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Lin Yifu is a well-known economist in China, the dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics and the School of South-South Cooperation and Development of Peking University, the honorary dean of the National Development Research Institute, and was appointed as a counselor of the State Council in September 2013. His main research and teaching areas are agricultural economics, development economics, and China's economic reform.
Agriculture is China's basic great cause, and Lin Yifu has a deep affection for hundreds of millions of peasants, thinks of danger in times of peace, and has repeatedly offered suggestions and suggestions for China's "three rural" issues. What are his views on the rural revitalization strategy being implemented? You Chengjun combed through Lin Yifu's 8 views on rural revitalization for the benefit of readers.
Note: This article is comprehensively compiled from the public information on the Internet, and the views belong to Mr. Lin Yifu for your reference.
Mr. Lin Yifu
01
Rural revitalization must first of all be industrial development
Rural revitalization must first of all be industrial development. Because only industry can provide employment for farmers, and can farmers have a growing source of income. In view of such a stage of development, it is necessary to find out what industries have comparative advantages in each place, whether it is agriculture, agricultural processing industry or rural tourism. Develop according to the comparative advantage of this place, and turn the comparative advantage into a competitive advantage.
In addition to industrial development, the urban-rural gap lies in the gap between many public services, including infrastructure, education, health care, environment and so on. The improvement of these public service infrastructures is necessary for industrial revitalization and industrial development on the one hand, and it is also necessary for improving the quality of production and quality of life on the other hand. This requires a very important responsibility from all levels of government.
02
For rural revitalization to be successful, the most important thing is the peasants
For rural revitalization to be successful, the most important thing is the peasants. Only when there are modern peasants can there be modern industries. To improve the quality of peasants, governments at all levels need to intensify their efforts in educational equity.
03
Let the market play a decisive role in the allocation of resources
In general, rural revitalization should still let the market play a decisive role in the allocation of resources, because this is the premise of development according to comparative advantages, but at the same time, it is necessary to give play to the good role of the government. The "Proposal" of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee mentioned that the 14th Five-Year Plan also mentioned that it is necessary to explore a better combination of efficient markets and promising governments.
If we want to give full play to the comparative advantages of various localities, we need the government to increase its efforts in infrastructure and public services, improve the quality of farmers, and improve the equalization of public services in rural areas with cities. If this can be done, I believe that we will have a beautiful new countryside, and in the future, the gap between the quality of urban life and rural life can be eliminated, and each has its own characteristics.
Developed countries can become what they are now, not at the beginning, because in the early days of their development, the gap between urban and rural areas was equally large, and for a time there was a time when life in the cities was not as good as in the countryside. After the Industrial Revolution, wealth was accumulated, the cities improved, and the countryside slowly developed from a very backward state, after 300 years to today's level. A lot of things require a process.
04
Build microfinance into a cell project for rural revitalization
Post-development rural areas and access to financial credit support for the poor are a worldwide problem. If society is compared to the body and the family to the cell, then the poor family is the weak cell of malnutrition, lack of energy, and lack of vitality in the social body. Microfinance is a financial blood that helps weak cells increase nutrition, replenish energy, and enhance vitality, and is a cell project that helps the social body replenish blood and activate blood, camp blood and health qi, and solidify the foundation.
Although the water droplets are small, they gradually become large. Microcredit has a particularly important function in supporting the poor and in developing rural areas. In the new era of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization, we should better continue this creative measure, inject financial vitality and new kinetic energy into the rural revitalization field, and promote the healthy development of the social body from the inside out.
05
Rural revitalization must pay attention to the issue of food security
Under the overall new development pattern, rural revitalization can continue to develop in accordance with the established path. Because the overall environment will be better, the income level will continue to increase, and the urban market will continue to expand. In this case, the only thing to consider is the change in comparative advantage after the continuous improvement of China's income level. Agriculture is both land-intensive and relatively labor-intensive. The disadvantage of arable land per capita, coupled with the increase in labor prices, China's comparative advantage in many agricultural products will continue to be lost. At this time, the thing that must be considered is, which agricultural products will become the products of the neck of our country? In addition to the agricultural products other than the card neck, as long as the price is cheaper in the international market, you can buy it and make full use of international resources. At present, the only thing that may be stuck in the neck is the issue of food security. Grain is land-intensive and, relatively speaking, labor-intensive, so comparative advantages are constantly changing.
In addition, while insisting on domestic food self-sufficiency, we must also insist on walking on two legs. Pay attention to countries with advantages in food production and adopt a strategy of diversification of grain imports. In addition, through technical cooperation and investment, countries with a lot of arable land abroad and potential for grain production can be cultivated to become China's grain import bases.
Of course, even so, it is still very important to hold the rice bowl in your own hands. Insist on farmland protection without giving up, and in the case of given cultivated land, produce agricultural products that meet the needs of a growing and better life. Technology also needs to be continuously improved to improve yield and quality. In addition, from the perspective of other high-income economies where land is scarce, such as Japan and South Korea, food must also be supported by protective policies.
Based on the above three points, I believe that under the new development pattern, we can not only provide a good overall environment for rural revitalization, but also provide important support for our food security and socialist modernization construction, and for building a socialist modern power.
06
It is necessary to respect the autonomy and enthusiasm of farmers,
The government is also asked to set up a stage
Now that the strategy of rural revitalization is proposed, an important focus is to make up for shortcomings. Urban income is getting higher and higher, the national income is also getting higher and higher, in this process, product demand is constantly changing, farmers must have the ability to continuously produce high-quality products that can meet market demand, and there must be more and more scientific and technological inputs to improve the output and quality of products, add new marketable products with high added value.
This requires that in rural construction, we must not only respect the autonomy and enthusiasm of the peasants, but also let the government set up a platform to provide water conservancy, roads, communication infrastructure, science and technology, finance and other support according to the needs and changes of the market. In this way, farmers will have greater enthusiasm to produce high-quality products, and will also be more active in the production of products, using the current Internet platform, better docking with the final consumer, better realization of product value, which is a win-win situation for both the supply and demand sides of the market.
07
Rural revitalization should protect the cultural environment
In the rural areas, it is also necessary to protect the cultural environment and improve the governance environment, which is also the content of rural revitalization. Only in this way can we all have a hometown full of expectations, a beautiful urban and rural life, and only then can we realize that the green waters and green mountains we are talking about now are the golden mountains and silver mountains.
08
The future of urban and rural areas should be
Complement each other and complement each other
For the future of urban and rural areas, I certainly hope that they are very pleasant in terms of living environment. I hope that in terms of public services, there is no gap between urban and rural areas, and there are different strengths and weaknesses in life. The city has modern conveniences, watching movies or operas, or going abroad, going to the airport, which are more convenient; but in the countryside, you can get closer to nature. Therefore, the countryside can also develop into a living environment that everyone yearns for, in addition to urban life, people can choose to go to the countryside to get close to nature, enjoy the beauty of the natural environment, and after the body and mind are recuperated, they return to the city to continue living and working.
Rural industries have flourished, life has become prosperous, infrastructure construction has been upgraded, and some modernization needs have been met. Of course, with the further integration of urban and rural areas, it will become more and more convenient for rural people to go to the city to enjoy modern services. Therefore, the future of urban and rural areas should complement each other and have their own beauty.
Source: Youcheng Foundation
Author: Lin Yifu
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