China News Service, Beijing, October 21 (Reporter Chen Su) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China on the 21st that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period (2021-2025) China will strive to create 1,500 model beautiful and livable villages across the country about.
Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development jointly issued the "Notice on Carrying out Demonstration Work on the Creation of Beautiful and Livable Villages" ("Notice"), proposing to strive to create 1,500 model beautiful and livable villages nationwide during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. Around each of them, we will lead and drive all localities to promote demonstration activities at the provincial level according to local conditions, create demonstration models of different types and characteristics of livable, suitable for business and beautiful villages, and promote rural revitalization.
The "Notice" emphasizes that it is necessary to follow the basic principles of demonstration and guidance, hierarchical creation, respect for laws, emphasis on practical results, adapting measures to local conditions, orderly advancement, villagers as the main body, and government guidance.
In the process of creation, it is not only necessary to lead the localities to carry out demonstration activities at all levels to form a good situation in which the upper and lower levels are linked and created at different levels, but also to rationally arrange the creation of demonstration sequences and standards to prevent blindly following the trend and rush to the top, but also based on rural resources. The endowment, economic development level, etc. will be implemented in an orderly manner according to the village, and pay attention to the local flavor, so as to create beautiful and livable villages with their own beauty.
At the same time, whether to participate in the creation and construction, etc., must fully respect the wishes of the villagers, and do not engage in forced orders or arrangements.
The "Notice" pointed out that the beautiful and livable villages are based on administrative villages, and through the establishment of demonstrations, they can meet the requirements of beautiful environment, livable life, and effective governance, which are in line with the requirements of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization.
The demonstration standards for creating beautiful and livable villages will be dynamically adjusted according to the requirements of rural revitalization work and the practical effect of demonstration promotion.
The "Notice" makes it clear that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development will give priority to and give appropriate preference to administrative villages that have won the title of beautiful and livable villages in terms of project arrangements and policy pilots.
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