"Building a new socialist countryside" is not a new concept. It has been used many times since 1950s. However, under the new historical background, the construction of a new socialist countryside proposed by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee has far-reaching significance and more comprehensive requirements.
The construction of new countryside is a brand-new subject after China enters a new development stage of promoting agriculture through industry and bringing rural areas through cities. This is an inevitable requirement for the development of the times and the construction of a harmonious society. At present, the key and difficult point of building a well-off society in an all-round way in China lies in rural areas, where agriculture is abundant and the foundation is strong, farmers are rich and the country is prosperous, rural areas are stable and society is safe; Without a well-off society in rural areas, there will be no overall well-off; Without the modernization of agriculture, there will be no modernization of the country.
After industrialization has developed to a certain extent, many countries in the world have adopted the development strategy that industry feeds back agriculture and cities support rural areas. The leading industry of China's national economy has changed from agriculture to non-agricultural industries, and the driving force of economic growth mainly comes from non-agricultural industries. According to international experience, China has now entered the stage of industry feeding back agriculture. Therefore, it is timely for China to implement the major strategic measures of building a new countryside.
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The Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee proposed to promote the construction of new socialist countryside in accordance with the requirements of "development of production, affluent life, civilized rural customs, clean village appearance and democratic management".
The Central Rural Work Conference proposed to actively and steadily promote the construction of new countryside, speed up the improvement of living environment, improve farmers' quality, and promote the construction of "new countryside with materials" and "new countryside with people" to go hand in hand.
The political construction of the new socialist countryside mainly refers to strengthening the rural grass-roots democratic system and the rural legal system on the basis of strengthening the democratic quality education of farmers, and guiding farmers to exercise their democratic rights according to law.
The economic construction of new socialist countryside mainly refers to establishing a long-term mechanism to increase farmers' income on the basis of all-round development of rural production, doing everything possible to increase farmers' income, realizing farmers' prosperity and trying to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas.
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Building a new socialist countryside