What kind of support policies has the state made for the construction of new rural areas?

The details are as follows: On March 8, the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Finance, which participated in the "Two Sessions" of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, jointly held a press conference to answer construction issues that representatives and the media were concerned about.

Yin Chengjie, Vice Minister of Agriculture, said: “The fundamental task is to vigorously develop rural productivity.

Construction and economy are the foundation, and rural productivity must be vigorously developed.

To develop rural productivity, the most important thing is to develop modern agriculture. The focus is to improve the comprehensive grain production capacity. The core is to increase farmers' income.

Yin Chengjie said that the current construction of modern agriculture in China is still preliminary, the development of agriculture and rural economy is in a difficult climbing stage, and the long-term mechanism for increasing grain production and farmers' income has not yet been established.

In the next few years, the construction of modern agriculture must focus on increasing grain production and farmers' income, taking comprehensive measures and advancing them in a down-to-earth manner.

These measures include continuously strengthening the construction of comprehensive grain production capacity, actively promoting the strategic adjustment of agricultural and rural economic structures, vigorously promoting independent innovation and achievement transformation of agricultural science and technology, broadening channels for farmers to increase income, and improving the scientific and technological cultural quality of the majority of farmers.

Du Ying, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said: Improve farmers' production and living conditions and strengthen rural infrastructure construction.

The National Development and Reform Commission, together with relevant departments, has studied and determined the investment and construction priorities in three aspects.

First, in terms of improving comprehensive agricultural production capacity, focusing on promoting a stable increase in grain production and a sustained increase in farmers' income, it is planned to allocate 12 billion yuan this year to continue to strengthen the construction of a number of projects, including seed projects, large-scale commercial grain base construction, high-quality grain industry projects,

Water-saving renovation of large-scale irrigation areas, renovation of large-scale pumping stations in four central provinces, removal and reinforcement of dangerous reservoirs, construction of small farmland water conservancy facilities, construction of animal epidemic prevention systems, etc.

Second, in terms of improving farmers' production and living conditions, we will concentrate our efforts on the four major issues of "water, gas, roads and electricity".

In terms of safe drinking water in rural areas, 4 billion yuan will be allocated this year, and it is planned to solve the drinking water safety problem of another 20 million rural people.

In terms of rural energy, 2.5 billion yuan of investment will be arranged to build 2.5 million more biogas digesters for households.

In terms of rural road construction, more than 17 billion yuan in national debt and vehicle purchase tax funds will be allocated to rebuild and build 180,000 kilometers of rural roads.

In terms of rural power construction, 1.2 billion yuan of treasury bonds will be allocated to improve rural power grids in some areas of the central and western regions and start construction projects in rural areas without electricity.

Third, in accelerating the development of rural social undertakings.

More than 6 billion yuan of investment will be arranged to accelerate the development of rural education, health, and cultural undertakings.

The main projects include: focusing on the "two basics" in the western region, continue to build rural boarding schools, implement modern distance education projects for rural primary and secondary schools, and strengthen vocational education capacity building.

In conjunction with the construction of a new rural cooperative medical system, we will strengthen the construction of a rural public health service network at the county, township and village levels, focusing on township health centers.

In terms of rural cultural undertakings, we will continue to promote the radio and television "every village access" project and the rural film screening project.

It is hoped that through the implementation of these projects, an increasingly solid material foundation can be laid for the construction of new rural areas.

Zhu Zhigang, Vice Minister of Finance, said: The focus of the public finance increase will be on rural areas.

The financial department will follow the policy of giving more, taking less, and being more flexible so that farmers can enjoy more of the fruits of development and reform.

The Ministry of Finance will establish a mechanism for the stable growth of fiscal support funds for agriculture.

By adjusting the stock of fiscal expenditures and shifting the focus of increases to rural areas, we will continue to increase investment in rural areas and agriculture.

Provide a stable source of funding for construction.

The funds allocated to support agriculture in this year's budget reached 339.7 billion yuan, an increase of 14.2% over the previous year, accounting for 21.4% of the total expenditure increase.

In other words, more than 1/5 of this year's total expenditure increase will be used in rural areas.

After the agricultural tax is completely abolished nationwide, 800 million farmers will benefit from this, 125 billion yuan, and the per capita benefit will be 140 yuan.

To this end, the central government has increased transfer payments to local governments by 78.2 billion yuan.

In addition, the three subsidies: direct grain subsidies, subsidies for improved seeds, and subsidies for agricultural machinery and equipment will continue to be improved and strengthened.

According to reports, this year’s direct grain subsidy funds reached 50% of the grain risk funds in 13 major producing areas, an increase of 1 billion yuan over the previous year.

At the same time, subsidies for improved seeds and agricultural machinery have also increased significantly compared with the previous year.

In addition, the Ministry of Finance will increase the reward system for major grain-producing counties, adjusting it from 5.5 billion yuan last year to 8.5 billion yuan this year.

Zhu Zhigang said that in order to solve problems such as difficulty in going to school and medical treatment in rural areas, the Ministry of Finance has also arranged relevant investment.

During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the central finance will work with local finance to increase investment by 218.2 billion yuan and establish a funding guarantee mechanism for rural compulsory education.

This year we will take the lead in waiving tuition and miscellaneous fees for primary and secondary schools in western China, and next year we will implement comprehensive waiving of tuition and miscellaneous fees for compulsory education in rural areas across the country.

This year the cooperative medical pilot will be expanded to 40% of rural counties, and next year it will strive to reach 60%. In 2008, the rural cooperative medical system will be fully implemented.

to this end.

This year, the central government's subsidy for rural cooperative medical care reached 4.7 billion yuan, more than seven times that of last year.