Wen Wen attended the Central Rural Work Conference and delivered a speech

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 27th The Central Rural Work Conference was held in Beijing today. The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier Wen Jiabao attended the meeting and delivered speeches. In his speech, he systematically reviewed and summed up the tremendous achievements made by the party since its 16th National Congress of the People's Republic of China, and expounded several major issues that need to be grasped in order to continue to do a good job in the process of industrialization and urbanization. Next year's agricultural and rural work puts forward requirements.

Wen Jiabao said that our party has always attached great importance to the work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, especially since the 16th CPC National Congress. Under the background of rapid economic growth and continuous enhancement of national strength, we persisted in the overall planning of urban and rural development and insisted on increasing the income of peasants as a rural work. The central task has initially formed a policy system for strong peasants, farmers, and rich peasants, and basically established an institutional framework that meets the requirements for the overall planning of urban and rural development. The agricultural and rural development has achieved great achievements attracting worldwide attention. The development of agriculture, rural areas and farmers has entered another “golden period”. Grain production has achieved "eight consecutive years," and this year's total output has reached 114.24 billion jins. Per capita net income of farmers has been growing rapidly for many years and is expected to be more than 6,900 yuan this year. The social development in rural areas has accelerated, and the rural landscape has been quickened to improve, presenting a new atmosphere of harmony and stability.

Wen Jiabao said that the agricultural and rural situation in these years is good. The most fundamental reason is that the policy is good and the measures are effective. The central government has established the strategic thinking of resolving the issue of "three rural issues" as a top priority for the work of the whole party. It has formulated the guiding principles of industrial support for agriculture, urban support for rural areas, and more guidelines for less acquisition and release, and clarified the deepening of urbanization in industrialization. The simultaneous development of agricultural modernization and accelerating the formation of a new pattern of integration of urban and rural economic and social development of the basic requirements. Various levels at all levels have actively adjusted the pattern of national income distribution and the relationship between urban and rural interests, effectively shifted the focus of infrastructure construction and development of social undertakings to the rural areas, and increased the financial support for new education, health, culture, etc., and fixed assets investment in rural areas. Let the public finances shine more into the countryside.

Wen Jiabao pointed out that in the past few years, the Central Government has concentrated on many important issues related to the long-term development of agriculture and rural areas and the good things that concern the vital interests of farmers. Many of them are epoch-making and landmarks. Withdrawing the agricultural tax, farmers across the country have reduced the burden of 133.5 billion yuan each year, which has opened up a new era for farmers to recuperate. Implementing subsidies for agricultural production, the central government’s expenditure on direct subsidies for grain-growing farmers, subsidy for improved seeds, subsidies for purchase of agricultural machinery, and comprehensive subsidy for agricultural resources in 2011 amounted to 140.6 billion yuan. Now the subsidy policy has been extended to animal husbandry, forestry, grasslands, and festivals. Water irrigation and agricultural insurance and other fields. The comprehensive liberalization of grain purchases and sales, the implementation of the minimum purchase price policy, so that all the circulation of agricultural products into the track of marketization. We will promote the reform of the collective forest rights system, implement the forest land contracted management rights and forestry ownership rights to the farmers, and realize the “right of mountains, people, and trees”. In order to strengthen rural infrastructure construction, in the past nine years, 2.72 million kilometers of rural roads have been newly built and reconstructed across the country, solving the drinking water safety problem of 326 million rural people and transforming more than 4.6 million dilapidated houses in rural areas. We will reform the guarantee mechanism for compulsory education funding in rural areas and achieve free compulsory education in a true sense. In accordance with the principles of basic guarantee, wide coverage, flexibility, and sustainability, the rural social security system framework has been established. The new rural cooperative medical care system covers 97% of the farmers, and the rural minimum living security system covers more than 53 million people. The new rural social pension insurance pilot program covers In 60% of the counties, more than 78 million farmers have received pensions, and for thousands of years Chinese farmers have had a long-term support, sickness, and medical care. Abolishing the regulations on the city's detention and removal, eliminating the restrictions on the rational flow of rural laborers, and the employment of businesses in cities, large-scale operations to clear the wages of migrant workers, the continuous expansion of the field of migrant workers, the gradual increase in the level of wages and social security, and the enrolment of children The problem was solved quickly, and labor protection and living conditions continued to improve. The fundamental shift from the lack of fair treatment to the treatment of migrant workers from limited access to urban areas to the provision of services is a major progress in achieving social fairness and justice.

Wen Jiabao stressed that at present and for a period to come, China will still be at a stage of rapid development of industrialized urbanization. Following the laws of economic and social development, based on China's basic national conditions, and simultaneously promoting industrialization, urbanization, and agricultural modernization, building a new socialist countryside is a major task concerning the overall situation of reform, opening up, and modernization.

