"If the nation is to rejuvenate, the countryside must be rejuvenated."
"We have built a well-off society in an all-round way, and the next step for our rural areas is to revitalize the villages. Not only cities should be good, but the villages should be good, and the villages and towns are just as good. We can't be satisfied, and we have to make persistent efforts."
To promote rural revitalization, General Secretary Xi Jinping had already planned.
In the National Two Sessions in 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping gave a systematic explanation on how to promote rural industry revitalization, talent revitalization, cultural revitalization, ecological revitalization, and organizational revitalization.
The Fifth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Party made a comprehensive plan for rural revitalization, and it was clear that "the results of poverty alleviation were consolidated and expanded, and the rural revitalization strategy was comprehensively promoted."
More than a month later, the Central Economic Work Conference that year clearly promoted rural revitalization in an all-round way.
At the Central Rural Work Conference in December 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “after the victory in poverty alleviation, we must comprehensively promote rural revitalization. This is a historic shift in the focus of the work on agriculture, rural areas and farmers.”
From December 28 to 29, 2020, the Central Rural Work Conference was held in Beijing.
General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered an important speech.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xueren
This is the first time that the central government has formally proposed the "center of gravity" and "historical shift" of the "three rural" work.
The depth, breadth, and difficulty of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization are no less than fighting poverty.
In recent years, General Secretary Xi Jinping's domestic inspections have shown that rural revitalization is one of the important themes, and they are all aimed at the most urgent tasks in rural revitalization.
["In the continued promotion of rural revitalization, we must continue to select and dispatch the first secretary to the village"]
On the afternoon of February 3, 2021, on the eve of the Lunar New Year, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Huawu Village, Qianxi County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province.
Traveling through mountains and rivers, this time the general secretary is going to see the beautiful life created by the people who have been lifted out of poverty with his hands, and "smashing the stubble" to promote rural revitalization.
The general secretary cared about the local area, "I have got rid of poverty, are there still village teams in the village?"
The general secretary emphasized that to consolidate the results of poverty alleviation and promote rural revitalization, it is necessary to build strong grassroots party organizations.
If the grassroots party organization is strong, there is hope for the masses to get rich.
The grassroots party organization is the "main backbone" to promote rural revitalization, and General Secretary Xi Jinping has long deployed--
During an inspection in the rural areas of Chenzhou, Hunan in 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed, “In continuing to promote rural revitalization, we must continue to select and dispatch the first secretary to the village, strengthen the construction of grassroots party organizations, and improve the political quality and combat effectiveness of grassroots party organizations.”
In the poverty alleviation stage, we explored and summarized the valuable experience of "five-level secretaries grasping poverty alleviation" and the joint efforts of the society to promote tackling difficulties. Continue to carry forward the work of rural revitalization and strengthen the working mechanism of "five-level secretaries grasping rural rejuvenation".
["The key to rural revitalization is to revitalize the industry"]
On April 13, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Shicha Village, Shishan Town, Xiuying District, Haikou City, under the scorching sun, to visit farmers and inspect the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy.
General Secretary Xi Jinping affirmed the village’s practice of taking party building as its leadership, driving farmers to develop agricultural industries, increasing farmers’ income, protecting the ecological environment, and exploring ways of “enterprise + cooperatives + farmers” to get rich according to local conditions.
On March 14, 2019, villagers displayed fresh Dendrobium in the Dendrobium Garden in Shicha Village, Shishan Town, Xiuying District, Haikou City, Hainan Province.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Peng
General Secretary Xi Jinping clarified the positioning of industry in rural revitalization——
The key to rural revitalization is to revitalize the industry.
It is necessary to encourage and support farmers to develop characteristic agriculture, rural tourism, and courtyard economy based on local resources, and increase farmers' income through multiple channels.
["Rural revitalization, talents are the key"]
"It is necessary to actively cultivate local talents, encourage talented people who go out to return to their hometowns to start businesses, encourage college student village officials to take root at the grassroots level, and provide talent guarantee for rural revitalization."
On June 14, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping made arrangements during an inspection tour of Sanjianxi Village, Shuangshan Street, Zhangqiu District, Jinan City, Shandong Province.
On June 9, 2020, in the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Park of Sanjianxi Village, Zhangqiu District, Jinan City, Wang Yuanhu (second from left), secretary of the Youth Entrepreneur Party Branch, and young party members discussed development issues together.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Kai
"Agricultural modernization is inseparable from the improvement of farmers' ideological concepts and scientific and technological quality. It is impossible to rely on farmers with modern quality, and talents cannot be retained."
"Let those who are willing to stay in the countryside and build their hometowns to stay at ease, and make those who are willing to go to the countryside and return to the countryside more confident"...
General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly asked for the revitalization of rural talents on occasions such as the two sessions of the country and the symposium of grassroots representatives.
["Improve the living environment in rural areas, and build beautiful villages that are livable and workable"]
In the mind of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the living environment of the fellow villagers is an important manifestation of the new life.
"We must take the implementation of rural construction actions as our starting point, improve the rural living environment, and build beautiful villages that are livable and suitable for business."
General Secretary Xi Jinping took the pulse of consultations to promote the livability and workability of rural areas during his investigation in Fujian in March this year.
The beautiful rural landscape of Junying Village, Tongan District, Xiamen City (taken on December 7, 2021, UAV photo).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Kehong
"The revitalization of the countryside does not mean that all these villages have to be demolished and built, but that these traditional villages with unique styles must be transformed. To achieve the convenience and modernization of living facilities, to be able to take hot baths, the appearance of the village must be clean and beautiful. ."
In the mind of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the good life of a fellow villager is made up of little things like whether the bath water is hot or not, and the electricity price is not expensive.
["The implementation of the rural revitalization strategy should not only depend on the number of tickets in the farmers' pockets, but also on the spirit of the farmers"]
On December 12, 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Mazhuang Village, Xuzhou, Jiangsu.
The village orchestra of Mazhuang Village is well-known far and wide.
General Secretary Xi Jinping walked into the village cultural auditorium and watched with great interest their allegro rehearsing the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
General Secretary Xi Jinping said that strengthening the construction of spiritual civilization has seen tangible implementation and promotion here.
The implementation of the rural revitalization strategy should not only look at the number of tickets in the peasants' pockets, but also look at the mental outlook of the peasants.
"Poverty alleviation and hating are not the end, but the starting point for a new life and a new struggle."
"Rural revitalization is not about sitting back and enjoying the results, and can't wait or send it. It depends on the struggle of the broad masses of farmers."
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out the direction for the promotion of rural revitalization, and must not have any thoughts of taking a breath or rest, and must continue to struggle from a new starting point.
Lead writers: Hou Xuejing, Wang Yueyang
Coordinator: Zou Wei, Qi Zhongxi, Zhu Dongju, Wang Xuan
Editor: Wu Jingjing, Zhu Gaoxiang
Produced by Xinhua News Agency