Xi’s article on modernisation of agriculture, rural areas to be published

Agriculture

An article by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on the modernisation of agriculture and rural areas will be published on Thursday.

The article by Xi, also the Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, would be published in this year’s sixth issue of the Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee.

In his article, Xi called for sound efforts in promoting the modernisation of agriculture and rural areas, with the goal of building up the country’s strength in agriculture.

During this process, ensuring stable and safe supplies of grain and other important agricultural products is always the top priority, the article said.

It added that advancing rural revitalisation across the board is an important task.

Also, the article stressed that building up the country’s strength in agriculture needed to rely on science and technology and reform as its main driving forces.

The article further underlined the importance of advancing the modernisation of the country’s rural areas.

It stressed the Party’s overall leadership over relevant work and urged solid and down-to-earth work in realising the goal.

(NAN)