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Opinions of the Central Committee of the State Council on Several Policies to Increase Farmers' Income (full text)

Xinhuanet Beijing, February 8 th In 2003, under the guidance of the spirit of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, all regions and departments stepped up efforts to solve the "three rural issues" according to the requirements of the central authorities, resisted the severe impact of the sudden SARS epidemic, overcame the serious impact of frequent natural disasters, and realized the steady adjustment of agricultural structure, the steady development of rural economy, the steady advancement of rural reform, the steady increase of farmers' income and the sustained stability of rural society.

At the same time, we should also be soberly aware that there are still many contradictions and problems in the current agricultural and rural development, and the difficulty of increasing farmers' income is the most prominent. The per capita net income of farmers in China has been growing slowly for many years, and the income growth rate of farmers in major grain producing areas is lower than the national average. The income of many pure farmers continues to wander or even decline, and the income gap between urban and rural residents is still widening. Farmers' income can not be guaranteed for a long time, which not only affects the improvement of farmers' living standards, but also affects food production and agricultural product supply; It not only restricts the development of rural economy, but also restricts the growth of the whole national economy; It is not only the progress of rural society, but also the realization of the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way; It is not only a major economic issue, but also a major political issue. The whole party must proceed from the practice of "Theory of Three Represents", realize, safeguard and develop the fundamental interests of farmers, and further enhance the sense of urgency and initiative to increase farmers' income.

The difficulty of increasing farmers' income at this stage is a realistic reflection of the profound changes in the internal and external environment of agriculture and rural areas, and also a concentrated reflection of various deep-seated contradictions accumulated in the urban-rural dual structure for a long time. Under the background of increasing market constraints of agricultural products and diversification of farmers' income sources, it is necessary to have new ideas and comprehensive policies to promote farmers' income, and make great changes in development strategy, economic system, policy measures and working mechanism.

At present and in the future, the general requirements for doing a good job in increasing farmers' income are: Party committees and governments at all levels should conscientiously implement the spirit of the 16th National Congress and the Third Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee, firmly establish Scientific Outlook on Development, adhere to the policy of "giving more, taking less and letting loose", adjust the agricultural structure and promote farmers' income. Expand farmers' employment, speed up scientific and technological progress, deepen rural reform, increase agricultural investment, strengthen agricultural support and protection, and strive to achieve rapid growth of farmers' income and reverse the situation as soon as possible.

First, concentrate on supporting the development of grain industry in major grain producing areas and promoting the income of grain farmers.

(a) to strengthen the construction of grain production capacity in major producing areas. At present, the problems of low benefit of growing grain and difficulty in increasing farmers' income in the main producing areas are particularly prominent, and effective measures must be taken to solve them as soon as possible. Grasping the problem of increasing farmers' income will grasp the key point of increasing farmers' income; Mobilizing farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain will seize the root of grain production; Protect and improve the grain production capacity of the main producing areas and stabilize the overall grain situation in the country. From 2004, the state will implement the high-quality grain industry project, select some large grain counties and state-owned farms with foundation and potential, and focus on building a number of national high-quality special grain bases. Efforts should be made to support the main producing areas, especially the central grain producing areas, to focus on the construction of basic farmland with stable and high yield. Expand the implementation scale of fertile soil projects and continuously improve the quality of cultivated land. Strengthen the construction of improved seed breeding and pest control projects for bulk grain crops, strengthen the ability of technology integration, and give priority to supporting the promotion of a number of excellent varieties and advanced and applicable technologies that have great influence in the main producing areas. Focus on farmland capital construction, speed up the construction of small and medium-sized water conservancy facilities, expand the effective irrigation area of farmland, and improve the ability of drainage and drought resistance. Improve the level of agricultural mechanization, and give certain subsidies to individual farmers, farm workers, agricultural machinery specialized households and agricultural machinery service organizations directly engaged in agricultural production to purchase and update large-scale agricultural machinery.

