From August 18th to 19th, the Academic Summit on Rural Revitalization in the Transformation and Development Zone was held in Mianzhu, Sichuan. The summit co-sponsored by the Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, the Sichuan Rural Revitalization Strategy Research Think Tank, the Mianzhu Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Mianzhu Municipal People's Government. More than 140 experts and scholars from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Renmin University of China, Tongji University, Sichuan Provincial Committee of Agriculture and Industry, Sichuan Provincial Department of Agriculture, Sichuan University, Sichuan Provincial Academy of Social Sciences and other relevant enterprises attended the meeting. Ye Zhuang, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
Ye Zhuang pointed out in his speech that the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" has always been the top priority of the whole Party’s work. The Rural Revitalization Strategy proposed by the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is the major decision-making arrangements made to narrow the urban-rural development gap by the Central Committee of the CPC with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core focused on solving the problem of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers". The Rural Revitalization Strategy is the general grasp of our work in the new era of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers". He stressed that the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy must thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Sichuan Provincial Committee of the CPC, based on the development of industrial integration, to promote Sichuan's leapfrogging to a strong agricultural province and polish the "golden signboard" of the agricultural province. He also emphasized that we should take the direction of high-quality development as the direction, and focus on the structural reform of the supply side of agriculture. He said that there is an opportunity to fight for environmental protection, speed up the shortcomings of rural ecology, production and living environment, expand the “ecological+” industry development model during the construction of a livable city, so as to achieve transformational development, green development, and high quality development.
Professor Li Houqiang, the Secretary of the Committee of the Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences of the CPC, pointed out in that the rural revitalization and construction as an organic whole must be planned and coordinated, and the five aspects should work together and resonate at the same frequency. He believes that it is necessary to highlight key implementation and implement obstacles to break the anachronistic system and mechanism, and vigorously strengthen the construction of rural roads. He pointed out that in the future, Mianzhu should further optimize its layout and integrate modern technology to achieve transformation and upgrading.
Zhao Shiyong, the Secretary of Deyang Municipal Party Committee of the CPC, stressed that the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy has pointed out the direction for the development of agricultural and rural farmers. Chen Wanjian, the Secretary of Mianzhu Municipal Committee of the CPC, pointed out that facing the new normal economic situation and new orientation, Mianzhu should take the initiative to write a new chapter in the transformation and development of traditional industrial cities.
Professor Zhang Hongyu, the Director-General of the Department of Rural Economic System and Management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and other experts and scholars made keynote speeches at the summit.
The summit issued The Mianzhu Practice of Implementing Rural Revitalization Strategy in Resource Development Transformation Areas. The report makes a profound analysis of the economic, social and ecological problems in the resource development and transformation areas under the current background, makes a precise assessment of the series of innovative policy initiatives implemented in the transformation and development of Mianzhu City, and concludes that the economic transformation and industrial restructuring are the rural revitalization of the resource development and transformation areas. On this basis, the report puts forward some suggestions, such as innovating more targeted support policies and establishing more efficient policy integration platform, which provide guidance for Mianzhu and other similar areas to better promote rural revitalization strategy. The summit formed and released the "Rural Revitalization of Mianzhu consensus".