On the Promotion of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council
Some opinions on the construction of a new socialist countryside
（December 31, 2005）
The "Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the Eleventh Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" passed by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clarified the future5
In recent years, the Party Central Committee and the State Council have guided the overall economic and social development with the Scientific Outlook on Development, and in accordance with the requirements of coordinating urban and rural development, they have adopted a series of major policies to support and benefit agriculture. All regions and departments have conscientiously implemented the central government's deployment and effectively strengthened the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers". Positive changes have occurred in agricultural and rural development, and new development opportunities have ushered in. Grain production has increased significantly for two consecutive years, agricultural structural adjustment has been advanced in depth, farmers' income has increased rapidly, rural tax and fee reform has achieved significant results, social undertakings have further developed, rural grassroots organization construction has been strengthened, and relations between cadres and the masses have been significantly improved. The good situation of agricultural and rural development has played an important supporting role in maintaining steady and rapid growth of the national economy and social stability. However, it must be noted that the current agricultural and rural development is still in a difficult climbing stage. The contradictions of fragile agricultural infrastructure, lagging development of rural social undertakings, and widening income gap between urban and rural residents are still prominent. Solving the "three rural" issues is still a major and arduous historical task in the process of industrialization and urbanization. Party committees and governments at all levels must follow the strategic deployment of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee, always give top priority to the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers", effectively implement various tasks in building a new socialist countryside, and accelerate the pace of comprehensive moderate prosperity and modernization in rural areas.
1. Coordinate urban and rural economic and social development and solidly promote the construction of a new socialist countryside
（1) Building a new socialist countryside is a major historical task in my country’s modernization process. To comprehensively build a moderately prosperous society, the most arduous and arduous task lies in rural areas. To accelerate modernization, we must properly handle the relationship between workers, farmers, urban and rural areas. To build a harmonious socialist society, we must promote all-round economic and social progress in rural areas. The large rural population is my country's national condition. Only by developing the rural economy well, building farmers' homes, and allowing farmers to live a comfortable life can we ensure that all people share the fruits of economic and social development, continue to expand domestic demand, and promote the sustainable development of the national economy. At present, our country has generally entered a stage of development in which industry is used to promote agriculture and cities are used to promote rural areas, and it has initially developed the ability and conditions to increase efforts to support "agriculture, rural areas and farmers". During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, we must seize the opportunity, accelerate the change of the situation of lagging rural economic and social development, and solidly and steadily promote the construction of a new socialist countryside.
（2) Do a good job in agriculture and rural work around the construction of a new socialist countryside. The "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for laying a solid foundation for the construction of a new socialist countryside, a critical period for taking major steps to promote the construction of modern agriculture, a critical period for making breakthroughs in building a new type of industrial-agricultural-urban-rural relations, and a critical period for accelerating the comprehensive construction of a moderately prosperous society in rural areas. During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, we must hold high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents", comprehensively implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, coordinate urban and rural economic and social development, implement the policy of industry nurturing agriculture, cities supporting the countryside, and "giving more, taking less and letting loose". In accordance with the requirements of "production development, affluent life, civilized rural customs, neat villages, and democratic management", we should coordinately promote rural economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction, and party building. At present, it is necessary to improve and strengthen agricultural support policies, build modern agriculture, stably develop food production, actively adjust the agricultural structure, strengthen infrastructure construction, strengthen rural democratic political construction and spiritual civilization construction, accelerate the development of social undertakings, promote comprehensive rural reform, promote farmers' continuous increase in income, and ensure a good start in the construction of a new socialist countryside.