(two) to support the transformation and processing of grain in the main producing areas. The main producing areas should promote farmers' income and regional economic development based on grain advantages, and make the grain industry bigger and stronger according to market demand. Make full use of the rich feed resources in the main producing areas, actively develop animal husbandry in agricultural areas, support farmers and enterprises to buy excellent livestock and poultry and select improved varieties through small loans, discount subsidies and insurance services, and promote food value-added through the development of aquaculture. In accordance with the requirements of the national industrial policy, guide the rational distribution of agricultural products processing industry, support the development of agricultural products processing industry with grain as the main raw material in the main producing areas, and focus on the development of intensive processing. The state supports the establishment and transformation of a number of large-scale agricultural products processing, seed marketing and agricultural science and technology enterprises in the main producing areas through measures such as technical transformation loan discount, investment and equity participation, and tax policy.

(3) Increase investment in major grain producing areas. The existing agricultural fixed assets investment, agricultural comprehensive development funds and land reclamation funds should be relatively concentrated and tilted towards the main producing areas. We will continue to increase funds for comprehensive agricultural development, and the new part will be mainly used in major producing areas. In order to effectively support the main grain producing areas to revitalize the economy and increase farmers' income, we should open up new sources of funds. Since 2004, a certain proportion of state-owned land transfer fees have been determined to support agricultural land development, build high-standard basic farmland and improve comprehensive grain production capacity. The main sales areas and the production and marketing balance areas should also strengthen the construction of grain production capacity. Further close the relationship between production and marketing areas. Business entities in grain marketing areas shall enjoy the relevant state support policies for the main producing areas when establishing grain production bases, storage facilities and processing enterprises in the main producing areas. Grain enterprises in producing areas should establish storage, processing and other facilities in marketing areas, explore the grain market, and the marketing government should support them and implement the necessary preferential policies.

Second, continue to promote the adjustment of agricultural structure and tap the potential of increasing income within agriculture.

(4) Comprehensively improve the quality and safety level of agricultural products. In recent years, the adjustment of agricultural structure has made great progress, the direction is correct and the effect is obvious, so it should be unswervingly promoted. On the premise of protecting and improving the comprehensive grain production capacity, we should follow the requirements of high yield, high quality, high efficiency, ecology and safety, take the road of refinement, intensification and industrialization, March into the breadth and depth of agricultural development, and constantly explore the space for increasing agricultural efficiency and income. It is necessary to speed up the implementation of the regional layout planning of advantageous agricultural products, give full play to the comparative advantages of various places, and continue to adjust the regional layout of agriculture. Agricultural products market and processing layout, technology promotion, quality and safety inspection and other service system construction should be focused, which is conducive to promoting the formation of advantageous industrial belts. In 2004, it is necessary to increase the scale of funds and expand the scope of subsidies for improved varieties in advantageous grain producing areas such as wheat and soybeans. Further strengthen the work of agricultural standardization and carry out the construction of agricultural standardization demonstration zones in depth. It is necessary to further improve the inspection, safety monitoring and quality certification system for agricultural products, implement the origin marking system for agricultural products, carry out pilot projects for compulsory product certification of agricultural inputs, and expand the production and supply of high-quality agricultural products such as pollution-free food, green food and organic food. Strengthen the construction of animal epidemic prevention system, implement emergency prevention and control projects for animal diseases in key areas, encourage the establishment of livestock and poultry breeding communities in rural areas, and start the pilot reform of veterinary management system in 2004. Speed up the separation of statutory inspection and commercial inspection, reduce statutory inspection items and give financial subsidies, control commercial inspection fees and strengthen supervision.

