Original text of Document No. 1 of 2009

Several Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Promoting Stable Development of Agriculture and Sustained Increase in Farmers’ Income in 2009

The Third Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China adopted the overall layout of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the Starting from the overall situation of the strategy of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, we have drawn a grand blueprint for building a comprehensive moderately prosperous society in our country's rural areas and formulated an action program to promote rural reform and development under the new situation. All regions and departments must conscientiously study and deeply understand the spirit of the plenary session, unswervingly promote the construction of a new socialist countryside, unswervingly follow the path of agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics, unswervingly accelerate the formation of a new pattern of integrated urban and rural economic and social development, and effectively implement the " The major policies and principles proposed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Promoting Rural Reform and Development have been implemented.

In 2008, all regions and departments conscientiously implemented the decisions and arrangements of the central government, overcame major natural disasters, overcome various difficulties and risks, and continued to maintain good development in agriculture and rural areas. Agricultural production has achieved another bumper harvest, the total grain output has reached a new high, farmers' income has grown rapidly, rural public services have accelerated, and the relationship between the rural party and the masses continues to improve. The good situation in agriculture and rural areas has laid a solid foundation for the party and the country to successfully handle major events and properly deal with difficult situations, and has made significant contributions to maintaining stable and rapid economic development and maintaining social harmony and stability.

At present, the international financial crisis continues to spread and world economic growth has slowed down significantly. The negative impact on our country's economy is increasingly deepening, and the impact on agricultural and rural development continues to appear. 2009 may be the most difficult year for my country's economic development since the new century, and it is also an extremely arduous year to consolidate and develop a good situation in agriculture and rural areas. On the high base of five consecutive years of agricultural production growth, the task of maintaining stable food development is even more arduous; with the general downward trend in domestic and foreign resource product prices, the difficulty of maintaining a reasonable level of agricultural product prices has become more prominent; as the whole society pays close attention to food quality In a safe atmosphere, the requirements to further improve the quality of agricultural products and avoid business risks are more urgent; under the current severe employment situation of migrant workers, the constraints of maintaining rapid growth of farmers' income are more prominent. We must effectively enhance crisis awareness, fully estimate difficulties, seize opportunities, and take decisive measures to resolutely prevent the decline of food production, resolutely prevent farmers' income from wandering, ensure stable agricultural development, and ensure rural social stability.

It is of special significance to do a good job in agricultural and rural work in 2009. To expand domestic demand, the greatest potential lies in rural areas; to achieve stable and rapid economic development, the basic support lies in agriculture; to ensure and improve people's livelihood, the key and difficult problem lies in farmers. The overall requirements for agricultural and rural work in 2009 are: fully implement the spirit of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Third Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Economic Work Conference, hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and use Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents" As a guide, we must thoroughly implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, take maintaining stable and rapid development of the agricultural and rural economy as the primary task, focus on stabilizing food, increasing income, strengthening the foundation, and focusing on people's livelihood, further strengthen policies to benefit farmers, enhance scientific and technological support, and increase investment, Optimize the industrial structure, promote reform and innovation, do everything possible to ensure national food security and the effective supply of major agricultural products, do everything possible to promote the continued growth of farmers' income, and continue to provide a strong guarantee for the sound and rapid economic and social development.

1. Increase support and protection for agriculture

1. Further increase investment in agriculture and rural areas. To expand domestic demand and implement proactive fiscal policies, "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" should be the focus of investment. Significantly increase the state's investment in rural infrastructure construction and the development of social undertakings, increase the proportion of fixed asset investment in the budget for agriculture and rural areas, and tilt the use of new national debt to "agriculture, rural areas and farmers". Significantly increase the proportion of government land transfer income and new income from farmland occupation tax used in agriculture. After the increase in the farmland occupation tax rate, all new income will be used in agriculture. Land transfer income will focus on supporting agricultural land development and rural infrastructure construction. Significantly increase investment in rural public welfare construction projects in the central and western regions. Since 2009, the state has arranged public welfare construction projects in the central and western regions such as the removal and reinforcement of dangerous reservoirs, ecological construction, rural drinking water safety, and supporting renovation of large and medium-sized irrigation areas. Cancel the funding matching at county level and below. The new part of the urban maintenance and construction tax is mainly used for rural construction planning, rural infrastructure construction and maintenance. Where conditions permit, policy agricultural investment companies and agricultural industry development funds can be established.

