The per capita cash income of farmers nationwide increased by 9.8 percent in the first half of the year

Summer grain harvest "eleven consecutive abundant", agricultural and rural situation is good. Driven by planting industry, migrant workers and agricultural products processing industry, farmers 'income is no longer limited to the fields, achieving sustained growth, and rural residents' income sings the "Song of the Four Seasons". Since the beginning of this year, farmers 'income has maintained a sustained and rapid growth momentum. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the per capita cash income of rural residents in the first half of the year was 5396 yuan, up 12.0% year-on-year in nominal terms and 9.8% in real terms after deducting price factors.

Average monthly income of migrant workers increased by 10.3%

In the first half of the year, compared with the actual growth of 7.1% per capita disposable income of urban residents nationwide, the growth rate of farmers 'income was stronger than that of urban residents, 2.7 percentage points higher.

"The increase in farmers 'per capita income has exceeded that of urban residents for three consecutive years." According to Peng Wensheng, chief economist of China International Finance Corporation, at present, farmers 'income growth is expected to continue to exceed that of urban residents this year. The emergence of this trend is caused by the structural inherent requirement that the income difference between urban and rural areas has been gradually ironed out for a long time, and it is also the inevitable result of the implementation of the policy of industry feeding agriculture and urban supporting rural areas, which helps to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas and promote common prosperity.

Why does the "landscape" of farmers 'income growth continue to improve? At the same time of the growth of planting income, the income of migrant workers showed a rapid growth trend. According to the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics, at the end of June, 174.18 million rural migrant workers were working, an increase of 3.07 million or 1.8 percent year-on-year. The average monthly income of migrant workers was 2733 yuan, an increase of 10.3%.

Household business income has accounted for half of farmers 'income

The rapid development of agricultural products processing industry provides an increasingly broad platform for the sustained growth of farmers 'income. Data show that in the first half of the year, agricultural products processing industry above designated size still realized 8.4 trillion yuan of main business income, up 9.5% year-on-year, 1.4 percentage points higher than the growth rate of industries above designated size nationwide. "Household income already accounts for half of farmers 'income. The state has vigorously developed the secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas and promoted the intensive processing of agricultural products, which has created unprecedented conditions for increasing the income of rural families from business operations." Zeng Yesong, an expert on rural issues at the Central Party School, believes that.

Since the beginning of this year, the state has actively implemented the subsidy policy for the initial processing of agricultural products. The subsidy fund has increased by 20%, and the scale of funds has reached 600 million yuan. Agricultural product processing machinery has been promoted into the scope of agricultural machinery purchase subsidies. At the same time, seven major strategic issues such as comprehensive utilization of agricultural products processing, subsidy policy and staple food processing have been studied.

In addition, leisure agriculture has also become a new channel for farmers to increase their income. China has introduced 10 of China's most beautiful villages and 108 of China's beautiful pastoral areas to the society, and launched activities to establish demonstration counties and demonstration sites for national leisure agriculture and rural tourism. According to incomplete statistics, in the first half of the year, leisure agriculture received nearly 500 million tourists nationwide, with an operating income of nearly 150 billion yuan, a growth rate of more than 10%, driving 30 million farmers to benefit.