Support for college-graduate village officials in starting businesses still needs to be increased

College-graduate village officials are an important group of young people active on the front lines of modern agriculture and new rural construction. They generally have characteristics such as a high level of education, good overall quality and strong creativity, and they are also an important group of young rural entrepreneurs and an important part of the "new farmers." At present, college-graduate village officials also face many problems in starting businesses, most notably in areas such as lack of funds, insufficient experience and lack of professional skills. Although relevant departments of Party committees and governments have adopted many measures in recent years to support college-graduate village officials in starting businesses, overall, compared with the expectations of college-graduate village officials, the level of support still falls considerably short; some support policies are also affected at the grassroots level by problems such as overly strict conditions, limited coverage and insufficient strength. To further promote college-graduate village officials in starting businesses in rural areas, it is necessary, while increasing support from relevant departments of Party committees and governments, to mobilize a wide range of social resources and form stronger support for college-graduate village officials in starting businesses.

Further increase training for college-graduate village officials in starting businesses. The core is to strengthen the basic entrepreneurial capacity of college-graduate village officials and improve the success rate of entrepreneurship. In pre-post training, special training on professional ability, practical training and other stages for college-graduate village officials, add entrepreneurship training content and popularize basic entrepreneurial knowledge. For college-graduate village officials who are willing to start businesses, promptly organize them to participate in special entrepreneurship training organized by departments such as organization, human resources and social security, poverty alleviation and the Communist Youth League. Attach importance to case-sharing forms such as personal accounts by successful entrepreneurs and story sharing to improve the relevance of entrepreneurship training. Increase training in e-commerce knowledge and encourage college-graduate village officials to engage in rural e-commerce entrepreneurship.

Further strengthen guidance for the entrepreneurial practice of college-graduate village officials. Drawing on the "YBC" entrepreneurship training model, hire experts, professors, entrepreneurs and successful individuals to form expert guidance teams, and according to different regions and different specialties, provide one-on-one entrepreneurial guidance and assistance, with long-term tracking, so as to "help them mount the horse and accompany them part of the way," reducing entrepreneurial mistakes. Encourage agricultural enterprises to establish agricultural product purchase and sales agreements with college-graduate village officials and provide support in technology, information and other aspects. Further strengthen the summary, analysis, publicity and promotion of entrepreneurship cases of college-graduate village officials, so as to provide reference for more college-graduate village officials starting businesses.

Further attract social resources to support college-graduate village officials in starting businesses. Vigorously publicize typical figures among college-graduate village officials who start businesses, and actively recommend them to various entrepreneurship associations, investment funds and others, increasing channels for obtaining entrepreneurial funds, projects and supporting resources. Entrepreneurship funds supervised by departments such as human resources and social security, poverty alleviation, the Communist Youth League and the Women's Federation should give priority to supporting college-graduate village officials in starting businesses. Organizations and individuals that support college-graduate village officials in starting businesses should be commended and rewarded.

Further improve loan policies for college-graduate village officials starting businesses. According to current regulations, college-graduate village officials can enjoy both the loan policy for college graduates and the loan policy for entrepreneurship by all citizens, but in reality, because of the household registration issue, they may be unable to enjoy either. It is necessary to clarify a local loan policy for college-graduate village officials starting businesses, so that they enjoy the same guarantees and interest subsidies as local registered residents. College-graduate village officials should be allowed to use their salary subsidy cards as guarantees and simplify relevant loan procedures; allow college-graduate village officials to form guarantee groups to apply for guaranteed small entrepreneurship loans; and explore the implementation of credit loans for college-graduate village officials starting businesses, obtaining corresponding loan amounts according to credit rating levels.

Further strengthen entrepreneurship exchanges among college-graduate village officials. Establish regional and specialized entrepreneurship association organizations for college-graduate village officials, regularly hold activities such as entrepreneurship salons, experience sharing and field visits, increase entrepreneurial exchanges, promote each other and improve together. All member units of the leading group for the work of college-graduate village officials should provide conveniences in all aspects for entrepreneurship exchange activities of college-graduate village officials and give support in areas such as activity venues and funding.

Further increase project support for college-graduate village officials starting businesses. Specialized cooperative organizations and large-scale operating entities founded by college-graduate village officials should be included in the scope of funding and project support by agriculture-related departments and enjoy relevant preferential policies. Departments such as agriculture and science and technology should increase on-site guidance for entrepreneurship projects of college-graduate village officials, and adopt systems such as dispatching science and technology commissioners, incorporating them into professional farmer training plans and establishing contact points for department leaders to strengthen assistance.

Further improve the risk prevention mechanism for college-graduate village officials starting businesses. Overall, the loan risk of college-graduate village officials is smaller than that of ordinary rural youth loans. The main possible risks are: first, college-graduate village officials lack entrepreneurial experience and there is a risk of entrepreneurial failure; second, college-graduate village officials may transfer loans in their personal names to others, creating a risk in recovering debts; third, college-graduate village officials may resign midway while serving as village officials, creating a risk that loans cannot be repaid in a timely manner. To prevent the above risks, provisions may accordingly be made regarding loan term, amount, use, liability for breach of contract and other aspects.

In short, supporting entrepreneurship should be regarded as an important aspect of giving play to the role of college-graduate village officials as rural talent and an important channel for broadening the future paths of college-graduate village officials. It should be given further attention, and more powerful measures should be adopted to promote college-graduate village officials' entrepreneurship to a new level.