Let farmers have more employment opportunities in rural areas

From September 24 to 25, the 16th National "Village head" Forum was held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. More than 600 people, including well-known "village officials" from all over the country, outstanding college students "village officials", ethnic minority "village officials" and famous experts and scholars, attended the forum.

At the forum, Chen Xiwen, former deputy head and office director of the Central Rural work leading Group, profoundly expounded the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on the "three unswervingly": "unswervingly deepening rural reform, unswervingly accelerating rural development, and unswervingly safeguarding rural harmony and stability are the general program that we must grasp over the past five years. Among them, the main index to measure is to increase farmers' income. " Chen Xiwen said that farmers' income has increased rapidly in recent years, with the per capita disposable income of farmers reaching 11422 yuan last year, and the income ratio of urban and rural residents has shrunk to 2.73 ∶ 1. According to the 13th five-year Plan, the per capita income of farmers across the country should reach 15649 yuan by 2020, and the task of increasing farmers' income in most areas is still very arduous. In particular, in recent years, the prices of grain and pork have been low, and reforms such as the loss of production capacity in cities have reduced the opportunities for farmers to go out for employment, so it is necessary to explore more ways to develop new industries in rural areas and new business type through the 'Village Chief' forum, so that farmers can have more employment opportunities in rural areas and achieve local transfer. "

Chen Xiaohua, vice minister of agriculture, fully affirmed the development achievements of local villages and the role of the "village head" forum as a platform. In view of the situation and tasks faced during the 13th five-year Plan period, Chen Xiaohua pointed out that in the next step of rural development, we should focus on four aspects of work: first, to implement the new concept of development and solve the new problems of agricultural and rural development; second, to promote supply-side structural reform to improve agricultural efficiency and competitiveness; third, to adhere to the dominant position of farmers and improve their well-being; and fourth, to build a platform for cooperative development and achieve joint construction and sharing.

"rely on innovation to stimulate the vitality of rural development, rely on coordination to make up for the shortcomings of rural development, rely on green to lead the direction of rural development, rely on opening up to expand rural development space, and rely on sharing to promote the well-being of farmers." Chen Xiaohua said: at present, China's agricultural development is in the process of transformation and upgrading, and the new round of agricultural restructuring should take the road of the integration of primary, secondary and tertiary industries, promote the integration of grain, economy and feeding, the combination of agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery, and the integration of farming, animal husbandry and fishery. We should shift from quantity-oriented to quality-oriented, change production-oriented to consumption-oriented, arrange production around market demand, reduce ineffective and low-end supply, and expand effective and medium-and high-end supply. We should respect the pioneering spirit of farmers, stimulate and mobilize their creative vitality, and innovate the ways of rural governance and social management.

During the forum, the Sichuan Provincial Association for the Promotion of Village Development was granted a license to establish. At the same time, 55 annual meetings of ethnic minority "village officials" (2016), Sichuan report meeting of Chinese "village officials", main forum of "Wisdom sharing and Cooperative Development", China Rural Investment and Development Conference, China Agricultural Park Seminar, UAV Application and Development Prospect Exchange meeting were held.