China News Service, January 23: The State Council Information Office held a press conference on January 23 to introduce the operation of agriculture and rural economy in 2023.
Deng Xiaogang, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced at the meeting that in 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will coordinate all local departments and all sectors of society, conscientiously implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, shoulder the responsibility and grasp it in the hands, and make solid progress. Consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation and effectively connect key tasks with rural revitalization, promote the continuous consolidation and expansion of the results of poverty alleviation, and maintain the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty.
The income growth rate of farmers in poverty-stricken areas continues to be higher than the national rural average. The production and living conditions of the people who have been lifted out of poverty continue to improve, and their sense of gain, happiness, and security has been further enhanced.
Deng Xiaogang said that this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will focus on "keeping the bottom line, increasing motivation, and promoting development." On the basis of keeping the bottom line of not returning to poverty on a large scale, it will concentrate more resources and strive to enhance the endogenous development motivation of poverty-stricken areas and people who have been lifted out of poverty.
The first is to monitor, support and maintain the bottom line.
Improve the dynamic monitoring and assistance mechanism to prevent people from returning to poverty, promote the use of big data prediction and early warning methods, and promptly identify farmers who are at risk of returning to poverty and include them as monitoring objects.
For monitoring households with the ability to work, at least one developmental assistance measure will be implemented to establish the orientation of getting rich through hard work.
For monitoring households who are unable to work, provide adequate protection.
For farmers who are at risk of falling back into poverty due to disasters, assistance measures will be implemented first for those who meet the conditions, and we will insist on providing assistance to all the people who need it.
The second is to increase the power of industrial employment.
This is a key measure to consolidate the results of poverty alleviation and a long-term strategy to enhance the endogenous development momentum of poverty-stricken areas and people who have been lifted out of poverty.
In terms of industry, the proportion of the central government's fiscal coordination to promote rural revitalization subsidy funds used for industrial development has remained generally stable. Classified guidance has been provided to support the development of industries, consolidating a batch, upgrading a batch, revitalizing a batch, and adjusting a batch to promote the improvement of industry quality and efficiency. ,sustainable development.
We will improve the mechanism of rural industry linking up with farmers to help people who have been lifted out of poverty to share more in the value-added benefits of industries.
In terms of employment, we will carry out in-depth efforts to prevent people from returning to poverty through employment, strengthen labor cooperation between the east and the west, and make good use of employment assistance workshops, public welfare positions, work-for-relief and other channels to ensure that the scale of employment for people who have been lifted out of poverty is stable at more than 30 million.
The third is to implement policies to promote development.
Organize and carry out assessments to consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation and the effective connection with rural revitalization, carry out monitoring and evaluation of the development effectiveness of key counties supported by the country for rural revitalization, and guide all localities to focus more resources and energy on improving development capabilities.
Make overall plans and make good use of various assistance resources such as cooperation between the east and the west, targeted assistance from central units, assistance in villages, and assistance from social forces, to gather joint efforts and improve the effectiveness of assistance.
At the same time, we will promptly study and plan the specific institutional arrangements after the transition period, study and promote the integration of assistance policies to prevent return to poverty and regular assistance policies for low-income rural populations, and promote the establishment of a normal assistance mechanism for underdeveloped areas.