2． Agricultural subsidies will be increased significantly. In 2009, we will further increase subsidy funds on the basis of the substantial increase in subsidies in the previous year. Increase direct subsidies to grain farmers. Increase subsidies for improved varieties, raise subsidy standards, achieve full coverage of rice, wheat, corn, and cotton, and expand the scope of subsidies for improved rapeseed and soybean varieties. Increase subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery on a large scale, and include agricultural machinery that is advanced, applicable, technologically mature, safe, reliable, energy-saving, environmentally friendly, and well serviced into the subsidy catalog. The scope of subsidies covers all agricultural and animal husbandry counties (fields) across the country, driving the popularization of agricultural machinery and the agricultural machinery industry. develop. Increase comprehensive subsidies for agricultural inputs, improve the dynamic adjustment mechanism of subsidies, strengthen monitoring of agricultural production costs and benefits, and increase subsidies in a timely manner based on the price increase of agricultural inputs and the actual sown area of ??crops. Improve agricultural subsidy methods in accordance with the requirements of clear goals, simplicity and efficiency, and conducive to encouraging food production. Based on the actual situation of new agricultural subsidies, we will gradually increase grain subsidies for large professional households and family farms.

3． Maintain reasonable prices for agricultural products. We should closely track changes in domestic and foreign agricultural product markets, strengthen government regulation in a timely manner, and flexibly use a variety of means to avoid falling prices of agricultural products, prevent low grain prices from hurting farmers, and ensure stable growth in agricultural operating income. In 2009, we will continue to increase the minimum purchase price of grain. Expand the national grain, cotton, edible vegetable oil, and pork reserves. In 2009, all local grain and oil reserves must be implemented according to the prescribed scale. Temporary purchase and storage of major agricultural products shall be initiated in a timely manner, and enterprises shall be encouraged to increase commercial purchase and storage. Strengthen the coordination of "grain transportation from the north to the south" and Xinjiang cotton export, continue to implement relevant freight subsidies and exemption policies, and support enterprises in sales areas to purchase from production areas. Grasp the timing and rhythm of the import and export of major agricultural products, support the export of superior agricultural products, and prevent excessive imports of some varieties from impacting the domestic market.

4． Enhance rural financial service capabilities. We will promptly formulate implementation measures to encourage new deposits absorbed by banking financial institutions in counties to be used mainly for local loan disbursements, and establish an independent assessment mechanism. On the premise of strengthening supervision and preventing risks, accelerate the development of various forms of new rural financial organizations and regional small and medium-sized banks that mainly serve rural areas. Encourage and support financial institutions to innovate rural financial products and financial services, and vigorously develop microfinance and microfinance services. Rural microfinance organizations can inject funds from financial institutions in a variety of ways. Actively expand the rural consumer credit market. Carry out mortgage loans for large-scale agricultural production equipment, forest rights, and four wasteland use rights with clear ownership and controllable risks in accordance with the law, as well as rights pledge loans for accounts receivable, warehouse receipts, transferable equity, patent rights, trademark rights, and other rights. It is urgent to introduce specific measures for targeted tax exemptions and fee subsidies for agriculture-related loans, policy-based financial support for medium- and long-term agricultural credit, and farmer professional cooperatives to carry out credit cooperation pilots. Relax the conditions for financial institutions to write off bad debts for agriculture-related loans. Accelerate the development of policy-based agricultural insurance, expand the scope of pilot projects, increase insurance types, increase premium subsidies from the central government to the central and western regions, accelerate the establishment of an agricultural reinsurance system and a fiscally supported catastrophe risk dispersion mechanism, and encourage the development of mutual assistance and cooperative insurance and business in rural areas Insurance business. Explore and establish a bank-insurance interaction mechanism that combines rural credit and agricultural insurance.

