Guard against the "recessive" rebound of farmers' burden

The fundamental way to reduce farmers' burden is to continue to deepen the comprehensive reform in rural areas and eliminate the institutional factors that cause farmers' burden problems.

"Statistical information consulting fee 2000 yuan", "production safety training fee 200 yuan", "librarian training fee 2000 yuan", "public security joint defense sponsorship fee 2000 yuan" to the designated place to engrave the official seal of the village committee, each charge is 190 yuan, "the salary of primary school cooks is 2000 yuan,"carry out the" public security double protection "project to charge village-level organizations 10 yuan for insurance and 26 yuan for public security personnel.

I don't know if I don't see it. I'm shocked to see it. These various "miscellaneous fees" paid by village-level organizations appeared in the "report on Farmers' burden Inspection in 2013" recently released by the Ministry of Agriculture. The inspection team, composed of six departments of the State Council Joint Conference on reducing Farmers' burden, inspected the burden of farmers in Heilongjiang, Anhui, and Shandong provinces. The results show that the problem of inadequate implementation of the policy of reducing burden and benefiting farmers in some places still exists, and the burden of village-level organizations shows an increasing trend.

Since the abolition of agricultural tax in 2006, the burden on farmers has been greatly reduced. But this does not mean that the burden on farmers will be gone. In some places, new situations and problems have emerged in farmers' burden, and there has been a "recessive" rebound in recent years. For example, some have diverted past arbitrary fees to farmers to new agricultural operators and village-level organizations, some have developed village-level public welfare undertakings beyond the affordability of farmers, borrowed money to carry out construction, and some have deducted fees against the wishes of farmers in implementing the policy of strengthening farmers and benefiting rich peasants, while others have devised names and changed ways to charge farmers indiscriminately.

Why does the burden of farmers rebound "recessively"? From a deep point of view, the institutional and institutional factors that cause farmers' burden have not been completely eliminated. Due to the long-term urban-rural dual structure, rural development obviously lags behind urban development, the investment mechanism of rural infrastructure and public services is not perfect, and the input responsibilities of governments and farmers at all levels are not clearly defined. In addition, some departments are not strict in implementing policies, while others encroach on the interests of farmers for the benefit of the departments, thus increasing their burden.

It is not easy to reduce the burden, and it is even more difficult to ensure that the burden of farmers does not rebound. This "circular" shows us the long-term nature, complexity and arduousness of lightening the burden on farmers. This year's Central Committee document No. 1 stressed that "resolutely investigate and correct corruption in agriculture-related fields that infringe upon the interests of the masses and increase farmers' burdens." the problem of farmers' burdens is related to farmers' vital interests, and local governments should attach great importance to lightening farmers' burdens. Only by improving and strictly implementing various systems to reduce farmers' burden, expanding the scope of comprehensive management of farmers' burden, and truly establishing a long-term mechanism for supervising farmers' burden, can we effectively control the burden and prevent rebound.

The fundamental way to reduce the burden of farmers is to continue to deepen the comprehensive reform in rural areas and eliminate the institutional factors that cause the burden of farmers. Only by persisting in deepening reform, coordinating urban and rural development, and gradually equalizing basic public services in urban and rural areas, can we fundamentally solve the problem of farmers' burden. Governments at all levels should continue to increase investment in rural infrastructure and public services, increase the proportion of central investment subsidies for rural public welfare construction projects, and let the sunshine of public finance shine more on rural areas.

It is necessary to strengthen supervision and focus on the outstanding problems that have emerged in the work of lightening farmers' burdens. We will strengthen the supervision of the burden of new types of agricultural operators, such as family farms, professional large households, and farmers' cooperatives, so as to prevent the breeding and spread of arbitrary charges related to agriculture in new areas.