Cctv newsOn the morning of February 14th, the State Council Press Office held a series of press conferences on the theme of "Opening by the Authority", introducing the key work of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization in 2023 and answering reporters’ questions.
The reporter asked, what are the channels for farmers to increase their income and get rich now? What policies are favorable to help farmers increase their income?
Wu Hongyao, the full-time deputy director of the Central Rural Work Leading Group Office and a member of the Party Group of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers has two eternal themes, one is to ensure supply and the other is to increase income, so increasing farmers’ income is indeed a central task of the work concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, farmers’ income has been growing rapidly. In 2019, the goal of doubling the income in 2010 was achieved one year ahead of schedule. In 2022, the per capita disposable income of farmers exceeded 20,000 yuan for the first time, reaching 20,133 yuan. The income ratio of urban and rural residents dropped from 2.88 in 2012 to 2.45 in 2022, and the income gap between urban and rural areas was gradually narrowing. However, we should also see that the current growth rate of farmers’ income has slowed down, and the kinetic energy of increasing income has weakened. We must attach great importance to it, take hard measures that combine long and short, and be pragmatic and useful, and broaden the channels for farmers to increase their income and become rich. In this regard, this year’s No.1 document has made deployment arrangements, focusing on four aspects:
First, stable employment has increased by one piece. In 2022, wage income accounted for 41.96% of farmers’ income, which was the main contribution of farmers’ income increase. We will strengthen the implementation of various policies to stabilize posts and help the poor, improve employment skills, increase jobs, create employment opportunities and stabilize the employment of migrant workers. At present, we have investigated that more than three-quarters of migrant workers are employed in the province and more than half are employed in the county. We should follow this trend and develop county-level industries with obvious comparative advantages, strong driving ability and large employment capacity to drive farmers to find jobs and start businesses nearby.
The second is to improve business efficiency. The net income of family business accounts for 34.63% of farmers’ income, of which more than 60% comes from agricultural business income. We will carry out in-depth actions to promote the main body of new agricultural management, and drive small farmers to cooperate and increase their income together. We will implement the promotion of agricultural socialization services, and provide socialized services such as substituting farming for planting, escrow and collection, and whole-process custody, so as to drive small farmers to achieve cost saving and efficiency improvement, quality improvement and efficiency improvement, and marketing efficiency improvement.
The third is to tap the potential of property income. The net income of property accounts for 2.53% of farmers’ income, and there is still great potential and space to be tapped. We will deepen the reform of rural land system, do a solid job in confirming rights, steadily promote empowerment, realize living rights in an orderly manner, give farmers more adequate property rights and interests, create conditions to increase farmers’ property income, and let farmers share more reform dividends.
The fourth is to transfer income to expand a piece. Net transfer income accounts for 20.88% of farmers’ income, which is an important part of farmers’ income, especially the poverty-stricken population and rural low-income population. We will continue to strengthen the policy of strengthening agriculture, benefiting farmers and enriching farmers, gradually improve the level of rural social security, steadily increase subsidies for farmers, and build a social safety net, so that farmers’ pockets are getting richer and richer, and the days are getting more and more prosperous.