2. Stable development of agricultural production

5. Increase efforts to support grain production. Stabilize the grain sown area, optimize the variety structure, improve unit yields, and continuously enhance comprehensive production capabilities. Establish and improve the interest compensation system for major grain-producing areas, increase funds such as general transfer payments and incentives and subsidies for major grain-producing counties based on the contribution of major grain-producing areas to national food security, and prioritize funds such as investment in agricultural infrastructure construction and comprehensive agricultural development. Support the development of the grain industry and leading enterprises, guide production and marketing areas to establish interest connection mechanisms, promote the accelerated economic and social development of main production areas, ensure that main production areas receive reasonable benefit compensation, and ensure that grain farmers receive reasonable economic benefits. Accelerate the cancellation of the funding matching of grain risk funds in major producing areas. Promote the construction of an additional 100 billion kilograms of grain production capacity across the country, with concentrated investment and overall development based on key counties (fields) in main production areas. The "rice bag" provincial governor responsibility system will be further strengthened. Each region must assume the responsibility for the protection of local cultivated land and water resources, grain production and marketing, and market regulation, and establish effective food safety supervision and inspection and performance evaluation mechanisms step by step. In conjunction with the revitalization of old industrial bases such as Northeast China, we will accelerate the construction of modern agriculture. Give full play to the active role of state-owned farms in building modern agriculture and ensuring national food security.

6. Support advantageous production areas to focus on the production of oilseeds and other cash crops. Accelerate the implementation of a new round of regional layout planning for superior agricultural products. Implement various national policies and measures to support oilseed production, and strengthen the construction of high-quality soybean and "double-low" rapeseed production bases in the Yangtze River Basin in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia. Formulate and implement a national woody oil industry development plan as soon as possible, focus on supporting the development of Camellia oleifera and other woody oil industries in suitable areas, and accelerate the cultivation and promotion of high-yielding excellent varieties. Stably develop cotton production and start the construction of cotton production bases in the Yangtze River Basin, Huanghuaihai and Hainan regions. Support advantageous production areas in developing sugar, potatoes, natural rubber and other crops, and actively promote the facility-based production of vegetables, fruits, tea, flowers and other horticultural products.

7． Accelerate the development of large-scale, standardized and healthy breeding of livestock and aquatic products. Take market early warning, reserve adjustment, increase insurance types, futures trading and other measures to stably develop the pig industry. Continue to implement the subsidy policy for improved pig breeds and fertile sows, and expand the implementation scope of the reward policy for pigs transferred out of major counties. Continue to implement policies such as subsidies for improved dairy cows and subsidies for raising high-quality reserve dairy cows, implement financial incentive policies for counties with large dairy production, and strive to support enterprises in building standardized milk stations to ensure the quality of milk sources. Increase investment in standardized scale livestock and poultry farm (community) projects, increase credit support, and implement policies such as land use for farms. Increase the implementation of improved livestock, poultry and aquatic product breeding projects, enrich the construction of animal epidemic prevention systems, accelerate the construction of animal identification and disease traceability systems, and implement subsidy funds for village-level epidemic prevention personnel. Expand the construction of healthy aquaculture demonstration areas (fields), continue to implement fishing moratoriums and bans, and strengthen aquatic biological resource conservation measures such as proliferation and release. Expand the scale of construction of fishing ports, fishing vessel navigation marks, and fishing vessel safety facilities to support and expand distant-water fisheries.

8． Strictly monitor the quality and safety of agricultural products throughout the process.

We must promptly promulgate the Food Safety Law, formulate and improve supporting regulations and systems for the Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Law, improve the supervisory working mechanism for departmental division of labor and cooperation, further explore a more effective food safety supervision system, and implement strict food quality and safety traceability systems, recall systems, and market standards. entry and exit system. Accelerate the construction of agricultural product quality and safety inspection and testing systems, improve agricultural product quality and safety standards, and strengthen the qualification certification of inspection and testing institutions. Expand the scope of routine monitoring of agricultural products and food, and gradually clean up and reduce compulsory inspection and quarantine fees. Improve the feed safety supervision system and promote the healthy development of the feed industry. Strengthen corporate quality and safety responsibilities and implement batch-by-batch self-inspections of products on the market. Establish a credit reporting system for the quality and safety of agricultural products and food production and operation. Carry out special rectification and resolutely stop the illegal use of pesticides and veterinary (fishery) drugs. Accelerate the construction of agricultural standardization demonstration zones, promote leading enterprises, farmers' professional cooperatives, and large professional households to take the lead in implementing standardized production, and support the construction of green and organic agricultural product production bases.

9． Strengthen regulation on the import and export of agricultural products. Improve efficient and flexible agricultural product import and export control mechanisms, coordinate domestic and foreign trade, and intensify communication and consultation among governments, associations, and enterprises. Expand the coverage of agricultural products export credit insurance and explore a risk prevention mechanism that combines export credit insurance with agricultural insurance and export credit. Implement preferential credit policies for the export of labor-intensive and technology-intensive agricultural products. Cultivate agricultural transnational business enterprises. In accordance with the rules of the World Trade Organization, improve the access system for foreign-operated agricultural products and agricultural inputs, clarify the scope and procedures of safety review of foreign mergers and acquisitions of domestic agricultural-related enterprises, and establish a joint meeting system.