(5) Accelerate the development of agricultural industrialization. Finance at all levels should arrange special funds to support the development of agricultural industrialization and substantially increase investment in leading enterprises. Financial discount can be given to the loans for technological transformation of qualified leading enterprises. Financial subsidies can be given to leading enterprises, training and marketing services can be provided to farmers, as well as research and development of new varieties and technologies, base construction and pollution control. Create conditions and improve the value-added tax policy for agricultural products processing. For newly established small and medium-sized agricultural and sideline products processing enterprises, we should strengthen entrepreneurial support and services. No matter what kind of ownership and business form, leading enterprises should give equal support in finance, taxation and finance as long as they can drive farmers, establish a reasonable interest linkage mechanism with farmers and bring benefits to farmers.

(6) Strengthening agricultural scientific research and technology popularization. It is necessary to reform the agricultural science and technology system around strengthening the innovation ability, reserve ability and transformation ability of agricultural science and technology in China, and greatly increase the investment in agricultural scientific research within the budget. We will continue to arrange funds for introducing foreign advanced agricultural scientific and technological achievements. Increase funds for the transformation of agricultural scientific and technological achievements. Support the pilot test and large-scale demonstration and popularization of existing scientific research achievements. Guide and promote enterprises to become the main body of agricultural technological innovation, and allow all kinds of agricultural enterprises and private agricultural scientific and technological organizations to apply for using state funds for agricultural scientific and technological research and development, introduction and popularization. Deepen the reform of agricultural science and technology extension system, and accelerate the formation of an agricultural technology extension system with common development and complementary advantages of national extension agencies and other ownership extension organizations. Actively play the role of agricultural science and technology demonstration fields, science and technology parks, leading enterprises and farmers' professional cooperative organizations in agricultural science and technology popularization. Establish a cross-regional and specialized new agricultural science and technology extension service organization that is suitable for the agricultural industrial belt. Support agricultural colleges and universities to participate in the research and popularization of agricultural technology.

Third, develop the secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas and broaden the channels for farmers to increase their income.

(seven) to promote the reform and adjustment of township enterprises. Developing township enterprises is an important way to make full use of rural resources and production factors, develop rural economy in an all-round way and expand rural employment space. It is necessary to adapt to the changes in market demand, the upgrading of industrial structure and the transformation of growth mode, adjust the development strategy and mode of township enterprises, speed up technological progress, speed up institutional mechanism innovation, and focus on developing agricultural product processing industry, service industry and labor-intensive enterprises. Increase support for technological transformation of township enterprises above designated size, and promote product upgrading and industrial optimization and upgrading. Guide rural collective enterprises to transform into joint-stock and mixed-ownership joint-stock cooperative enterprises, and encourage qualified township enterprises to establish a modern enterprise system. Rural small and medium-sized enterprises play an obvious role in increasing farmers' employment. They should be allowed to exist and develop as long as they meet the safety production standards and environmental protection requirements and are conducive to the rational utilization of resources. Relevant departments should strengthen investigation and study according to the new situation of the development of township enterprises and formulate guiding opinions to promote the reform and development of township enterprises as soon as possible.

(eight) vigorously develop the rural individual private non-public economy. Industries and fields such as infrastructure and public utilities that are not prohibited by laws and regulations can be entered by rural individual industrial and commercial households and private enterprises. We should give support to rural individual industrial and commercial households and private enterprises in taxation, investment and financing, resource utilization and talent policy. Unless otherwise stipulated by the state, legal mobile small business hawkers in rural areas are exempted from industrial and commercial registration and related taxes and fees.

(9) Prospering the economy of small towns. The construction of small towns should be combined with the expansion of county economy, the development of township enterprises, the promotion of agricultural industrialization and the relocation of immigrants, so as to guide more farmers into small towns, gradually form a benign interactive mechanism of industrial development, population gathering and market expansion, and enhance the ability of small towns to absorb rural population and promote rural development. State investment in fixed assets should continue to support the construction of small towns and guide financial institutions to support the development of small towns in accordance with the laws of market economy. The construction of fishing ports, forest areas and reclamation areas in key fishing areas should be combined with the development of small towns. Where conditions permit, we should speed up village construction and environmental improvement.

The fourth is to improve the employment environment of farmers in cities and increase the income of migrant workers.

