Fight a good battle for comprehensive rural revitalization (Editorial)
If the nation is to be rejuvenated, the countryside must be revitalized. At the beginning of the new year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council publicly issued the "Opinions on Learning and Applying the Experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Improvement" Project to Effectively and Effectively Promote Comprehensive Rural Revitalization." This is the second "No. 1 Document" issued after the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to guide the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers". It is also the 21st "No. 1 Document" issued by the Party Central Committee since the new century. It is of great significance to comprehensively revitalize the countryside, accelerate the construction of an agricultural power, and unswervingly move forward towards the grand goal of building a powerful country and national rejuvenation.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "To promote Chinese-style modernization, we must unremittingly consolidate the agricultural foundation and promote comprehensive rural revitalization." This year's Central Document No. 1 focuses on accelerating agricultural and rural modernization to better promote Chinese-style modernization, and proposes to learn and apply "tens of millions of The development concepts, working methods and promotion mechanisms contained in the "Project" take the promotion of comprehensive rural revitalization as the general starting point for the "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" work in the new era and new journey, and make major arrangements for the "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" work in 2024 and the future period. , is an important guideline for us to fight a good battle for comprehensive revitalization of rural areas and draw a new picture of livable, industrial and beautiful countryside.
"Agriculture, rural areas and farmers" are improving, and the overall situation is proactive. In 2023, in the face of the complex situation of increasing adverse factors in the international political and economic environment and the superposition of domestic cyclical and structural contradictions, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, we have overcome multiple adverse effects such as relatively serious natural disasters and Grain output has reached a record high, farmers' income has grown rapidly, and rural society has been harmonious and stable. The solid advancement of various "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" work has provided strong support for promoting economic recovery, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, and striving to promote high-quality development.
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made overall arrangements for agricultural and rural work when drawing up the grand blueprint for building a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way. We must deeply realize that the most arduous and arduous tasks in building a modern socialist country in an all-round way still lie in rural areas. Comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization has put forward new and higher requirements for the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers". At present, my country's development has entered a period in which strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexist, and uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing. Economic recovery is still at a critical stage. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of New China and is a critical year for achieving the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan. Keeping the basics of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" well and doing a good job in "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" have great responsibilities, arduous tasks and glorious missions.
The "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Improvement" project was personally planned, deployed and promoted by Comrade Xi Jinping, then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee. It started from rural environmental improvement and iteratively upgraded from point to area. After 20 years of continuous efforts, it has created It has created thousands of beautiful villages, benefited millions of farmers, and created successful experiences and practical examples for promoting comprehensive rural revitalization. To do a good job in the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers", we must thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions and important instructions on the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers", adhere to the people-centered development idea, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, anchor The goal of building an agricultural power is guided by learning and applying the experience of the "Ten Million Project", implementing measures according to local conditions and categories, step by step, and achieving long-term results. We must concentrate our efforts on accomplishing a number of practical things that are accessible to the masses and promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. Substantial progress and phased results.
Rural revitalization is a basic project for building an agricultural power. To fight a good battle for comprehensive rural revitalization, we must conscientiously implement the deployment requirements of the Central Committee’s No. 1 Document, with the bottom line of ensuring national food security and ensuring that no large-scale return to poverty occurs, and to improve the level of rural industry development, rural construction, and rural governance. Focus on strengthening the two-wheel drive of science and technology and reform, strengthening measures to increase farmers' income, starting from the practical problems that farmers have strongly expressed, identifying the entry point for rural revitalization, and improving the effectiveness of work. It is necessary to insist on solving the "three rural" issues as the top priority of the whole party's work, adhere to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, adhere to the integrated development of urban and rural areas, consolidate the responsibilities of the five-level secretaries in rural revitalization, and implement the Party Central Committee's decisions with a nail-driving spirit. The decision-making and deployment of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" work have been implemented.
To strengthen a country, we must first strengthen agriculture, and only then can the country be strong. Let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthen the "four consciousnesses", and strengthen the "four consciousnesses". "Confidence", achieve "two safeguards", strengthen confidence, have full energy, and work hard to effectively and effectively promote the overall revitalization of rural areas, promote high-quality and efficient agriculture, make the countryside livable and workable, and make farmers rich and prosperous, and move towards the goal of building a strong agricultural country. Make solid progress.
"People's Daily" (Page 01, February 4, 2024)