3. Strengthen the material support and service system for modern agriculture

10. Accelerate the pace of agricultural science and technology innovation. Increase investment in agricultural science and technology, raise funds through multiple channels, establish agricultural science and technology innovation funds, and focus on supporting scientific research in key areas, important products, and core technologies. Accelerate the promotion of major scientific and technological projects to cultivate new varieties of genetically modified organisms, integrate scientific research resources, increase research and development efforts, cultivate a batch of new genetically modified varieties that are resistant to diseases and pests, stress-resistant, high-yielding, high-quality, and efficient as soon as possible, and promote industrialization. Implement major projects on research and development of strong hybrid advantage technologies for major crops. Strengthen the protection of agricultural intellectual property rights. Support leading enterprises to undertake national science and technology plan projects. Strengthen and improve the modern agricultural industry technology system. We will further promote activities to create high yields in grain, cotton and oil, and support scientific and technological personnel and university graduates to work on the front lines of agricultural technology promotion. Carry out agricultural science and technology training to cultivate new types of farmers. Use the form of entrustment, bidding, etc. to guide farmers' professional technical associations and other social forces to undertake public welfare agricultural technology extension service projects.

11． Accelerate the construction of high-standard farmland. Vigorously promote land consolidation, make good plans, coordinate and arrange various construction funds such as land consolidation, reclamation and development, comprehensive agricultural development, promote rural land consolidation in a centralized and contiguous area, implement comprehensive management of fields, water, roads and forests, and carry out large-scale development of medium and low-yield Transform farmland and increase the proportion of high-standard farmland. Continue to promote the "Fertile Soil Project" and expand the implementation scope of soil testing and formulated fertilization. We will carry out pilot projects to encourage farmers to apply more organic fertilizers, plant green manures, and return straw to their fields with rewards and subsidies. We will vigorously carry out protective farming and accelerate the implementation of dry farming demonstration projects.

12． Strengthen water conservancy infrastructure construction. Strengthen the management of large rivers and key small and medium-sized rivers, and build a number of large and medium-sized backbone water conservancy projects. Accelerate the progress of removal and reinforcement of large and medium-sized and key small dangerous reservoirs to ensure the quality of project construction. Increase the scale of investment and focus on accelerating the renewal of supporting facilities and water-saving renovations in large irrigation areas. Expand the scale and scope of the renewal and reconstruction of large-scale drainage and irrigation pump stations, and start the renewal and reconstruction of water-lift irrigation pump stations along the Yellow River in the northwest and drainage pump stations in northeastern flooded areas. Continue to increase efforts in water-saving renovation of key projects in medium-sized irrigation areas for comprehensive agricultural development. Increase special funds for subsidies for the construction of small farmland water conservancy projects at the central and provincial levels, integrate investments according to plans, promote field projects in large and medium-sized irrigation areas and water-saving renovations in small irrigation areas, promote efficient water-saving irrigation technology, build small and micro drought-resistant water source projects according to local conditions, and develop pastoral areas water conservancy. Strengthen the construction of important water source projects and supporting irrigation areas. Promote the reform of water conservancy project management and rural water conservancy systems, explore the financial subsidy mechanism for agricultural irrigation project operation and management, and launch a comprehensive reform pilot to reduce the burden of agricultural water use.

13． Accelerate agricultural mechanization. Launch the agricultural mechanization promotion project, focusing on strengthening the construction of demonstration bases and mechanized farming roads, and improving agricultural machinery extension services and safety supervision capabilities. Popularize the mechanization of sowing and harvesting of major grain and oil crops, and accelerate the development of lightweight agricultural machinery suitable for use in hilly and mountainous areas and large agricultural machinery suitable for large-area operations. Support the technological transformation of the agricultural machinery industry, improve the applicability and durability of agricultural machinery products, and effectively strengthen after-sales services. Implement a pilot program of subsidies for agricultural machinery operations in key links. Credit support will be provided to large agricultural machinery households, large grain growing households, and agricultural machinery service organizations for the purchase of large and medium-sized agricultural machinery. Improve the agricultural fuel supply guarantee mechanism and establish an economic compensation system for the replacement and scrapping of high-energy-consuming agricultural machinery.