Wen Jiabao said that we, a large and populous country, must not overlook the modernization of agriculture in the process of promoting industrialization and urbanization. Although the production of food and major agricultural products has increased significantly in these years, the production capacity is still not stable and the relationship between supply and demand is still tight. A slight loss of agriculture will affect the overall economic development and social stability. To solve this problem, the fundamental solution lies in accelerating the construction of modern agriculture and continuously increasing the overall agricultural production capacity. We must persist in implementing the strictest arable land protection and water resources management system, unswervingly stabilize and improve the basic rural management system, unremittingly promote agricultural science and technology progress, and continue to increase agricultural support and protection. In the future, the forms of agricultural operations will be diversified, but family operations are the most basic form at any time. Cultivating a new generation of peasants, encouraging young and middle-aged peasants with cultural and agricultural skills to stay in the countryside, and concerning the long-term development of agriculture, must be tackled as a fundamental project.

Wen Jiabao said that the building of a new socialist countryside is a major task that runs through the entire process of China’s modernization. At present, China's largest development gap is still the gap between urban and rural areas, and the biggest structural issue is still the dual structure of urban and rural areas. The rapid development of urbanization has created favorable conditions for solving the “three rural issues” problem, but it will not naturally bring about rapid changes in the rural landscape. It is necessary to comprehensively promote all kinds of rural construction and build a better home for farmers’ happy lives. Rural construction should maintain the characteristics of the countryside, benefit the production and life of farmers, maintain the rural scenery and a good ecological environment. Can not be moved to the rural areas of the town's residents, and farmers to go upstairs. It is necessary to persist in putting the focus of national infrastructure construction on the countryside. The construction department must strengthen the guidance of village planning and building houses in rural areas and improve the design and construction of rural residential buildings. Make great efforts to improve the conditions for running schools in rural areas so that rural children can share quality education resources. The withdrawal of rural teaching points must be done with great care, and the students’ convenience and traffic safety should be fully considered. In the coming period, the general direction of rural social security will be to improve the system, raise the level, gradually merge, and eventually move toward urban-rural integration.

Wen Jiabao pointed out that the fact that hundreds of millions of peasants have entered the city in the past 30 years has not only changed the fate of hundreds of millions of peasants, but also injected a powerful impetus for economic development. To make migrant workers in cities truly become urban residents, it is by no means simple to change their household registration. China’s population is huge, and it is impossible to complete the urbanization of the population by only a few urban areas and a few economically developed areas. To guide the flow of people in a rational way, we must take measures to allow qualified migrant workers to gradually settle in families where they are located, but also to guide the transfer of industries to the interior, to small and medium-sized cities and small towns, and to allow more farmers to transfer employment on the spot. Land contracting management rights, housing site use rights, and collective income distribution rights are the legal property rights granted to farmers by the law. Whether or not they still need to use them as basic guarantees, whether they stay in rural areas or enter towns, anyone There is no right to deprive. The key to promoting the reform of the collective land expropriation system is to protect the farmers’ land property rights and allocate the value-added benefits of land non-agriculturalization and urbanization. It should be noted that China's economic development has greatly improved, and it is no longer necessary to reduce the cost of industrialized urbanization by sacrificing farmers’ rights to land and land. It is necessary and conditional to significantly increase the distribution ratio of farmers in land appreciation revenue. We must meticulously design the land acquisition system reform plan and accelerate the development of related work. We must introduce corresponding laws and regulations next year. Actively create conditions to properly solve the problems of rural left-behind children, women, and the elderly.

Wen Jiabao pointed out that in the past few years, we have been able to successfully respond to the impact of the international financial crisis and maintain a steady and rapid development of the national economy. It is very important that the agricultural and rural situation is good. The situation facing macroeconomic regulation and control next year will be complex and severe. In particular, the downward pressure on economic growth and pressure on rising prices will coexist. It is of special significance to do a good job in agriculture and rural areas. For next year's agricultural production, especially grain production, all localities and departments must attach great importance to it, and truly ensure that the mind is not paralyzed, policies are not weakened, work is not slackened, and investment is increased to ensure a good harvest. Under the new circumstances, leading cadres at all levels should be good at grasping the laws of agricultural and rural development and continuously improve their ability and level of work in the "three rural" areas. We must always respect the wishes of the peasants, and even if it is to do good things for the farmers, we must allow the peasants to have a process of understanding and accepting them. Do not pursue a uniform and one-step approach. In carrying out various tasks in the countryside, it is necessary not only to reflect the wishes of the majority but also to fully consider the special circumstances and reasonable demands of the minority. We must pay more attention to safeguarding farmers' rights and interests in land, property, employment, social security, and public services, pay more attention to expanding the scope of self-governance by villagers, and improve the township governance mechanism that is compatible with the continuous improvement of farmers' awareness of political participation. We must work hard to understand the people’s situation and understand the true situation in the countryside and the real ideas of the people so that decisions and work can be more realistic. In doing anything in rural areas, we must adhere to the policy and the legal bottom line. In particular, new comrades engaged in the work of “agriculture, rural areas and farmers” must pay close attention to systematically studying rural policies and laws, understand the course of rural reform, and the evolution of rural systems and policies so as to grasp as soon as possible. Rural work essentials.

The meeting was chaired by Hui Liangyu, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier of the State Council, and leader of the Central Rural Work Leading Group. State Councilor and Secretary General of the State Council Ma Kai attended the meeting.