The field of hope, the power to forge ahead —— On the overall revitalization of rural areas from the perspective of high-quality development of agriculture and rural areas

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 17thTitle: The field of hope, the power to forge ahead —— On the overall revitalization of rural areas from the perspective of high-quality development of agriculture and rural areas

Xinhua news agency reporter

Spring ploughing and summer ploughing, autumn harvest and winter storage. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, all localities and departments have continuously intensified their work on agriculture, rural areas and farmers this year, effectively overcoming the adverse factors such as severe floods in some places, achieving a bumper harvest of grain and steadily advancing the high-quality development of agriculture and rural areas.

The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly pointed out that "a strong country must first strengthen agriculture, and a strong agriculture can strengthen the country." Looking at the vast land of China, people have made unremitting efforts to speed up the construction of an agricultural power, comprehensively promote rural revitalization, and lay a solid foundation for building a socialist modern power.

Tamp the "ballast stone" of food security

After a winter snow, green wheat poked its head out of the snow in Shanying Village, Macun Town, Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province. Despite the temperature drop, Wanmin, a big grain grower after 00, is not too worried: "Just after watching the seedling situation, deep ploughing before winter has improved the quality of land preparation, plus sowing at the right time, winter irrigation to prevent freezing injury, and strong seedlings have a foundation for overwintering." In recent years, Jiaxiang County has promoted intelligent agricultural machinery, plant protection drones and other equipment, and integrated technologies such as conservation tillage and green prevention and control of pests and diseases, which has provided strong support for grain production.

This year, China implemented a new round of 100 billion Jin of grain production capacity improvement, continued to raise the minimum purchase price of wheat and rice, improved the subsidies for corn and soybean producers, implemented the responsibility of farmland protection and food security in various localities and departments, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs launched a large-scale unit yield improvement campaign for major crops such as grain and oil, and agricultural technicians gave in-depth guidance. Effectively overcome the rare "rotten rain" in Huanghuai and the severe local floods in northeast China, and the annual grain output has been stable at more than 1.3 trillion Jin for nine consecutive years … The grain harvest has laid the foundation for economic and social stability.

All localities have extended the grain industry chain, upgraded the value chain, built a supply chain, and constantly improved the quality, efficiency and competitiveness of agriculture.

In recent years, Yongfeng Rice in Yongfeng Village, Taihe Town, Meishan City, Sichuan Province has been favored by consumers. While making excellent rice brands, the local government has introduced Mi Lu with cream and popcorn with pure edge oil, and featured products have entered more people’s homes.

Green is the background color of agriculture. At the 37th China Plant Protection Information Exchange and Pesticide Machinery Fair held not long ago, nearly 1,000 enterprises participated in the exhibition, displaying and exchanging new technologies and products. The relevant person in charge of the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center said that agricultural development has entered a new stage of comprehensive green transformation, and it is necessary to further enhance the ability of plant protection, disaster prevention and mitigation, and provide strong support for ensuring national food security, agricultural product quality and safety, and ecological environment safety.

The coverage rate of improved varieties of crops is over 96%, the comprehensive mechanization rate of farming and harvesting reaches 73%, and the contribution rate of agricultural scientific and technological progress reaches 62.4% … China’s rice bowl is more secure and better, laying a solid foundation for building an agricultural power.

Take multiple measures to broaden the channels of increasing farmers’ income

In winter, Hu Ruiyun, a poverty-stricken household, is busy pruning fruit trees in the pear garden in Honglongji Village, wei county, Hebei Province. "10 acres of land at home have been transferred, and you can get 800 kilograms of wheat per acre every year, and you can earn more than 100 yuan a day in the pear garden." Hu Ruiyun said happily.

Zeng Yande, chief agronomist of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that by the end of the third quarter of this year, 63.5% of the monitored objects in 22 provinces in the central and western regions had eliminated the risk of returning to poverty, and the rest had implemented assistance measures.

All localities should develop characteristic industries, promote the steady employment of migrant workers, and do everything possible to broaden the channels for farmers to increase their income and get rich. Finger Lemon, Bird’s Nest Fruit and Mume Fruit … The "Window of the World Tropical Fruit" base in dalu town, qionghai city, Hainan, integrates fruit introduction and breeding, demonstration planting and popular science sightseeing. More than 100 people have achieved stable employment and studied technology here.

China’s rural industries to enrich the people have grown stronger. Statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics show that the per capita disposable income of rural residents in the first three quarters of this year was 15,705 yuan, a real increase of 7.3% after deducting the price factor. Comprehensively improve the quality of farmers, do a good job of "local products" according to local conditions, and all kinds of resource elements are constantly activated, driving the broad masses of farmers to live a prosperous life.

Not long ago, experts from the Cotton Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences came to Laoshan Town, Shawan City, Xinjiang to explain cotton cultivation, intelligent water and fertilizer integration and other technologies to help farmers improve their planting level. "In the future, we will send agricultural technicians here and organize on-site observation meetings to accelerate the promotion of modern agricultural technology." Li Yabing, a researcher at the Cotton Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said.

Accelerate the construction of a livable, suitable and beautiful country.

Strolling in wulong village, Liuzhi Special Zone, Guizhou Province, you are greeted with a picture scroll: characteristic houses built on the mountain, daisies swaying in the wind, stone troughs and stone mills bearing homesickness …

"The road is good, the village is clean, and the dry toilet has been changed into a flush toilet, which is convenient and hygienic." Villager Zhu Jingrong said happily. In the past two years, the village infrastructure has been upgraded and transformed, and the health habits of the people have changed greatly.

Wulong village is the epitome of rural construction in China. At present, the penetration rate of rural sanitary toilets in China exceeds 73%, and more than 95% of villages have carried out cleaning operations, and the village appearance has been continuously improved.

The efficiency of rural governance is also steadily improving. Since 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has cooperated with Tencent to launch the "cultivator" revitalization plan, and provided free training for rural governance backbones and leaders of new agricultural management entities. More than one million people learn rural governance systems and measures such as the points system, the list system and the villagers’ saying things in the "Plowers for the Village" applet.

Farming civilization and urban civilization complement each other, and civilized rural style, good family style and simple folk customs are continuously passed down and carried forward.

"Knock, knock, knock …" In Yaoda Village, Chengzhong Town, Ningming County, Chongzuo City, Guangxi Province, the tourists had not yet stepped off the cruise ship when the clanging drums came from a distance. In the village at the foot of Huashan Rock Painting Mountain in Zuojiang, a world cultural heritage, Lv Ximei, a Zhuang villager, is a member of the bronze drum performance team: "The development of tourism in the village can not only increase income, but also pass on the bronze drum culture. I am very happy."

Accelerate the construction of a strong agricultural country, and build a livable and beautiful countryside … The fields of hope are full of hard work and struggle, and the broad masses of peasants and "three rural" workers make unremitting efforts to create a better life with hard work and sweat, and contribute to the construction of a socialist modernization power! (Reporter Yu Wenjing, Yu Qiongyuan, Pan Dexin, Ye Jing, Guo Yifan)