14. Promote the construction of key ecological projects. Consolidate the achievements of returning farmland to forests, continue to promote key projects such as controlling the sources of sandstorms in Beijing and Tianjin, increase investment in natural forest protection, promptly study relevant policies to extend the implementation period of natural forest protection projects, and improve the investment and construction mechanism of the Three-North Shelterbelt Project. Build modern forestry and develop mountainous forest products, ecological tourism and carbon sink forestry. Expand the implementation scope of the project of returning grazing land to grassland, and strengthen the construction of artificial forage grassland and irrigated grassland. Strengthen the construction of forest and grassland fire monitoring and early warning systems and fire prevention infrastructure.

Accelerate the comprehensive management of desertification and small watersheds in key areas, launch comprehensive soil erosion control projects on sloping farmland, and strengthen the prevention and control of geological disasters such as flash floods and debris flows. Improve the central government's forest ecological benefit compensation standards, and launch pilot ecological benefit compensation pilots for grasslands, wetlands, soil and water conservation, etc. Arrange special funds to promote treatment through rewards and support agricultural and rural pollution control.

15. Strengthen the construction of agricultural product market system. Increase efforts to support the construction of agricultural product wholesale markets, bazaars and other circulation infrastructure in key production areas and distribution centers. Promote the construction of large-scale grain logistics nodes, agricultural product cold chain systems and fresh agricultural product distribution centers. Implement the policy of stopping the collection of management fees for individual industrial and commercial households and market management fees. Support large-scale supermarket chains and agricultural product circulation enterprises to carry out agricultural-supermarket docking and build direct agricultural product purchasing bases. Play the role of rural broker. We will long-term implement and gradually improve the green channel policy for the transportation and marketing of fresh agricultural products, and promote the exemption of vehicle tolls nationwide for vehicles legally loaded with fresh agricultural products.

16. Promote the construction of grassroots agricultural public service institutions. In accordance with the requirements to universally improve township or regional agricultural technology promotion, animal and plant disease prevention and control, agricultural product quality supervision and other public service agencies across the country within three years, we must clarify responsibilities, improve teams, improve mechanisms, ensure funds, and effectively enhance services as soon as possible. ability. Innovate the management system and operating mechanism, and adopt methods such as open recruitment and competitive recruitment to select professional and technical personnel. Reform the evaluation and distribution system to link the income of service personnel with job responsibilities and work performance. The funds required by agricultural public service agencies to perform their duties shall be included in the local fiscal budgets at all levels. Gradually promote the pilot construction of village-level service stations.

4. Stabilize and improve the basic rural management system

17. Stabilize rural land contract relations. We should promptly revise and improve relevant laws, regulations and policies to give farmers more adequate and guaranteed rights to land contract management, so that the existing land contract relationship remains stable and unchanged for a long time. Strengthen the protection of property rights for land contract management rights, do a good job in confirming, registering and issuing certificates for collective land ownership, and assign ownership to collective organizations that legally exercise ownership; steadily carry out pilot projects for the registration of land contract management rights, and increase the area of ??contracted plots , spatial location and ownership certificates shall be implemented to farmers, it is strictly prohibited to take the opportunity to adjust land contract relationships, and the illegal recovery of farmers' contracted land is resolutely prohibited and corrected. Accelerate the implementation of the grassland contract management system.

18. Establish and improve the market for the transfer of land contract management rights. The transfer of land contract management rights shall not change the nature of collective ownership of land, change the use of land, or damage farmers' land contract rights and interests. Adhere to the principle of voluntary compensation in accordance with the law, respect the main status of farmers in land transfer, and no organization or individual may force the transfer, nor may it hinder the spontaneous transfer. In accordance with the requirements of improving management and strengthening services, the transfer of land contract management rights shall be standardized. Encourage qualified localities to develop circulation service organizations to provide information communication, regulatory consultation, price evaluation, contract signing, dispute mediation and other services for both parties to the circulation.

