China will give more support to quicken the pace of the
development of agricultural production and rural areas and improve
the income of farmers next year in a bid to maintain the good
development momentum of the rural economy, according to a decision
made by the central economic conference on Sunday.
China's rural economy has made good progress this year, thanks
to many favorable factors, says the decision of the conference,
held here from Friday to Sunday by the Communist Party of China
(CPC) Central Committee and the State Council.
With the task of maintaining the good development momentum
remaining arduous, China should continue to put the rural issues on
top of the Party's agenda. "Our support for the rural areas will be
further strengthened next year, but not weakened," the decision
says.
The decision says China will make efforts to strengthen the
agricultural infrastructure construction next year and improve the
living and working conditions in rural China.
According to the decision, China will continue the reform of
transforming administrative fees into taxes in rural areas and
explore new financing channels for agricultural development fund,
in order to establish a mechanism to ensure the steady rise of
farmers' income.
China will quicken the pace for agricultural technology
innovation, while improving development of the grassroots
organizations in rural areas and enhance the quality of rural
labors to promote the development of rural economy in an all-round
way, says the decision.
(Xinhua News Agency December 6, 2004)