China will make favorable policies and invest more in the rural
areas next year, said a central work meeting on rural development
closed in Beijing on Thursday.
The year of 2006 is the start of China's 11th Five-Year Program
(2006-2010) and rural work is of great significance to the goal of
building socialist new countryside, said the meeting.
Policies favorable to rural development would be made and
sustained next year, according to the meeting.
The government would spend more on agricultural development and
rural development in 2006, it said, adding that the increase of
investment would be higher than that in the previous year.
Expenditures on the countryside construction would have a higher
proportion in the government's national debts and financial budget,
it said.
More money would be used to improve living conditions for people
in the rural areas, according to the meeting.
Apart from that, efforts would be made to push forward
modernization of agriculture, raise farmers' income and further
reforms in the rural areas, it said.
Infrastructure construction would also be enhanced along with
public affairs next year, said the meeting.
It also pointed out that root organizations of the Communist
Party of China (
CPC) in the rural areas should play a leading role in promoting
development there.
Besides, efforts should be made to solve problems that affect
reform, development and stability in rural areas, the meeting
said.
(Xinhua News Agency December 30, 2005)