In recent years, we have resolutely implemented the spirit of the central government’s decision-making arrangements and General Secretary of the Supreme Leader’s inspection of Shanxi, taking solving the "three rural issues" as the top priority, further strengthening the party’s leadership, deepening the structural reform of the supply side of agriculture, accelerating the development of modern characteristic agriculture such as dry farming and functional agriculture, continuously increasing farmers’ income, and continuously releasing the dividends of rural reform, which has promoted significant progress in agricultural and rural development in the province. The achievement of these achievements lies in our adherence to the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era. The unbalanced development of agriculture, countryside and farmers in Shanxi is typical and prominent, so it is particularly necessary and urgent to implement the rural revitalization strategy.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the work concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers has also entered a new era. The overall deployment and implementation of the rural revitalization strategy by the Central Rural Work Conference is a major strategy implemented under the background of building a well-off society in an all-round way and starting a new journey of socialist modernization. It is also a major strategy implemented under the historical background of promoting people-centered urbanization in China, a major strategy implemented under the background of comprehensively deepening reforms, and a major strategy implemented under the background of comprehensively administering the party strictly and governing the country according to law. We should thoroughly study the important thoughts of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers, accurately grasp the historical position of Shanxi in implementing the rural revitalization strategy in the new era, constantly enhance consciousness and effectiveness, and ensure that the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers always advances in the right direction.
In order to implement the rural revitalization strategy, realize the comprehensive transformation and upgrading of agriculture, the comprehensive prosperity and progress of rural areas and the all-round well-off development of farmers in Shanxi, we must adhere to the "six highlights": First, highlight the integration of urban and rural areas and strive to build a new mechanism for the rational flow of urban and rural factors. Further establish the orientation that people go to the grassroots, money is invested in the grassroots, and policies are tilted to the grassroots, attracting talents from all walks of life to "go to the countryside". Seriously study and issue guidance, and guide industrial and commercial capital to "go to the countryside" around a number of good projects and large projects in the deep processing of characteristic agricultural products. Promote the upgrading of rural infrastructure and promote the "going to the countryside" of public resources. The second is to highlight common prosperity and focus on consolidating and improving the basic rural management system. We will implement the policy of extending the contracted period of rural land for another 30 years, improve the system of "separation of powers" in rural contracted land, develop various forms of moderate-scale operation, encourage the promotion of "new agricultural management entities in internet plus", make good use of idle farmhouses and homesteads, strictly control land use, and vigorously deepen the reform of rural collective property rights system. The third is to highlight the quality of agriculture and focus on promoting the structural reform of the agricultural supply side. It is necessary to develop agriculture with characteristics, actively promote the project of upgrading and increasing efficiency of characteristic agriculture along the correct direction of organic dry farming, cultivate and expand new industries and new formats, and vigorously develop functional agriculture and functional food. It is necessary to strengthen agriculture through science and technology and deepen the reform of agricultural science and technology research and extension mechanism.Build an agricultural big data platform and vigorously develop smart agriculture, creative agriculture and digital agriculture. It is necessary to establish agriculture by brand and continue to implement agricultural standardization strategy, food safety strategy and brand strategy. It is necessary to integrate rich peasants, promote the integration and development of rural primary, secondary and tertiary industries, and build a close interest linkage mechanism such as joint-stock system and cooperative system. Ensure the grain production capacity and develop the grain industry economy. The fourth is to highlight green development and focus on building a beautiful new home on the Loess Plateau. We will improve the agricultural policy support system guided by green ecology, do a good job in the ecological restoration and management of "two mountains and seven rivers", a strategic project that is beneficial to the present and the future, make overall plans to promote the management of landscape, forest, fields, lakes and grasses, curb agricultural non-point source pollution and ecological degradation, and carry out three-year actions to improve rural human settlements. Fifth, highlight the prosperity of culture, focus on inheritance and development, and enhance the farming civilization in the Yellow River Basin. Promote traditional local culture with modern civilization elements such as socialist core values, adhere to material civilization and spiritual civilization, integrate rural cultural resources, implement traditional village protection project and rural cultural memory project, and let excellent traditional culture show its charm and elegance in the new era. Sixth, highlight good governance in rural areas and focus on promoting "three-based construction" in rural areas. It is necessary to grasp party building to promote autonomy, further implement the deployment of "three basics construction", effectively strengthen the political function of rural party organizations, and give play to the advantages of party building in promoting autonomy. We must popularize the law and strictly enforce the rule of law.We will improve the construction of rural public legal service system, carry out in-depth special struggles to eliminate evils and build safe villages. It is necessary to establish a new style and advocate the rule of virtue, strengthen the moral construction in rural areas, shape a new order of rule of virtue in rural areas, and promote the change of customs. Accelerate the modernization of rural governance system and governance capacity by improving the rural governance system that combines autonomy, rule of law and rule of virtue.
