This China’s No.1 Central Document of 2022 is a sectoral policy document. As the first policy statement released by China's central authorities each year, the No.1 Central Document is seen as an indicator of policy priorities. The No.1 Central Document of 2022 outlines key tasks for rural vitalization. Two bottom-line tasks are clarified: 1.ensuring the national food security; 2. preventing the large-scale return to poverty. Three key tasks are indicated: rural development, rural construction, and rural governance. The document further promotes new progress in the rural revitalization and modernization of agriculture and rural areas at a new pace. The document highlights strenthening the food security: Ensure the food security by keeping cropland area stable and sustaining grain production above 650 million tons; Strictly maintain the cropland area of 1.8 billion mu (120 million hectare) as in previous years. Promote the establishment of a “national food security production belt”; Improve the water use efficiency of agriculture along the Yellow river and keep the production stable; Promote the corn and soybean mixed plantation in Yellow river, Huaihe river, Northwest and South-eastern regions; expand the soybean-grain rotation in North-eastern China; In water scarce part of Heilongjiang convert the rice plantation into soybean; develop the winter rape areas along the Yangtze river; Sustain the support policy for the pork production and prevent the large-scale drop in production; Establish an agricultural supply chain early warning system; Establish 100 million mu of high-quality farmlands and increase the accumulated water-efficient irrigated farmlands into 400 million mu. Realize the protection of black soil croplands areas to 80 million mu; Intensify the research on mid to long term impact of climate change on agriculture; etc. To preventing the large-scale return to poverty, the document calls for: Implementing social benefits and health insurance help mechanism to the poverty prone regions in a timely manner; Expanding the rural credit investment and insurance system to counties which is the focus of national rural revitalization efforts. In terms of rural development and construction and rural governance, the document proposes to: Promote village/ rural area tourism and ecommerce; Promote livestream sale and logistics of agricultural products; Improve the digital skills of rural residents; Accelerate the early childhood education in rural areas; Protection of women and children’s rights in rural areas; etc.
Chine · 2022-02-01