Full interpretation of the Central Document No. 1 of 2022: What does it specifically include? Attached is the latest interpretation of the full text

The Central Document No. 1 of 2022, "Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Doing a Good Job in Key Tasks for Comprehensively Promoting Rural Revitalization in 2022", was issued on February 22. This is also the 19th Central Document No. 1 guiding the work on agriculture, rural areas and farmers since the 21st century. In this regard, Dongguan editor Feng Chao interprets the full text of the Central Document No. 1 of 2022 for everyone as follows. What specific contents does it include? The latest interpretation of the full text is as follows:

I. Objectives and tasks of the Central Government’s No. 1 Document in 2022

1. Comprehensively promote key tasks of rural revitalization in 2022;

2. Make every effort to ensure grain production and supply of important agricultural products in 2022;

3. In 2022, grain production will remain above 1.3 trillion jin;

4. In 2022, we will increase subsidies for crop rotation and rewards for oil-producing counties;

5. In 2022, farmers’ grain production income will be reasonably guaranteed, the minimum purchase price will be increased, and the subsidy policy will be stabilized;

6. Implement strong measures to protect farmland by 2022;

7. Build 100 million mu of high-standard farmland by 2022;

8. In 2022, we will improve the monitoring and assistance mechanism and accurately identify the monitoring targets;

9. Promote sustained income growth for people lifted out of poverty by 2022;

10. In 2022, we will increase support for key counties for rural revitalization and resettlement areas for relocation;

11. Promote the implementation of poverty alleviation policies in poverty-stricken areas in 2022;

12. In 2022, we will vigorously promote the construction of digital villages and advance the development of smart agriculture;

13. In 2022, we will implement key rural reform tasks and launch a county-wide pilot program to extend the second round of land contracts for another 30 years after they expire;

14. In 2022, we will take a key approach to promote rural revitalization in an all-round way.

II. Five measures in 2022 to ensure food production and supply of important agricultural products

1. Stabilize the annual grain planting area and yield;

2. Vigorously implement the soybean and oilseed production capacity improvement project;

3. Ensure the supply of vegetable basket products;

4. Reasonably guarantee farmers’ grain production income;

5. Coordinate and regulate important agricultural products.

III. Six measures in 2022 to strengthen the basic support of modern agriculture

Measure 1: Implement strong and effective measures to protect arable land. The Party and the government share the same responsibility for protecting arable land and strictly adhere to the 1.8 billion mu arable land red line.

Measure 2: Fully complete the phased tasks of high-standard farmland construction. Increase investment through multiple channels, build 100 million mu of high-standard farmland by 2022, and build a total of 400 million mu of efficient water-saving irrigation area.

Initiative three: Vigorously promote the research and development of key core technologies in agriculture such as seed resources. Fully implement the action plan for seed industry revitalization.

Measure 4: Improve the research, development and application level of agricultural machinery and equipment. Comprehensively sort out shortcomings and weaknesses, and strengthen collaborative research on engineering of agricultural machinery and equipment.

Measure 5: Accelerate the development of facility agriculture. Develop plastic greenhouses, solar greenhouses, multi-span greenhouses and other facilities according to local conditions.

Measure 6: Effectively prevent and respond to major agricultural disasters. Increase efforts in building agricultural disaster prevention, mitigation and relief capabilities and increase investment.

IV. Four measures in 2022 to firmly maintain the bottom line of preventing large-scale poverty recurrence

1. Improve the monitoring and assistance mechanism

Accurately determine the monitoring targets, include farmers who are at risk of falling back into poverty or encountering sudden serious difficulties into the monitoring scope, simplify the work process, and shorten the identification time.

2. Promote sustained income growth for people who have escaped poverty

We will encourage poverty-stricken areas to rely more on development to consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation, so that the lives of people who have been lifted out of poverty can be improved.

3. Increase support for key counties for rural revitalization and resettlement areas for relocation

A number of projects to fill gaps and promote development will be implemented in key counties for rural revitalization.

4. Promote the implementation of poverty alleviation policies in poverty-stricken areas

Maintain the overall stability of major assistance policies, refine and implement various assistance policies during the transition period, and carry out policy effectiveness evaluation.

5. Five measures in 2022 to focus on industries and promote rural development

1. Continue to promote the integrated development of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas

We encourage all regions to expand the multiple functions of agriculture, tap into the diverse values ​​of rural areas, and focus on developing industries such as agricultural product processing, rural leisure tourism, and rural e-commerce.

2. Vigorously develop county-level industries that enrich the people

Support the relocation of industries from large and medium-sized cities to counties, and guide the orderly and gradual transfer of industries.

3. Strengthen the construction of county-level commercial system

Implement county-level commercial development actions to promote the expansion, quality improvement and upgrading of rural consumption.

4. Promote local employment and entrepreneurship of farmers

Implement policies to stabilize employment for all types of migrant workers. Give full play to the employment driving role of large and medium-sized cities.

VI. Five measures in 2022 to promote rural development in a solid and steady manner

1. Improve the implementation mechanism of rural construction, implement the requirements of rural revitalization for farmers and rural construction for farmers, adhere to the bottom-up, villager autonomy, and farmer participation, launch the implementation plan for rural construction actions, and advance it in a forceful and orderly manner according to local conditions.

2. Continue to implement the five-year action plan for improving the rural living environment, and promote rural toilet reform based on the actual needs of farmers.

3. Solidly carry out rural infrastructure construction in key areas. Promote the orderly construction of third-level and above highways in townships and hardened roads in natural villages (groups) with larger populations.

4. Vigorously promote the construction of digital villages. Promote the development of smart agriculture and promote the integrated application of information technology and agricultural machinery and agronomy.

5. Strengthen county-level coordination of basic public services. Accelerate the urbanization construction with county towns as an important carrier.

VII. Four measures in 2022 to strengthen policy support and institutional innovation

1. Expand investment in rural revitalization

We will continue to prioritize agriculture and rural areas in the general public budget, further tilt central budget investment toward agriculture and rural areas, and strengthen local government investment responsibilities.

2. Strengthen financial services for rural revitalization

For local legal person financial institutions whose legal persons are located in counties, whose businesses are located in counties, and whose funds are mainly used for rural revitalization, we will increase support for agriculture and small businesses through re-lending and re-discounting, and implement more preferential deposit reserve policies.

3. Strengthen the construction of talent team for rural revitalization

Discover, train and employ strategic scientists in the agricultural field. Launch the Shennong Talent Plan to accelerate the training of leading scientific and technological talents, young scientific and technological talents and high-level innovation teams.

4. Implement key tasks of rural reform

A county-wide pilot program will be launched to extend the second round of land contracts for another 30 years after they expire. Carry out pilot projects for the standardization of rural property rights transfer and transaction markets. Formulate an implementation plan for deepening rural reform in the new stage.

Let us closely unite around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, work hard and get down to business, strive to create a new situation in comprehensively promoting rural revitalization, and welcome the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Party with practical actions!