(Economic Watch) In 2022, how will China continue to comprehensively promote rural revitalization?

　　China News Agency, Beijing, February 23rd: In 2022, how will China continue to comprehensively promote rural revitalization?

　　China News Agency reporter Ruan Yulin

　　This year's Central No. 1 document makes a comprehensive deployment of key tasks for rural revitalization in 2022, and requires that the bottom line of not returning to poverty on a large scale is firmly adhered to.

After China has achieved a comprehensive victory in the battle against poverty, how will China consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation through development, and how will China continue to comprehensively promote rural revitalization in 2022?

　　On the 22nd, the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Doing a Good Job in the Key Work of Comprehensively Promoting Rural Revitalization in 2022" (the No. 1 Central Document) was announced.

This is the 19th document issued by the central government to guide the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" since the beginning of the new century, making comprehensive arrangements for the key tasks of rural revitalization in 2022.

Data map: The countryside is as beautiful as a picture scroll.

Photo by Li Xuehua

Solve the risk of returning to poverty and leading to poverty in the bud

　　After China's comprehensive victory in poverty alleviation, the work mechanism, policy measures, and institutional teams have been connected in an orderly manner, and the results of poverty alleviation have been consolidated and expanded.

At present, the income level of people in some poverty-stricken areas is still low, and the foundation for poverty alleviation is still relatively fragile. In the event of natural disasters, diseases, accidents, etc., they may return to poverty and become poor.

　　The No. 1 document of the Central Committee requires that the bottom line of no large-scale return to poverty should be resolutely maintained, and the monitoring and assistance mechanism should be improved.

Accurately determine the monitoring objects, and include farmers who are at risk of returning to poverty and become impoverished and sudden serious difficulties into the monitoring scope.

　　"Improving the monitoring and assistance mechanism is mainly a 'three-pronged approach'." Liu Huanxin, deputy director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group and director of the National Rural Revitalization Bureau, said that the monitoring is more accurate, and the monitoring objects are accurately determined, and some people will return to poverty and become poor. Farmers with risks and sudden serious difficulties are all included in the scope of monitoring; assistance should be implemented as early as possible, and assistance measures should be implemented as soon as possible for housing, compulsory education, employment, and sudden serious difficulties due to disasters, epidemics, diseases and other signs of problems that are discovered in time. , solve the risk of returning to poverty and cause poverty in the bud; simplify the operation as much as possible, break through the data barriers of various departments' monitoring platforms, shorten the identification time, and improve the efficiency of monitoring and assistance.

Data map: Aerial photography of a relocation site for poverty alleviation.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Qu Honglun

How to promote the continuous increase of income of the poverty-stricken population?

　　In 2021, relevant departments in all regions of the country will make the promotion of poverty alleviation population and stable employment as the top priority of consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation. The employment assistance policy will continue to be optimized, and the employment scale of the poverty-stricken population will reach 31.45 million, an increase of 1.26 million over the previous year. People, wage income has increased significantly, accounting for 67.9%, providing strong support for maintaining the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty.

　　The No. 1 document of the Central Committee proposes to promote the continuous increase of the income of the poverty-stricken population.

Promote poverty alleviation areas to rely more on development to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, and make the lives of the poor people to a higher level.

　　Regarding how to increase income, Lei Ming, Dean of Peking University Rural Revitalization Research Institute, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that it is necessary to further promote poverty alleviation areas to rely more on development to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, and promote the continuous increase of income of the poverty-stricken population.

As far as the industry is concerned, we will further improve the mechanism for linking the interests of farmers and farmers, consolidate and enhance the development of characteristic industries in poverty-stricken areas, and increase the operating income of families of poverty-stricken populations.

At the same time, continue to increase the proportion of rural revitalization subsidy funds used for industrial development, further promote the connection of the central government, focus on supporting industries to make up for shortcomings in technology, facilities, and marketing, strengthen the leading role, and promote the upgrading of industries.

　　As for how to promote employment, Lei Ming believes that it is necessary to further consolidate the responsibility for employment assistance to ensure the stability of the employment scale of the poverty-stricken labor force; to further deepen the labor service cooperation between the east and the west, and to do a good job of transferring employment within the province; to further support the development of preferential policies for assistance workshops; Give full play to the role of food-for-work, and continuously improve the level of labor remuneration; make better use of rural public welfare posts, gradually adjust and optimize the ecological forest ranger policy, and implement dynamic management.

　　Liu Huanxin pointed out that in 2022, in accordance with the relevant arrangements of the Central Rural Work Conference and the Central No. 1 Document, we must adhere to the principle of stability and seek progress while maintaining stability, so as to ensure that the annual employment scale of the country's poverty-stricken population exceeds 30 million, and strive to achieve a higher level of employment than 2021. Increase.

Data map: In the supporting industrial park of a resettlement site for poverty alleviation and relocation, workers work in the workshop.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Qu Honglun

The strength of the support policy is not reduced, and the horse will continue to be supported

　　The Central No. 1 document requires that the overall stability of the main assistance policies be maintained, the implementation of various assistance policies during the transition period in detail, and the evaluation of policy effects.

　　"Rural revitalization is different from poverty alleviation. It is a protracted battle, not a tough battle. It is a revitalization of the whole region, all employees, and all-round revitalization. We can't hold the idea of ​​​​all achievements in one battle, put forward some unrealistic indicators, and rush for success beyond the development stage. It may even be chaotic.” Tang Renjian, Director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, pointed out that it is necessary to proceed from the actual situation in each region, respect the laws of rural development, and use a more mature and stereotyped system to move forward steadily.

　　"After winning the battle of poverty alleviation, we must not turn around and leave. We must maintain the overall stability of the main assistance policies, and continue to support them." Liu Huanxin said.

　　Liu Huanxin emphasized that for the country's key rural revitalization counties, an implementation plan should be prepared, and efforts should be concentrated to implement a number of projects to complement weak links to promote development, enhance self-development capabilities, and make the foundation for poverty alleviation more solid and sustainable.

For the centralized resettlement areas for relocation, it is necessary to continue to increase follow-up support for industrial employment, infrastructure, and public services to ensure that the relocated people can be stable, integrate, and gradually become rich.

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