No.26, 2022 (Jun 20-Jun 26, 2022)
International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC)
The Ministry of Finance issues CNY 673 million in disaster relief funds for agricultural production. In order to further carry out the work related to the prevention and control of major diseases and insect pests of crops such as grain, the Ministry of Finance issues a disaster relief fund of CNY 673 million for agricultural production. The funds are mainly used to support 25 provinces to purchase pesticides, medical equipment and materials required for the prevention and control of major crop diseases and insect pests, and provide appropriate subsidies for unified prevention and control operations services. The funds will also guide local governments to organize and implement disaster prevention and relief measures.
Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition Jun.20, 2022The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development will carry out the evaluation of rural construction in 2022 in 102 counties. Recently, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the Notice on Carrying out the Evaluation of Rural Construction in 2022, and decided to select 102 counties including Pingshan County in Hebei Province as sample counties to carry out the evaluation of rural construction in 2022. The Notice requires that the evaluation should be carried out in the county area, to find out the problems and shortcomings in the rural construction, to put forward targeted suggestions, and to guide all localities to take measures to solve the problems found in the evaluation and narrow the gap between urban and rural areas.
Source: Farmers Daily Jun.20, 2022The China Rural Construction Work Conference proposed the implementation of rural construction actions. On June 20, the China Rural Construction Work Conference was held in Sanming City, Fujian Province. The meeting pointed out that rural construction is an important part of the modernization construction. It is necessary to consolidate the infrastructure support for rural modernization, strengthen the construction of rural production and living infrastructure, and promote the connection and functional complementarity of urban and rural infrastructure. It is necessary to focus on building ecologically livable and beautiful villages, improving the overall facilities and environment of the village, and transforming and enhancing the style of the village in combination with local characteristics. It is necessary to accelerate the improvement of the level of basic public services in rural areas, improve the public service system for the integrated development of counties and villages, improve the capacity of village-level public services, and strengthen and improve rural governance.
Source: China Review Network Jun.21, 2022The 2022 China Farmers Mobile Application Skills Training Week was launched in Beijing. On June 21, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held the launch event of the 2022 Chinese Farmers Mobile Application Skills Training Week in Beijing. As one of the key events of the 2022 China Farmers Harvest Festival, the mobile phone application skills training for farmers will focus on rural information services, online marketing of agricultural products, agricultural technology promotion, and prevention of telecommunication network fraud with the theme of improving digital skills of farmers to help rural e-commerce develop. And other content, carry out training and promotion activities, and promote the in-depth integration of mobile phone applications with agricultural production, operation and rural life, aiming to enable the majority of farmers to make good use of mobile phones as a new agricultural tool, promote industrial development, and drive farmers to increase their income.
Source: Farmers Daily Jun.22, 2022China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation changes its name to China Rural Development Foundation. According to the new situation, new tasks and new requirements, the China Rural Development Foundation will promote sustainable rural development, promote common prosperity, and help build a community with a shared future for mankind. In terms of promoting sustainable rural development, the China Rural Development Foundation will gradually shift from addressing the needs of impoverished areas and poor people during the period of poverty alleviation to responding to the needs of underdeveloped areas and low-income groups during the stage of rural revitalization. In terms of work philosophy, China Rural Development Foundation will pay more attention to the social benefits and public welfare value of public welfare projects, and pay more attention to the endogenous capacity building of recipients and the sustainable development of underdeveloped areas.
Source: China News Network Jun.22, 2022Jiangxi Province clarified the three-step goals and tasks of rural revitalization. In the first step, by the end of 2022, the model land for rural revitalization in the new era will have a solid start, and the institutional and policy frameworks for rural industry, talent, culture, ecology, and organizational revitalization will be basically formed. In the second step, by the end of 2025, major progress will be made in the model land of rural revitalization in the new era. The modern agricultural industrial system, production system and management system will be fully constructed, the rural construction action will be fully promoted, and the rural living environment will be improved. In the third step, by the end of 2035, a model land for rural revitalization in the new era will be basically formed, the quality, efficiency and competitiveness of agriculture will be further improved, the system and mechanism for the integrated development of urban and rural areas will be completed, and rural revitalization work will be at the forefront of China.
Source: Farmers Daily Jun.20, 2022Three departments co-issue the document to promote the high-quality development of sports of farmers during the 14th Five-Year Plan. Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the General Administration of Sports, and the National Rural Revitalization Bureau jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of Sports of Farmers in the 14th Five-Year Plan, making arrangements for the high-quality development of sports of farmers during the 14th Five-Year Plan. The Opinions points out that the development of sports of farmers is an important task to promote rural revitalization, construct a sports power and a healthy China. The Opinions emphasizes that it is necessary to extensively carry out sports of farmers and fitness events, speed up the improvement of the shortcomings of rural public fitness facilities, explore the connotation of rural sports culture, comprehensively improve the quality of sports of farmers talent training, and innovate sports publicity work.
Source: the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Jun.23, 2022The Standing Committee of the National Congress of People initiate inspections on the enforcement of the Law on Promotion of Rural Revitalization. The inspection team will entrust six provincial standing committees to inspect the implementation of the Law. First, the implementation of laws and regulations to promote the development of rural industries, increase income of farmers, and improve living standards. Second, improve the rural talent work system and mechanism, and promote the construction of agricultural and rural talent teams. Third, the implementation of legal provisions on the protection of agricultural cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage. Fourth, the implementation of legal responsibilities such as strengthening rural ecological environment protection and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of farmers. Fifth, refine the implementation of supporting policies and measures related to rural revitalization. Sixth, the formulation of local regulations and supporting regulations.
