Li Qiang proposed in the government work report to solidly promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas.

On the 5th, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council introduced this year's government work tasks in the government work report, proposing to solidly promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. It is essential to prioritize the work related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers as a top priority, deeply study and apply the experience of the "Million Project", improve the effectiveness of the policies supporting agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, further strengthen the foundation of agriculture and rural areas, and enhance the quality and efficiency of development. There will be no slack in ensuring food production. It is necessary to focus on increasing production capacity, production ecology, and increasing production and income simultaneously, and to intensify efforts to implement the new round of actions to increase grain production capacity by 100 billion kilograms. Stabilizing the production of grains and oils, promoting the integration of high-quality farmland, good seeds, good opportunities, and good practices to enhance efficiency, and promoting the improvement of crop yields, seed breeding, and quality. The capacity for producing soybean and oil crops will be consolidated and enhanced, and efforts will be made to stabilize and improve the production quality of cotton, sugar, rubber, and other crops. It is important to promote the development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery together and increase the supply of diverse food. The protection of arable land must be strictly adhered to, balance between land occupation and compensation, and progress in the construction of high-standard farmland should be achieved. Black soil protection and comprehensive utilization of saline-alkali land should be strengthened. Measures to promote the development of agricultural insurance will be formulated. The comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities of agriculture will be enhanced. The revitalization of the seed industry will be further implemented, the breeding and promotion of breakthrough varieties will be accelerated, the research and application of advanced and applicable agricultural machinery and equipment will be promoted, and the "last mile" of agricultural technology promotion will be established. Policies for production, storage, and other aspects should be coordinated to ensure that the prices of important agricultural products such as grains remain at a reasonable level, and the inter-provincial horizontal compensation of grain production and sales areas should be implemented to stimulate the enthusiasm of major production areas and the farmers who grow grains. All regions must firmly shoulder their responsibilities and jointly secure the rice bowls of the Chinese people. Precision assistance should be normalized. The results of poverty alleviation efforts should be continued and expanded, and routine assistance should be incorporated into the overall implementation of the rural revitalization strategy to ensure that no large-scale return to poverty occurs. Help policies should be kept stable. Reasonable standards should be set to prevent people from falling back into poverty, and monitoring and identification should be done to ensure early detection, intervention, and assistance. The effectiveness of industrial and employment development assistance should be improved, and the role of social assistance in providing basic guarantees should be played. Follow-up support for relocation should continue to be improved. East-west cooperation, designated assistance, village assistance, and consumer assistance should be enhanced. Assistance should be provided to underdeveloped areas in a layered and classified manner, support should be given to counties that are key to rural revitalization to accelerate development, and internal driving forces should be strengthened. Rural reform and development should be continuously promoted. The comprehensive implementation of the second round of extending land contract periods by an additional 30 years after expiration should be carried out throughout the province, and agricultural moderate-scale operations should be developed, modern agricultural operation systems and social service systems should be improved. Support should be provided for the development of new rural collective economies. Reforms should be deepened in collective property rights, collective forest rights, land reclamation, and supply and marketing cooperatives. The fourth national agricultural census should be conducted. City-rural factor two-way flow should be promoted, and integrated development in agriculture, culture, and tourism should be deepened to cultivate and expand rural distinctive industries, improve the level of deep processing of agricultural products, develop understory economy, improve the mechanism of connecting and supporting agriculture, and promote stable income growth of farmers. The development and strengthening of the rural talent team should be promoted. Rural customs and traditions should be deepened, and the level of rural governance and civilization should be raised. The living environment in rural areas should be continuously improved, and problems such as improving toilets and cleaning up garbage in villages should be solved with a perseverant spirit. The comprehensive improvement of land in all areas should be solidly promoted. The implementation mechanism of rural construction should be improved, the deficiencies in modern living conditions in rural areas should be quickly filled, and the construction of livable and business-friendly and beautiful rural areas should be promoted.