19． Implement the strictest farmland protection system and the strictest land conservation system. Basic farmland must be assigned to land plots, marked on the land contract management rights registration certificate, and a unified permanent basic farmland protection sign must be established. Local governments are strictly prohibited from adjusting plans and changing the location of basic farmland without authorization. Strictly assess local governments’ responsibilities for cultivating land protection, and implement a departure audit system for leading cadres in cultivating land and basic farmland protection. Specific measures for basic farmland protection compensation will be introduced as soon as possible. Strictly control the total scale of urban and rural construction land, and comprehensively establish and implement an economical land use system from the aspects of planning, standards, market allocation, evaluation and assessment. We should promptly prepare township land use plans and rural construction plans, scientifically and rationally arrange village construction land and homestead sites, and revise standards for the use of homestead sites based on regional resource conditions. The land saved by rural homesteads and village consolidation must first be reclaimed as cultivated land and used as offset for cultivated land occupied for construction. Compensation indicators must be carried out in accordance with the law, must comply with the overall land use plan, and be included in land plan management. The reform of the rural land management system should be promoted in a standardized and orderly manner after improving relevant laws and regulations and promulgating specific supporting policies.

20. Comprehensively promote the reform of the collective forest rights system. It will take about five years to basically complete the reform of the collective forest rights system that clarifies property rights and contracts to households. Where collective forest land management rights and forest ownership rights have been implemented to each household, it is necessary to establish and improve property rights trading platforms as soon as possible, accelerate the construction of forest land and forest transfer systems, and improve the forest harvesting management system. In places where the system has not yet been implemented per household, the pace of reform of the collective forest rights system must be accelerated on the basis of strengthening publicity, doing a good job in training, and doing a good job in boundary demarcation and certification. Increase financial support for the reform of the collective forest rights system and carry out pilot projects for policy-based forest insurance. Guide the healthy development of intermediary services such as forest resource asset assessment and forest management plan preparation. Further expand the pilot reform of the forest rights system in state-owned forest farms and key state-owned forest areas.

21. Support the development of farmers' professional cooperatives and leading enterprises. Accelerate the development of farmers' professional cooperatives and carry out the construction of model cooperatives. Strengthen cooperative personnel training and provide financial support at all levels of finance. Incorporate cooperatives into the tax registration system and waive tax registration fees. We should formulate as soon as possible specific measures for financial support to cooperatives and for qualified cooperatives to undertake national agriculture-related projects. Support agricultural industrialization operations, encourage the development of agricultural product processing, and allow farmers to share more in the value-added benefits of processing and circulation.

The central and local finances will increase the scale of special funds for agricultural industrialization, and focus on supporting leading enterprises with strong farmer leadership to carry out technology research and development, base construction, and quality testing. Encourage leading enterprises to participate in the construction of the guarantee system with financial support. Effective measures will be taken to help leading enterprises solve the problem of loan difficulties.

5. Promote the integration of urban and rural economic and social development

22. Accelerate the development of rural social undertakings. Establish a stable rural cultural investment guarantee mechanism and form a complete rural public cultural service system as soon as possible. Promote key cultural projects to benefit the people such as radio and television coverage in every village, unlimited sharing of cultural information resources, construction of township comprehensive cultural stations and village cultural rooms, rural movie screenings, and farmhouse bookstores. Consolidate the achievements of popularizing compulsory education in rural areas, increase public funds for rural schools and subsidy standards for boarding students from financially disadvantaged families, improve the treatment of rural teachers, and promote safety inspections, reinforcement and renovation of rural primary and secondary school buildings. Accelerate the development of rural secondary vocational education. Starting from 2009, students from rural families with financial difficulties and students in agriculture-related majors in secondary vocational schools will be free of charge. New state scholarships should be given to students from rural areas. Consolidate the development of new rural cooperative medical care, adhere to the main focus of hospitalization protection for serious illnesses, and give consideration to outpatient medical protection, and carry out outpatient coordination pilots. Where conditions permit, the standards and levels of financial subsidies can be increased. Further increase investment and strengthen the construction of county, township and village medical and health public service systems. We must promptly formulate guiding opinions and establish a new rural social pension insurance system featuring individual contributions, collective subsidies, and government subsidies. Increase central and provincial fiscal subsidies for rural minimum living security, and improve rural subsistence allowance standards and subsidy levels. Accelerate research and solution of social security issues for farmland workers.

23. Accelerate rural infrastructure construction. Adjust the rural drinking water safety project construction plan, increase investment and construction efforts, and include rural schools and state-owned agricultural (forestry) farms within the scope of construction. Expand the population coverage of power grid supply and accelerate the implementation of the same network and the same price for urban and rural areas. Increase investment in rural hydropower construction and expand the scale of small hydropower construction as fuel substitute. Accelerate the construction of rural roads. By the end of 2010, it will basically be possible for all townships and eligible villages in the eastern and central regions to have access to asphalt (cement) roads, and all eligible villages in the western region to have roads. Increase the central government's investment in rural road construction in the central and western regions. , establish a policy subsidy system for rural passenger transport. Increase investment in rural biogas project construction and expand pilot demonstrations of straw solidification and gasification. Develop rural informatization. Accelerate the renovation of shantytowns in state-owned forest areas and reclamation areas, implement nomadic settlement projects, and expand pilot projects for the renovation of dilapidated rural houses.