Source: Xinhua Net Jun.24, 2022The Black Land Protection Law will come into effect on August 1. The 35th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Congress of People voted to pass the black land protection law, which will take effect on August 1, 2022. As a successful practice of legislation, the Black Land Protection Law is not divided into chapters, with a total of 38 articles. The competent agricultural and rural department of the State Council, together with the natural resources, water administration and other relevant departments, comprehensively considers the history of black land reclamation and the current situation of utilization, etc., in accordance with the principles that are most conducive to comprehensive protection, comprehensive management and systematic restoration, determine the scope of black land protection and timely adjustment. The historically black land should be included in the black land protection scope for repair and restoration in principle, except for those that cannot be restored.
Source: Xinhua Net Jun.24, 2022Ningxia promotes the evaluation of professional titles of farmers. In 2022, Ningxia will fully roll out the evaluation of high-quality professional titles of farmers in 5 cities in the region on the basis of the pilot evaluation of high-quality professional titles of farmers in Shizuishan City. It is understood that the participation of high-quality farmers in the evaluation of professional titles is not restricted by academic qualifications, majors, papers, scientific research, etc., and evaluation standards are set according to six categories, focusing on performance contribution, economic and social benefits, and demonstration and leading role. In order to promote the evaluation of high-quality professional titles of farmers, Ningxia requires all localities to use the evaluation of high-quality professional titles of farmers as a means to increase the training of farmers and improve vocational skills of farmers, professional level and practical ability. At the same time, the independent authority to evaluate the professional titles of high-quality farmers in various places is granted.
Source: Xinhua Net Jun.24, 2022The Tianjin Rural Revitalization Fund with a scale of CNY 2.5 billion is launched. Recently, the Tianjin Rural Revitalization Fund was launched. It is understood that the investment directions of the fund include modern seed industry, modern agricultural infrastructure and production facilities, rural e-commerce, agricultural product trading and construction of warehousing and logistics facilities, intelligent agricultural development, digital villages, and construction of beautiful villages, etc. The newly established Tianjin Rural Revitalization Fund is an important measure to play the leading role of financial investment and leverage financial capital and social forces to participate in rural revitalization construction. The Tianjin rural revitalization fund, through the government guidance fund of CNY 2.5 billion, cooperates with financial institutions, enterprises and other social capitals to initiate the establishment of several parent funds, forming a rural revitalization parent fund group with a scale of no less than CNY 5 billion.
Source: Farmers Daily Jun.22, 2022The first anti-poverty monitoring and assistance system of financial system in China is launched in Chongqing. Recently, the Chongqing Rural Development Bureau and the Agricultural Bank of China Chongqing Branch jointly launched the first anti-poverty monitoring and assistance system in the national financial system. Focusing on continuing to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation and keeping the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty. The two departments improved a series of poverty prevention and assistance mechanisms to realize real-time sharing, dynamic monitoring and systematic distribution of information on groups prone to return to poverty. The launch of the anti-return to poverty monitoring system has transformed traditional offline channels into online channels, which greatly reduces the cost of information collection, facilitates the overall utilization of information resources, turns passive into active, alleviates information asymmetry, and improves the timeliness of assistance.
Source: China News Network Jun.24, 2022Anhui Province has established 256 production, processing and supply bases for green agricultural products in the Yangtze River Delta. On June 23, the Yangtze River Delta Green Food Processing Industry Conference was held in Xiaogang Village, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province. The activity is expected to reach 235 investment promotion projects, with an estimated contract value of more than CNY 66 billion. At present, Anhui Province has established a total of 256 provincial-level green agricultural product production, processing and supply bases in the Yangtze River Delta. The agricultural products sold to Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas amounted to CNY 47.59 billion, a year-on-year increase of 27%. Anhui Province takes the construction of the green agricultural product production, processing and supply base in the Yangtze River Delta as the starting point, and builds cooperation and co-construction platforms in various fields, which makes the scale of the green food industry in Anhui Province continue to grow, and the quality, efficiency and competitiveness are significantly improved.
Source: China News Network Jun.24, 2022Hunan Province has introduced 10 countermeasures to prevent the impact of the epidemic. It is understood that the Hunan Provincial Rural Development Bureau issued the Ten Measures to Continue to Consolidate and Expand the Achievements of Poverty Alleviation in Response to the Impact of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic and Disaster Situations. The measures are as follows. First, study and judge the impact of the epidemic situation. Second, accurate and precise monitoring and assistance. Third, highlight the strengthening of stable employment. Fourth, carry out in-depth industrial assistance. Fifth, strengthen comprehensive guarantees. Sixth, increase the strength of key assistance. Seven, strictly promote the rectification of problems. Eighth, strengthen the management of capital projects. Ninth, coordinate the assistance force. Tenth, prevent and defuse hidden risks.
Source: Hunan Daily Jun.24, 2022Sichuan Province has issued a special action plan for rural governance of ex-situ poverty alleviation and resettlement sites in 2022. The Sichuan Provincial Rural Development Bureau, the Development and Reform Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Department of Civil Affairs co-issues the 2022 Special Action Plan for Rural Governance of Relocation Poverty Alleviation and Resettlement Sites to carry out the special action for rural governance of ex-situ poverty alleviation and resettlement sites in 2022. The action is carried out around six major aspects, including improving the rural governance mechanism, innovating rural governance methods, promoting spiritual civilization, carrying out activities to change customs and habits, monitoring and assisting in preventing return to poverty, and improving the level of property management services. It aims to promote a new model of community governance, the ability of community convenience services has been significantly enhanced.
Source: the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Jun.24, 2022
Sponsor: International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC)
Organize：School of Sociology, Central China Normal University
Contact: He Shengnian 010-84419871
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