（3) Solidly and steadily promote the construction of a new socialist countryside. Promoting the construction of a new countryside is a long-term and arduous historical task. We must adhere to the development of the rural economy as the center, further liberate and develop rural productivity, promote the stable development of food, and continue to increase farmers' income; we must adhere to the basic rural management system, respect the dominant position of farmers, and constantly innovate rural systems and mechanisms; we must adhere to the people-oriented approach and focus on solving problems for farmers. The most urgent practical problems in production and life can effectively benefit farmers; we must adhere to scientific planning, implement measures to local conditions, classified guidance, and gradually advance in a planned, step-by-step and focused manner; we must persist in giving full play to the enthusiasm of all parties and rely on the hard work of farmers, state support and the extensive participation of social forces to make the construction of a new countryside a joint action of the whole party and the whole society. In promoting the construction of new rural areas, we must pay attention to actual results and not engage in formalism; we must act according to our capabilities and do not blindly compare; we must discuss democratically and do not force orders; we must highlight characteristics and do not insist on uniformity; we must provide guidance and support and do not impose substitutions.
（4) Accelerate the establishment of a long-term mechanism to promote agriculture through industry and promote urban development into rural areas. In compliance with the staged changes in economic and social development and the requirements of building a new socialist countryside, we adhere to the policy of "giving more, taking less, and letting go", focusing on "giving more". To adjust the distribution pattern of national income, national fiscal expenditures, fixed asset investment within the budget, and credit extension must be based on the principle of moderate adjustment of stocks and priority for increments, and continuously increase investment in agriculture and rural areas. We will expand the coverage of public finance in rural areas and establish a sound mechanism for the steady growth of fiscal funds to support agriculture.200614600_15021
2. Promote the construction of modern agriculture and strengthen industrial support for the construction of a new socialist countryside
（5) Vigorously improve agricultural science and technology innovation and transformation capabilities. Deepen the reform of the agricultural scientific research system, accelerate the construction of national innovation bases and regional agricultural scientific research centers, and implement new operating mechanisms in terms of institutional setup, personnel recruitment, investment and construction. Enterprises are encouraged to establish agricultural science and technology research and development centers, and the state provides support in terms of finance, taxation, finance and technological transformation. Improve the investment environment for agricultural technology innovation and develop agricultural technology innovation venture capital. Strengthen agricultural high-tech research, continue to implement modern agricultural high-tech industrialization projects, and obtain a number of major agricultural scientific and technological achievements with independent intellectual property rights as soon as possible. In response to the urgent needs of agricultural production, accelerate the research and development and promotion of improved crop and livestock breeding, animal and plant disease prevention and control, resource conservation and pollution prevention and control technologies. Prioritize agricultural scientific research investment in public financial support and increase the proportion of agricultural science and technology in national science and technology investment. Continue to arrange funds for the transformation of agricultural scientific and technological achievements and funds for the introduction of foreign advanced agricultural technologies. Strengthen the protection of germplasm resources and intellectual property rights. It is necessary to speed up the reform and construction of the agricultural technology extension system, actively explore ways to implement classified management of public welfare functions and commercial services, and improve the social service mechanism of agricultural technology extension. We will further implement the project of bringing agricultural science and technology to households and expand the scale of special subsidies for major agricultural technology promotion projects. Encourage various agricultural science and education institutions and social forces to participate in diversified agricultural technology extension services. Strengthen meteorological services for agriculture to ensure agricultural production and the safety of farmers' lives and property. Vigorously promote agricultural mechanization and improve the level of mechanized operations in important farming seasons, key crops, key production links and major grain-producing areas.
（6) Strengthen the construction of modern rural circulation system. Actively promote the upgrading and transformation of agricultural product wholesale markets, and promote the quality grading and packaging standardization of agricultural products entering the market. Encourage commercial enterprises, postal systems and other types of investment entities to develop modern circulation industries in rural areas through new establishments, mergers, alliances, franchises, etc. Actively develop chain operations of agricultural products, agricultural production materials and consumer goods, establish a new marketing system with centralized procurement and unified distribution as the core, and improve the rural market environment. Continue to implement the "Thousands of Villages and Thousands of Townships Market Project" and build chain "farm stores". Cultivate and develop a team of rural brokers. Accelerate agricultural standardization work, improve the inspection and testing system, strengthen agricultural production materials and feed quality management, and further improve the quality and safety of agricultural products. Supply and marketing cooperatives should innovate service methods, carry out extensive joint and cooperative operations, accelerate the construction of modern operating networks, and provide services for the circulation of agricultural products and the supply of farmers' production and living materials.2006We will improve the national "green channel" network of fresh agricultural products and achieve inter-provincial interconnection.
