural revitalization. It is necessary to find the potential for rural revitalization, and to discover the key points where the rural can meet the needs of the national economy.
Zhou Qiren believes that with the rapid development of China's urbanization, there is a strong demand for high-quality agricultural products around the city.
To promote rural revitalization, we must make breakthroughs from the periphery of the city, increase the supply level of agricultural products, and increase the level of rural income.
The low rate of return on agriculture has always restricted rural development and is also one of the biggest obstacles to rural revitalization.
China proposed that in the overall promotion of rural revitalization, efforts will be made to promote the development of rural industries.
How can we change the status quo of low agricultural returns?
How can we achieve "industry prosperity"?
Liu Shouying, dean of the School of Economics at Renmin University of China, said that the key to changing the problem of low agricultural returns is to properly handle the "people" problem.
"We must change the urbanization model of'returning to the village'." Liu Shouying said that at present, many migrant workers still cannot stay in the city after working for half their lives. The next step should be to let the "post-70s" migrant workers enter the city. Farmers can truly "root" in cities, and have the same rights as cities for housing, social security, education, and medical care, so that China's urbanization process can slowly enter the normal track.
At the same time, this kind of flow will also help the reorganization of rural land and other factor resources, attract more capital and urban personnel to enter the countryside, and then develop modern agriculture, solve the problem of low return on agricultural investment, and form a virtuous circle.
In fact, the backwardness of rural development is a common problem facing the world.
In addition to rationalizing the mechanism, rural areas also need more support and help from the government and society.
Harvard University professor Dwight Perkins said that China has made significant progress in rural construction. The next step in promoting rural revitalization is to improve the education level in rural areas, and find ways to attract high-quality talents to teach in rural areas, so that left-behind children in rural areas can Enjoy a higher level of education.
Liu Yonghao, chairman of the New Hope Group, said that the development of modern agriculture requires many professionals in the agricultural field. In this regard, leading agricultural enterprises can make a difference.
At the same time, during a certain transition period, it is hoped that the government can adopt certain guiding policies, such as subsidizing college graduates and attracting them to work in the countryside. This has a very good role in promoting rural revitalization.
Xia Gengsheng, deputy director of the National Bureau of Rural Revitalization of China, said on the same day that China will comprehensively promote rural revitalization. First, improve rural “hardware”, strengthen infrastructure construction, and improve the rural living environment; second, upgrade rural “software” and improve public service levels. , To strengthen the construction of rural culture, the third is to promote the revitalization of rural industries and stimulate the rural endogenous power.
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