China has doubled down on rural modernization with its newly released 2024 “No. 1 central document,” outlining ambitious plans to boost agriculture, prevent poverty resurgence, and empower rural communities. This annual policy blueprint – a tradition since 2004 – signals unwavering focus on securing food supplies and closing urban-rural gaps.
Food First: Grain Security Takes Center Stage
With grain output hitting 695 million tons in 2023 (ninth straight record year!), China aims to keep “rice bowls firmly in Chinese hands,” as President Xi Jinping emphasized. New subsidies and price guarantees for wheat, rice, and soybean farmers are driving this push – soybean production alone jumped 2.8% last year.
No Backtrack on Poverty Fight
The plan prioritizes preventing large-scale poverty comebacks through targeted investments in underdeveloped regions. Over 119 million hectares of farmland are now under cultivation, while income-boosting programs aim to create sustainable livelihoods.
Tech Meets Tradition
Sci-tech innovation and reforms are key to China’s rural vision. From smart farming to logistics upgrades, 28 new measures aim to transform villages into hubs of efficiency and opportunity. As Beijing puts it: “Rural residents’ prosperity equals national strength.”
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With grain output hitting 695 million tons in 2023 (ninth straight record year!), China aims to keep “rice bowls firmly in Chinese hands,” as President Xi Jinping emphasized. New subsidies and price guarantees for wheat, rice, and soybean farmers are driving this push – soybean production alone jumped 2.8% last year.
The plan prioritizes preventing large-scale poverty comebacks through targeted investments in underdeveloped regions. Over 119 million hectares of farmland are now under cultivation, while income-boosting programs aim to create sustainable livelihoods.
Sci-tech innovation and reforms are key to China’s rural vision. From smart farming to logistics upgrades, 28 new measures aim to transform villages into hubs of efficiency and opportunity. As Beijing puts it: “Rural residents’ prosperity equals national strength.”