(ten) to protect the legitimate rights and interests of migrant farmers. We will further clean up and abolish discriminatory provisions and unreasonable charges for farmers' employment in cities, simplify various procedures for farmers' cross-regional employment and migrant workers, and prevent unreasonable charges from charging farmers and employers who are employed in cities. Migrant workers who work in cities have become an important part of industrial workers, creating wealth and providing taxes for cities. The city government should effectively include the services and management funds for migrant workers' vocational training, children's education, labor security, etc. into the normal budget, and improve the policies that have been implemented, and accelerate the implementation of those that have not been implemented. The state has a clear policy on timely paying the wages of migrant farmers, improving working conditions and solving the problem of their children's enrollment. All regions and relevant departments should take more effective measures, clarify the lead department, implement management responsibilities, and strengthen supervision and inspection. Improve relevant laws and regulations to protect the rights and interests of farmers who are employed in cities according to law. We will promote the reform of the household registration system in large and medium-sized cities and relax the conditions for farmers to settle in cities for employment.

(eleven) to strengthen the rural labor occupation skill training. This is an important basic work to improve farmers' employability and enhance China's industrial competitiveness. All regions and relevant departments should pay close attention to it as a major event. According to the needs of the market and enterprises, according to the requirements of different industries and different types of jobs for employees' basic skills, arrange training content and implement targeted training to improve the pertinence and applicability of training. To mobilize the enthusiasm of all sectors of society to participate in farmers' vocational skills training, and encourage all kinds of education and training institutions and employers to carry out farmers' vocational skills training. Finance at all levels should arrange special funds for farmers' vocational skills training. In order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the use of training funds, farmers choose their own training institutions, training content and training time, and the government gives certain subsidies and funding to the farmers who receive training. It is necessary to prevent and correct all kinds of wrong practices that force farmers to participate in paid training and professional qualification appraisal.

Five, play the role of market mechanism, invigorate the circulation of agricultural products.

(twelve) to cultivate the main body of agricultural products marketing. Encourage the development of various agricultural products professional cooperative organizations, large buyers and sellers and farmers' brokers. Actively promote the legislation of farmers' professional cooperative organizations. From 2004, the central and local governments should arrange special funds to support farmers' professional cooperative organizations to carry out information, technology, training, quality standards and certification, marketing and other services. Relevant financial institutions support farmers' professional cooperative organizations to build standardized production bases, set up storage facilities and processing enterprises, and purchase agricultural products transportation and marketing equipment, and the finance can give appropriate interest subsidies. Deepen the reform of supply and marketing cooperatives and give play to their role in driving farmers into the market. Accelerate the development of agricultural chain stores, supermarkets and distribution operations, encourage qualified places to transform urban farmers' markets into supermarkets, support leading agricultural enterprises to open agricultural supermarkets in cities, and gradually extend the network to urban communities. Further strengthen the construction of wholesale markets in producing areas and sales areas, and create conditions to develop modern logistics industry. To strengthen the management of agricultural resources market, the relevant departments should ensure adequate supply and basically stable prices, and severely crack down on manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy agricultural resources and other practices that harm the Agricultural Bank of China. Support the transportation and marketing of fresh agricultural products, establish efficient green channels throughout the country, and all localities should proceed from reality to further improve the circulation environment of agricultural products.

(thirteen) to expand the export of advantageous agricultural products. We should further improve the policies and measures to promote the export of superior agricultural products in China. The foreign trade development fund should be inclined to promote the export of agricultural products, mainly used to support enterprises to develop new products and technologies, explore the international market, participate in international certification, and support export production bases. Encourage and guide agricultural products export processing enterprises to enter the export processing trade zone. We will promptly start the construction of horticultural products without epidemic areas. Improve the policy credit insurance system for agricultural products export. Relevant departments should closely track, monitor and timely report the trends of domestic and international market supply and demand, policies and regulations, epidemic situation, inspection and quarantine standards, and provide information services for agricultural products export enterprises. Strengthen foreign negotiations and sign bilateral inspection and quarantine and preferential trade agreements with key market countries and regions to create a good environment for China's agricultural products export. To adapt to the new situation of international trade in agricultural products, we should speed up the establishment and improvement of industries and commodity associations that focus on exporting agricultural products such as poultry, vegetables and fruits.