24. Actively expand employment of rural labor force. All regions and relevant departments must attach great importance to the current employment difficulties and declining wages of migrant workers, take effective measures to accommodate migrant workers to the maximum extent, and strive to increase farmers' income from work. Guide enterprises to fulfill their social responsibilities, support them in retaining more migrant workers, urge them to pay wages in full and on time, and properly resolve labor disputes. For enterprises that encounter temporary difficulties in production and operation, we will guide them to adopt various measures such as flexible employment, flexible working hours, and on-the-job training to stabilize employment positions. It is necessary to use as many migrant workers as possible in urban and rural infrastructure construction and new public welfare jobs. Guide farmers to participate in the construction of agricultural and rural infrastructure through methods such as work-for-relief. Governments and enterprises in exporting and importing areas must increase investment and carry out large-scale targeted and practical skills training for migrant workers. Where conditions permit, migrant workers who have lost their jobs can be included in the scope of relevant employment policy support. Implement policies to support migrant workers returning home to start their own businesses, and provide support in the areas of loan disbursement, tax exemptions, industrial and commercial registration, and information consultation. The legal land contract rights and interests of returning migrant workers must be protected, and temporary assistance or inclusion in rural subsistence allowances must be provided to returning migrant workers who have no means of livelihood. At the same time, we should fully tap the employment potential within agriculture, expand rural non-agricultural employment space, and encourage farmers to start businesses nearby. It is urgent to formulate pension insurance methods suitable for the characteristics of migrant workers and solve the problem of transfer and continuation of pension insurance relationships across social security coordinating regions. Establish a statistical monitoring system for migrant workers.

25. Promote comprehensive rural reform. In accordance with the requirements of focusing on strengthening social management and public service functions and basically completing the reform tasks by 2012, we will continue to promote the reform of township institutions. Promote the reform of "township finance and county management" and strengthen the supervision of county and township finances over agricultural-related funds. Strive to use about three years to gradually establish a fund guarantee mechanism for the operation of village-level organizations with stable funds, standardized management, and strong guarantees. Summarize the pilot experience, improve relevant policies, expand the scope of rural public welfare projects, and expand the scope of pilot projects with financial rewards and subsidies. The central and provincial finances in pilot areas must increase pilot investment. Actively and steadily resolve rural debts. In 2010, we will basically complete the resolution of rural compulsory education debts across the country. We will continue to select rural debts caused by the construction of rural public welfare projects that are directly related to the interests of farmers for pilot resolutions.

26． Enhance the vitality of county economic development. Adjust the fiscal revenue distribution pattern, increase general transfer payments to county and township finances, gradually increase the proportion of county-level finances in the distribution of financial resources below the provincial level, and explore the establishment of a basic financial resource guarantee system for county and township finances. Promote the reform of the fiscal system of counties (cities) directly managed by the province, and include all major grain, oil, cotton and pig-producing counties within the scope of the reform. Steadily advance the pilot reform of expanding powers and strengthening counties, encourage qualified provinces to take the lead in reducing administrative levels, and explore a system for provinces to directly manage counties (cities) in accordance with the law. In accordance with the law, small towns with rapid economic development and strong population absorption capacity are given administrative authority in investment approval, industrial and commercial management, social security and other aspects.

Support the development of township and village enterprises, increase investment in technological transformation, and promote industrial agglomeration and upgrading.

27. Actively explore rural markets. Support circulation enterprises and production enterprises to cooperate in establishing regional rural commodity procurement alliances, use modern circulation methods to build and transform rural daily consumer goods circulation networks, expand the coverage of "farm stores", focus on improving distribution rates and unified settlement rates, and improve the rural consumption environment . Encourage the design and development of consumer goods and building materials suitable for rural characteristics. In 2009, the "Home Appliances to the Rural Areas" program was implemented nationwide. For farmers purchasing designated home appliances such as color TVs, refrigerators, mobile phones, and washing machines, the state will provide direct subsidies based on a certain percentage of the product sales price, and will add new subsidy varieties as needed. Ensure the quality of home appliances sent to the countryside and provide good after-sales service. Strengthen the regulation of agricultural assets and sales, support fertilizer production, increase off-season reserves, and ensure market supply. Support supply and marketing cooperatives, postal services, commercial enterprises, and farmers' professional cooperatives to accelerate the development of agricultural input chain operations and promote credit sales of agricultural inputs. Encourage qualified localities to transform and build rural comprehensive service centers. Strengthen rural market supervision and strictly investigate and punish behaviors that harm farmers.

