The provincial party committee and the provincial government held a conference on rural work Sunday to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the series of important speeches made by General Secretary Xi Jinping on the work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, the spirit of the Central Rural Work Conference, and make a comprehensive deployment of the province’s strategy for rural development.
Lou Qinjian, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, spoke at the meeting to profoundly expound the significance, goal orientation and methodological path of implementing the rural revitalization strategy, and make arrangements for promoting the province's rural revitalization to take the lead in the country and creating a new situation for agricultural and rural development.
Wu Zhenglong, deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor, presided over the meeting and made specific arrangements for related work.
The meeting pointed out that the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee, according to a statement released after the meeting.
The province must thoroughly implement the spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress and act in accordance with Xi Jinping Thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era by following the spirit of the series of speeches made by Xi Jinping on agriculture, rural areas and farmers and the General Secretary’s speech on the work of Jiangsu for the promotion of rural revitalization in the province, the statement said.
We must gain a deep insight into the achievements and experience of the work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, grasp the historical position of the work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, fully understand the stage and level of agricultural and rural development in the province, and create a new situation in the development of agriculture and rural areas with innovative ideas and practical measures, according to the statement.
The implementation of the rural revitalization strategy must follow the general requirements of “prosperous industries, ecological livability, civilized rural culture, effective governance and affluent life” by focusing on the guidelines of the seven paths and five rejuvenations put forth by the General Secretary, the statement said.
The promotion of rural revitalization should be carried out by adhering to the emancipation of the mind, insisting on systematic thinking, persisting in problem orientation, focusing on promoting high-quality development in agriculture and rural areas, striving to take the lead in realizing the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, turning agriculture into a leading industry, making farmers an attractive occupation, and making rural areas a beautiful homeland for farmers to live a prosperous and contented life, according to the statement.
It is necessary to accelerate the process of rural modernization by sticking to the path of new-type urbanization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics to explore the rational flow mechanism of urban and rural factors, speed up the realization of equal exchanges between urban and rural factors, and promote the formation of a new type of relationship between workers and peasants, urban and rural areas, and the mutual prosperity of urban and rural areas, the statement said.
The meeting stressed that the province's agriculture must take high-quality development as its main orientation, highlight the main line of structural reform on the supply side of agriculture, accelerate the establishment of a three-tier system of modern agriculture, industry, production, and operations so as to comprehensively improve comprehensive benefits and competitiveness.
It is necessary to deepen the reform of the rural agricultural system and mechanism to ensure that the province take the lead in realizing the goal of agricultural modernization in the country, the statement said, adding that greater efforts need to be made to promote agricultural science and technology innovation and establish a new professional farmer team that can meet the needs of agricultural modernization.
It is requested that efforts be made to promote the building of modern agriculture to a new level, nurture and develop advantageous and characteristic industries, enhance the agricultural sector with brand name products, accelerate the development of new-type agricultural management entities through integrated development, the statement said.
Efforts will be made to build beautiful and livable villages by focusing on raising rural people's livelihood security levels, major reforms in the agricultural and rural areas, and strengthening the protection of rural revitalization policies, according to the statement.
It is stressed that to strengthen the party's leadership over the work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, party committees at all levels must uphold the importance of the work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers and improve their ability to guide the direction, plan for the overall situation, draft policies and promote reform, according to the statement.
Greater efforts need to be made to improve the leadership mechanism, implement the provincial responsibility system, the implementation of the work mechanism and assessment mechanism at the county or county city level, promote the emancipation of the mind, deepen rural reform, strengthen investment protection, promote good governance in the countryside, and follow the requirements of the Central Government on targeted poverty alleviation so as to lay a solid foundation for the province to make breakthroughs in the targeted poverty alleviation campaign.
The meeting called for the whole province to unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, unify ideas, strengthen confidence, develop and innovate and work hard to create a new situation for Jiangsu's rural revitalization in order to promote the construction of New Jiangsu and make positive contributions to the country’s rural revitalization.
(Source:Jiangsu International Channel)