At the same time, we must conscientiously study and implement the important strategic thinking of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary on poverty alleviation and development, and focus on deep poverty to continue to exert strength. Further strengthen the goal guidance, refine the three-year action to fight poverty accurately, and come up with more hard tricks. Further focus on deep poverty, encourage 10 deep poverty-stricken counties to try first, and form a work pattern of promoting poverty alleviation through reform. Further improve the quality of poverty alleviation and ensure that the work does not leave a dead end. Further improve the current standards and ensure the correct work orientation. Further stimulate endogenous motivation and let the poor people change "I want to get rid of poverty" into "I want to get rid of poverty". Further compact work responsibilities and strive to become the first phalanx in the country.
The Party is in charge of everything. To implement the rural revitalization strategy, we must strengthen and improve the party’s leadership over the work of agriculture, rural areas and farmers. It is necessary to grasp the system, improve the rural work leadership system in which the Party committee is fully unified in leadership, the government is responsible, and the rural work department of the Party committee is coordinated as a whole, and further implement the working mechanism in which the province takes overall responsibility, the cities and counties implement it, and the rural areas implement it concretely. It is necessary to grasp the reform, boldly innovate, try first, and do a good job in expanding the scope, speeding up and integrating three articles, so as to activate the rural resource elements, let the farmers’ enthusiasm come out in generate, and let the forces supporting agriculture and promoting agriculture come together. We should pay close attention to planning, pay close attention to formulating the strategic plan for rural revitalization in the next five years, attach great importance to the formulation and implementation of village construction planning, lead the renovation of village appearance, and reflect the natural scenery, regional characteristics and times. It is necessary to pay attention to investment, accelerate the formation of a diversified investment pattern with financial priority guarantee, tilted financial focus and active social participation, accelerate the establishment of a long-term mechanism for the overall integration of agriculture-related funds, actively explore new mechanisms for raising funds for rural revitalization, revitalize rural resource assets, and increase credit support for agriculture. It is necessary to grasp the team, revitalize the front-line training and inspection of cadres in rural areas, comprehensively strengthen the training management of rural cadres, carry out the year of building a style of poverty alleviation, and thoroughly practice the "five advocates and five oppositions" (advocating hands-on and opposing being a shopkeeper; Advocate in-depth and concrete work, and oppose general call for deployment; Advocate reform and innovation to solve difficult problems, and oppose the old-fashioned life; Advocate the spirit of nailing, and oppose a superficial taste; Advocate courage to take responsibility,Oppose perfunctory blame), constantly improve the ability of cadres’ style of work, and build a team of "three rural" cadres who understand agriculture and love the countryside and farmers. It is necessary to grasp discipline, continue to deepen the special treatment of unhealthy practices and corruption in the field of poverty alleviation, establish a long-term mechanism for normalized governance, and effectively cover the "last mile" from strict governance of the party.
(The author is Luo Huining, secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China)