Six, strengthen the construction of rural infrastructure, and create conditions for farmers to increase their income.

(14) Continue to increase financial investment in agriculture and rural development. To strengthen the construction of agricultural infrastructure and solve the problems of agriculture, countryside and farmers, we must further adjust the national income distribution structure and financial expenditure structure. Governments at all levels should arrange and implement agricultural and rural budget expenditures in accordance with the law, strictly implement the budget, and establish and improve the mechanism for the steady growth of financial funds for supporting agriculture. According to the requirements of unified planning, clear division of labor and overall arrangement, we should integrate existing agricultural investment, concentrate financial resources, highlight key points and improve the efficiency of fund use. Actively use various economic levers such as taxes, interest subsidies and subsidies to encourage and guide all kinds of social capital to invest in agriculture and rural areas. All regions and relevant departments should focus on the development of rural social undertakings, implement the policy that new funds for education, health and culture are mainly used in rural areas, and conduct special inspections on the implementation every year in the future.

(fifteen) to further strengthen the construction of agriculture and rural infrastructure. The proportion of national fixed assets investment in agriculture and rural areas has remained stable and gradually increased. Appropriately adjust the investment structure of agriculture and rural areas, and increase investment in supporting the adjustment of agricultural structure and the construction of small and medium-sized rural infrastructure. "Six small projects" such as water-saving irrigation, drinking water for people and livestock, rural roads, rural biogas, rural hydropower and grassland fences are playing an active role in improving farmers' production and living conditions, driving farmers' employment and increasing farmers' income. It is necessary to further increase the scale of investment, enrich the construction content and expand the scope of construction. All localities should proceed from reality and carry out the construction of various small facilities such as rainwater collection and storage, river regulation, water conservancy in pastoral areas, small watershed regulation, water improvement and toilet improvement, and straw gasification according to local conditions. Innovate and improve the management system and operation mechanism of rural infrastructure construction. Continue to do a good job in ecological construction, make overall arrangements for natural forest protection, returning farmland to forests and grasslands, wetland protection and other ecological projects, adjust measures to local conditions, consolidate achievements, and pay attention to actual results.

Seven, deepen rural reform, to provide institutional guarantee for farmers to increase their income and reduce their burdens.

(sixteen) to speed up the reform of land acquisition system. Governments at all levels should conscientiously implement the strictest farmland protection system in accordance with the principle of safeguarding farmers' rights and controlling the scale of land acquisition, strictly abide by the examination and approval authority and procedures for non-agricultural construction land, and strictly implement the overall land use planning. It is necessary to strictly distinguish between public welfare land and business land, and clearly define the government's land acquisition rights and scope. Improve the procedures and compensation mechanism for land acquisition, raise the compensation standard, improve the distribution method, properly resettle landless farmers and provide them with social security. Actively explore ways and means of collective non-agricultural construction land entering the market.

(seventeen) deepen the reform of the grain circulation system. Starting from 2004, the state will fully liberalize the grain purchase and sale market and implement multi-channel operation. Relevant departments should promptly clean up and revise policies and regulations that are not conducive to the free circulation of grain. Accelerate the reform of state-owned grain buying and selling enterprises, change the operating mechanism of enterprises, improve the spot and futures markets of grain, prohibit regional blockades, do a good job in cooperation between production and marketing areas, optimize the layout of reserves, and strengthen the management and macro-control of grain markets. At present, the main grain producing areas should pay attention to the role of state-owned and state-controlled grain buying and selling enterprises as the main channel. In order to protect the interests of grain farmers, it is necessary to establish a direct subsidy system for farmers. In 2004, the state allocated some funds from the grain risk fund for direct subsidies to grain farmers in the main producing areas. Other regions should also provide direct subsidies to grain farmers in major grain-producing counties (cities) in this province (autonomous regions and municipalities). Based on the principle of mobilizing farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain, we will formulate implementation measures that are easy to operate and supervise to ensure that subsidy funds are truly implemented in farmers' hands.

