Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for solid measures to advance the modernization of agriculture and rural areas during an inspection trip on Wednesday to the city of Dezhou, east China's Shandong Province.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that agricultural and rural modernization has a major bearing on Chinese modernization as a whole and the outcomes it delivers.
Xi said efforts must be made to enhance the overall production capacity, quality, and performance of agriculture, ensure the stable supply of important agricultural products such as grains, build a beautiful and harmonious countryside for people to live and work according to local conditions, and guide farmers to create a better life through hard work and wisdom.
In Dongyujia Village, Xi learned about the local wheat harvest, corn planting, and agricultural supplies. He also walked into a farmland and had cordial exchanges with grain growers, farming machinery operators and agricultural technicians.
Xi emphasized that ensuring the stable supply of grains and other agricultural products is the top priority in agricultural production, stressing efforts to well implement all supportive policies for grain production so as to secure a bumper grain harvest throughout the year.
Xi also called for efforts to improve agricultural infrastructure and strengthen the capacity for disaster prevention, mitigation and relief in agriculture.
Later, Xi visited the nearby Xiyujia Village, where he inquired in detail about efforts to improve local Party organizations and the delivery of public services. He also viewed a display of local agricultural and sideline products.
Xi expressed the hope that village Party organizations would further leverage the guiding role of Party building and make new achievements in building a beautiful and harmonious countryside for people to live and work in.
At the home of villager Yu Xinhui, Xi sat down with the family and asked about their daily lives, including their jobs, income, the health of elderly family members, and the children's education.
Xi said that Party members and officials must do more to benefit the people, deliver tangible results for their well-being, and address their difficulties, thereby enhancing their sense of fulfillment, happiness and security.
As the CPC marks its 105th anniversary on July 1, Xi said that the Party has united and led the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in making great achievements worthy of history and the people over the past 105 years.
"We should never forget our original aspiration and founding mission, and must keep up our stride on the new Long March. We must continue to advance the socialist cause under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, so that our people can enjoy a better life," Xi said.
Xi calls for solid measures to modernize agriculture, rural areas
Xi calls for solid measures to modernize agriculture, rural areas
