In the first quarter of this year, China's rural industries maintained favorable development momentum. The value-added of large-scale agricultural and sideline food processing industries increased by 6.8% year-on-year during this period. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for national leading agricultural industrialization enterprises reached 58.1% in March, remaining above the 50% expansion threshold and rising 3.8 percentage points compared to the same period last year, indicating continuous improvement in industry prosperity.
Rural leisure tourism has experienced vigorous development. Holiday economy and experience economy have driven the expansion of diverse new consumption scenarios in rural areas. Spring activities such as countryside outings, flower viewing, and photography have become popular trends. Entrepreneurship in rural areas, including establishing homestays and rural cafes, has emerged as new employment directions.
Industrial integration development continues to deepen. Various regions have actively developed agricultural industry integration projects based on their unique endowments and concentrated superior resources. Since the beginning of this year, support has been provided for establishing 40 new characteristic industrial clusters, 50 modern agricultural industrial parks, and 200 strong agricultural industrial towns, creating platforms and industrial highlands for modern agricultural development.
The next steps will involve establishing a hierarchical catalog of rural characteristic industries to guide differentiated, clustered, and branded development. Continuous upgrades will promote the integration of agriculture with culture, tourism, sports, education and other industries. Significant efforts will be made to advance rural entrepreneurship by strengthening policy support in funding and land use, guiding various talents to pursue ventures in rural areas, and helping more farmers increase employment and income.
Regarding land contract extension, more than 26 million rural households have successfully signed contract renewal agreements. The pilot program for province-wide second-round land contract extensions will be comprehensively implemented, adhering to the principle of "major stability with minor adjustments" while standardizing extension procedures. Disputes during the extension process will be properly resolved, with minor adjustments allowed only in villages where special circumstances exist and there is widespread demand for land redistribution, while ensuring overall stability of original contracted land for most households.
During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, seven province-wide pilots and 221 county-wide pilots have been conducted nationwide. Future efforts will focus on guiding local authorities to use popular communication methods, enhance publicity and training, particularly targeting grassroots levels as the main battlefield, improving county-level government responsibility systems, and effectively organizing pilot programs.
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