(eighteen) continue to promote rural tax reform. It is necessary to consolidate and develop the achievements of tax and fee reform, further reduce the burden of farmers' taxes and fees, and create conditions for the ultimate realization of the unification of urban and rural tax systems. Gradually reduce the agricultural tax rate. In 2004, the agricultural tax rate was generally reduced by 1 percentage point, and the agricultural specialty tax except tobacco was abolished. In principle, the local fiscal revenue reduced after tax reduction is absorbed by the developed coastal areas themselves, and the main grain producing areas and the central and western regions are solved by the central government through transfer payments. Where conditions permit, the agricultural tax rate can be further reduced or exempted. All localities should reduce taxes to households in strict accordance with the tax reduction ratio, so that farmers can really get benefits; Ensure that all levels of transfer payment funds are earmarked and disbursed in full and on time. The tax area reduced by legally occupying cultivated land shall be verified according to the facts. It is necessary to speed up supporting reforms, continue to strengthen the supervision and management of farmers' burdens, prevent farmers' burdens from rebounding, and consolidate the achievements of rural tax and fee reform. Further streamline township institutions and financial support personnel, actively and steadily adjust the township organizational system, merge villages where conditions permit, and advocate cross-employment of cadres. Optimize the layout of rural schools and teachers. Further clean up and standardize agricultural administrative fees. Consolidate the achievements of managing and making good use of the right to publish newspapers and periodicals. Actively explore effective ways to resolve rural debts. Formulate measures for the administration of agricultural tax collection as soon as possible.

(nineteen) reform and innovation of rural financial system. We should proceed from rural reality and farmers' needs, and accelerate the reform and innovation of rural financial system in accordance with the requirements of increasing loans to farmers and enterprises and improving rural financial services. Establish a mechanism for financial institutions to serve rural communities, and clarify the obligations of financial institutions in the county to serve agriculture, rural areas and farmers. Expand the floating range of rural loan interest rates. Further improve the postal savings related policies, intensify the reform of rural credit cooperatives, and ease the outflow of rural funds. Commercial banks such as Agricultural Bank should innovate financial products and services and broaden the channels for supporting agriculture with credit funds. Policy banks such as Agricultural Development Bank should adjust their functions, rationally divide their work, and expand their services to agriculture and rural areas. It is necessary to sum up the experience of the pilot reform of rural credit cooperatives, create conditions and gradually promote it throughout the country. Continue to expand micro-credit loans for farmers and joint guarantee loans for farmers. Encourage qualified places, under the premise of strict supervision and effective prevention of financial risks, to actively set up financial organizations with various forms of ownership that directly serve agriculture, rural areas and farmers by attracting social capital and foreign capital. According to the actual situation of farmers and rural small and medium-sized enterprises, relevant departments should study and put forward various guarantee methods, and explore the implementation of chattel mortgage, warehouse receipt pledge, right pledge and other guarantee forms. Encourage all kinds of credit guarantee institutions funded by the government to actively expand the guarantee business in line with rural characteristics, set up agricultural guarantee institutions where conditions permit, and encourage existing commercial guarantee institutions to carry out rural guarantee business. Accelerate the establishment of a policy-based agricultural insurance system, select some products and some regions to take the lead in piloting, and give certain premium subsidies to farmers who participate in aquaculture insurance where conditions permit.

Eight, continue to do a good job in poverty alleviation and development, and solve the production and living difficulties of the rural poor and the affected people.

