Symposium on Xi Jinping's Thought on Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers Held
Reported by our newspaper (reporters He Hongwei, Le Mingkai): Recently, a symposium on Xi Jinping's Thought on "Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers" was held in Wuhan, Hubei Province.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has delivered a series of speeches on issues concerning "Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers" at many important meetings and during inspections and research trips, profoundly answering many major theoretical and practical questions about the development of work related to "Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers" under new historical conditions. These speeches have distinctive features and a theoretical style, and serve as an important guide for doing a good job in work related to "Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers" in the new era.
The symposium was co-hosted by 5 organizations: the Hubei Academy of Social Sciences, the Rural Economic Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the People's Tribune Magazine of the People's Daily, and the Hubei Daily Media Group. Cai Fang, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chen Xiaohua, vice minister of Agriculture, and a number of national experts in the field of "Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers" attended and took part in the discussions. Ren Zhenhe, vice governor of Hubei Province, attended and delivered a speech.
The symposium carried out in-depth discussions centering on the scientific connotations of Xi Jinping's Thought on "Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers", divided into topics such as agriculture, rural areas, farmers, and urban-rural relations.
Experts pointed out in their speeches that Xi Jinping's Thought on "Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers" is an important part of governance of the country and the contemporary and Sinicized form of Marxist political economy. Deeply studying and implementing Xi Jinping's important thought on work related to "Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers" is of great significance for advancing work related to "Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers" in the new era and even for overall development.
Advancing agricultural modernization became a hot topic of discussion. Experts pointed out that Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the issue of agricultural modernization. In advancing agricultural modernization, ensuring the supply of agricultural products and ensuring food security is the primary goal, improving the quality of agricultural products and the level of food safety is an important task, protecting resources, the environment and ecological security is a fundamental requirement, and improving agricultural competitiveness and safeguarding industrial security is an important path.
Reform of the rural land system attracted much attention. Experts believe that Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the need to adhere to collective ownership of rural land, adhere to the foundational status of household management, and properly handle the relationship between farmers and land. To deeply understand the spirit of Xi Jinping's speech on this matter, it is necessary to truly recognize the institutional advantages of farmers' collective ownership of rural land and implement them in the practice of deepening rural reform. Experts also shared their learning experiences on topics such as targeted poverty alleviation, new urbanization, and supply-side structural reform in agriculture.