（7) Stable development of grain production. Ensuring national food security is an important foundation for maintaining steady and rapid growth of the national economy and social stability. We must adhere to the policy of achieving basic self-sufficiency in food based on domestic needs, steadily develop food production, continue to increase income from growing grain, continuously improve production capacity, make appropriate use of the international market, and actively maintain a balance between supply and demand. We must resolutely implement the strictest farmland protection system, effectively protect basic farmland, and protect farmers’ land contract management rights. Continue to implement high-quality grain industry projects and grain-high-yield science and technology projects, accelerate the construction of large-scale commercial grain production bases and grain industry belts, stabilize grain sowing area, and continuously improve grain yield, quality and production efficiency. Adhere to and improve the minimum purchase price policy for key grain varieties, maintain a reasonable grain price level, strengthen price control of agricultural production materials, and protect the interests of grain farmers. Continue to implement the incentive policy for major grain-producing counties and increase the central government's incentive funds for major grain-producing counties.
（8) Actively promote agricultural structural adjustment. Adjust and optimize the agricultural structure in accordance with the requirements of high yield, high quality, efficiency, ecology and safety. Accelerate the construction of advantageous agricultural product industry belts, actively develop specialty agriculture, green food and ecological agriculture, protect well-known brands of agricultural products, and cultivate and expand leading industries. Continue to implement the seed project. Vigorously develop the animal husbandry industry, expand the scale of subsidies for improved livestock and poultry breeds, promote healthy breeding methods, and arrange special investment to support the pilot construction of standardized livestock and poultry breeding communities. It is necessary to strengthen the infrastructure construction for the prevention and control of animal diseases, especially avian influenza and other major diseases, improve the emergency response mechanism for emergencies, accelerate the reform of the veterinary management system, and stabilize the grassroots veterinary team. Actively develop the aquaculture industry, expand the breeding of high-quality aquatic products, develop offshore fisheries, protect fishery resources, and continue to do a good job in changing fishermen's industries. Improve the international competitiveness of agricultural products, expand the export of superior agricultural products such as horticulture, livestock, and aquatic products, strengthen foreign w88 consultations on agricultural products, and improve the ability of my country's agriculture to cope with international w88 disputes.
（9) Develop agricultural industrialization management. Efforts should be made to cultivate a group of leading enterprises and enterprise cluster demonstration bases with strong competitiveness and driving force, and promote the organizational form that organically combines leading enterprises, cooperative organizations and farmers, so that farmers can get more benefits from industrialized operations. Finance at all levels should increase funds to support the development of agricultural industrialization, support the development of leading enterprises, and help farmers participate in agricultural insurance through leading enterprises. Develop bulk agricultural product futures markets and "order agriculture." Through innovative credit guarantee means and guarantee methods, we can effectively solve the problem of insufficient funds for the purchase of agricultural products by leading enterprises. Carry out pilot reform of value-added tax for intensive processing of agricultural products. Actively guide and support farmers to develop various professional cooperative economic organizations, speed up the legislative process, increase support, and establish credit, taxation, registration and other systems that are conducive to the development of farmers' cooperative economic organizations.
（10) Accelerate the development of circular agriculture. We must vigorously develop agricultural technologies that save resources and protect the environment, and focus on promoting comprehensive waste utilization technologies, related industry link technologies, and renewable energy development and utilization technologies. Formulate corresponding fiscal and tax incentive policies, organize the implementation of biomass projects, promote technologies such as straw gasification, solidification molding, power generation, and livestock raising, develop biomass energy and bio-based materials, and cultivate the biomass industry. Actively develop conservation-oriented agriculture that saves land, water, fertilizer, pesticides and seeds, encourage the production and use of electricity-saving and fuel-saving agricultural machinery and agricultural product processing equipment, and strive to improve the utilization efficiency of agricultural inputs. Increase efforts to prevent and control agricultural non-point source pollution.
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