China’s agricultural and rural economy is progressing steadily.
Cctv news(News Network): The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced today (October 29) that since the beginning of this year, China’s agricultural and rural economy has maintained a good momentum of development in general, achieving stability and progress.
Grain production is improving steadily, with a bumper harvest of early rice in summer and another bumper harvest in autumn.
The supply of "vegetable basket" products is of high quality. The production capacity of live pigs is at a reasonable level, and the market supply is guaranteed in the later period.
The results of poverty alleviation continued to be consolidated. 832 poverty-stricken counties have cultivated two or three leading industries. At the end of September, the number of migrant workers out of poverty reached 32.687 million, exceeding the annual target.
The industry of enriching the people in rural areas has been cultivated and expanded. In the first three quarters, the added value of agricultural and sideline food processing industry increased by 1.9% year-on-year, and the online retail sales of agricultural products reached 374.51 billion yuan, up by 8.8% year-on-year.
Driven by industry and employment and entrepreneurship, farmers’ income has grown steadily. In the first three quarters, the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 14,600 yuan, a real increase of 4.3%.