(20) Improve the poverty alleviation and development mechanism. Party committees and governments at all levels should further intensify poverty alleviation and development, strengthen the responsibility system for poverty alleviation, and improve the effectiveness of poverty alleviation. In 2004, the state continued to increase investment in poverty alleviation funds. On the basis of conscientiously summing up experience and finding out the base, we should further take more targeted poverty alleviation measures for the poor people who have not solved the problem of food and clothing, and earnestly help the poor from village to household. Social relief should be given to poor people who have lost their ability to work, and the standard of relief should be raised appropriately. For the poor people in areas lacking basic living conditions, we will actively and steadily implement ecological migration and ex situ poverty alleviation and relocation. For low-income poor people, efforts should be made to help improve production and living conditions, develop characteristic industries, open up channels for increasing income, and reduce and prevent poverty. Improve the investment mechanism for poverty alleviation, strengthen fund management, improve the efficiency of use, implement the system of publicity, announcement and reimbursement in the use of all poverty alleviation funds, and strictly supervise and audit to ensure that funds are in place on time and in full, which really benefits poor households.

(twenty-one) seriously arrange the production and life of the disaster areas and farmers in difficulty. In 2003, many places suffered from serious natural disasters, and some farmers encountered serious difficulties in production and life. Party committees and governments at all levels should earnestly shoulder their responsibilities, organize cadres to go deep into disaster-stricken areas and poverty-stricken areas, conduct in-depth investigation and verification of the disaster situation, timely distribute relief funds and materials to households, reduce or exempt relevant taxes and fees according to regulations, and organize and guide people in disaster-stricken areas to carry out self-help in production. Where conditions permit, we should explore the establishment of a minimum living security system for farmers. Implement the policy of agricultural reclamation enterprises participating in the basic endowment insurance for enterprise employees.

Nine, strengthen the party's leadership in promoting the work of increasing farmers' income, and ensure that all income-increasing policies are implemented.

(twenty-two) to solve the problems of agriculture, rural areas and farmers as the top priority of the work of the whole party. All party comrades, especially leading cadres at all levels, should always attach importance to the basic position of agriculture, strictly protect cultivated land, protect and improve the comprehensive grain production capacity, safeguard the interests of major grain producing areas and grain farmers, and increase the income of farmers, especially grain farmers. Leaders in charge of agriculture, rural areas and farmers should not only directly grasp the problems, but also the top leaders of the party and government themselves. Leaders at the prefecture and county levels should focus on agriculture and rural work. It is necessary to establish Scientific Outlook on Development and a correct outlook on political achievements, and put increasing farmers' income in a more prominent position as a major event related to the overall situation. It is necessary to effectively change the work style, go deep into the grassroots and the masses, implement various measures to increase income, give advice, find ways, do practical things, and provide more services for farmers, and try to avoid pomp and superficiality, and take increasing farmers' income as an important criterion to measure the effectiveness of work. It is necessary to strengthen the training of rural grassroots cadres, enhance their sense of purpose, legal concept and policy concept, enhance their feelings with the farmers, and improve their consciousness and ability to lead farmers to increase their income and become rich. All walks of life should establish the concept of overall situation, contribute to increasing farmers' income, and form a good atmosphere conducive to increasing farmers' income in the whole society. It is necessary to arouse the enthusiasm of the broad masses of peasants for hard work, carry forward the spirit of self-improvement and embark on the road of hard work and wealth. At the same time, in accordance with the deployment and requirements of the central authorities, we should strengthen the construction of rural grassroots organizations, spiritual civilization, democracy and legal system, do a good job in other rural work, and provide strong organizational guarantee, intellectual support and stable social environment for farmers to increase their income.

It is of great significance and a long way to go to do a good job in agriculture and rural areas in the new stage and strive to increase farmers' income. We should closely unite around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as the general secretary, hold high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory, earnestly practice Theory of Three Represents, strengthen our confidence, work hard and make new contributions to building a well-off society in an all-round way. (End)