28. Improve the national poverty alleviation strategy and policy system. Adhere to the development-oriented poverty alleviation policy and formulate effective connection methods between the rural minimum living security system and poverty alleviation and development. Implement new poverty alleviation standards, comprehensively implement poverty alleviation policies for the poor and low-income people in rural areas who do not have enough food and clothing to provide food and clothing as soon as possible and achieve poverty alleviation and prosperity, with a focus on improving the self-development capabilities of the rural poor. Continue to increase investment in poverty alleviation funds, increase the intensity of village-wide promotion, improve the quality of labor transfer training, and enhance the level of industrialized poverty alleviation. We will give priority to supporting poverty alleviation and development in old revolutionary base areas, ethnic minority areas, and border areas, actively and steadily implement poverty alleviation through immigration, and conduct comprehensive management of special types of poverty-stricken areas. Give full play to the role of the industry in poverty alleviation, continue to mobilize all sectors of society to participate in poverty alleviation, and actively carry out international exchanges and cooperation in the field of anti-poverty.

Party committees and governments at all levels must insist on solving the problems of agriculture, rural areas and farmers as the top priority of the whole party’s work and all government work, effectively strengthen and improve the party’s leadership over rural work, and ensure that The party's various rural policies have been implemented. Solidly carry out activities for in-depth study and practice of the Scientific Outlook on Development at the rural grassroots level. In accordance with the requirements of the Scientific Outlook on Development and the correct outlook on political performance, food production, increase in farmers' income, protection of cultivated land, environmental governance, harmony and stability shall be used to assess the performance of local, especially county (city) leadership teams. Important content, establish indicators as soon as possible, and strictly supervise and inspect. We should do a good job in supporting the construction of village-level organizations with village party organizations as the core, deepen the three-level joint creation activities of rural party building, innovate the establishment of rural party organizations, and expand the party's organizational coverage and work coverage in rural areas. Establish and improve the dynamic management mechanism of urban and rural party members, and strengthen the education and management of farmers and workers' party members. Carry out extensive activities to strive for excellence. Improve the carriers of activities such as setting posts and responsibilities for party members and making commitments based on their posts. Strengthen the construction of party style and clean government in rural areas, do a good job in supervision and inspection of the implementation of the party's rural policies, and conscientiously solve outstanding problems that harm the interests of farmers. Improve the system and methods of two recommendations and one election for village party organizations and direct election of village committees, strive to expand the source of rural cadres, steadily promote college graduates to work in villages, implement the one college student per village plan, and improve long-term mechanisms and policy measures. Innovate the training and selection mechanism to select the best and strengthen the village party organization secretary. In accordance with the requirements of setting responsibilities and objectives and having reasonable remuneration for good work, promising development prospects for good performance, and certain guarantees for retirement, the basic remuneration of village cadres shall be determined at a level not lower than the average income level of the local rural labor force, and a performance appraisal and reward system shall be established based on the actual situation. Gradually solve the problem of pension security for village cadres, and increase efforts to select township leading cadres from outstanding village cadres, examine township civil servants, and recruit township public service staff. Actively promote modern distance education for rural party members and cadres and the construction of activity venues for village-level organizations. Strengthen the construction of rural democracy and legal system and the construction of spiritual civilization, and further promote the disclosure of government affairs, village affairs and party affairs. Attach great importance to rural social stability work, properly resolve outstanding conflicts and problems caused by rural land acquisition, environmental pollution, resettlement and collective asset disposal, do a good job in rural petition work, do a good job in comprehensive management of rural social security, promote rural police construction, and oppose And stop the use of religious and clan forces to interfere in rural public affairs, strictly guard against the infiltration of foreign hostile forces into the countryside, and maintain harmony and stability in rural society.

It is of great significance to do a good job in agricultural and rural work in 2009.

We must unite closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary, forge ahead, work hard, face difficulties, and strive to create a new situation in rural reform and development!