Ministry of Agriculture and Rural: In the first half of the year, the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 9787 yuan. Actually increased by 4.2%

Cover news reporter Su Yu

On July 20, the National New Office held a press conference in the first half of the agricultural and rural economic operation. Zeng Yande, the chief agronomist and director of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced at the meeting that as of the end of June, the scale of poverty alleviation workers was 33.23 million, and 106.7%of the annual target tasks were completed. Driven by industrial drive and employment and entrepreneurship, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in the first half of the year was 9,787 yuan, which actually increased by 4.2%.

Zeng Yande, the chief agronomist and director of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Picture source: Guoxin.com

Zeng Yande introduced that the rural rich people industry has developed steadily, and the number of rural employment income income has continued to expand. The agricultural product processing industry has resumed. In the first half of the year, the value -added of the national agricultural and sideline food processing industry increased by 3.3%year -on -year. In June, the purchasing manager index (PMI) index (PMI) of the national key leading enterprises of agricultural industrialization was 1.8 percentage points higher than the manufacturing industry. Agricultural product e -commerce has developed rapidly, and the retail sales of agricultural products are 290 billion yuan, a year -on -year increase of 12.4%.

The rural leisure and tourism industry has gradually recovered. Rural employment and entrepreneurship are in good momentum. Build 50 national modern agricultural industrial parks, 40 advantageous characteristic industrial clusters, and 200 strong agricultural industry towns to promote farmers to employment nearby. As of the end of June, the employment rate of migrant workers returned to the hometown was 90.7%, a year -on -year increase of 2 percentage points.

He pointed out that a number of refrigeration facilities for refrigeration and fresh -keeping facilities were built in important circulation nodes, main products of agricultural products and special agricultural products. The reform of key areas in rural areas has been further promoted. After the second round of land contracting expires, the pilot development is extended in an orderly manner. The pilot reform pilot of the homestead has been steadily pushed away. At present, there are more than 6.1 million farmers cooperatives and family farms across the country and more than 955,000 agricultural social service organizations.

Agricultural and rural investment has grown steadily, and the rural consumer market has gradually recovered. The agricultural and rural investment channels are widened. In detail the implementation of a solid and stable policy of the economy, we will make every effort to promote the implementation of major policies and the construction of major engineering projects. In the first half of the year, the investment in fixed assets of the first industry was 682.7 billion yuan, an increase of 4%year -on -year. Rural consumption continues to recover. Retail sales of rural consumer goods were 2.77 trillion yuan, which was basically the same as last year, and returned to 98%in 2019. The import and export of agricultural products remain growth and export. The total import and export value reached 161.68 billion US dollars, an increase of 10.4%year -on -year.

"In general, the agricultural and rural economy maintained a good momentum in the first half of the year, providing a solid support for stabilizing prices to maintain people's livelihood and stabilizing the economic market." Zeng Yande said that at the same time, the development of agricultural and rural economy should also be seen. Many challenges such as increasing income pressure and slowing agricultural and rural investment growth have attracted great attention and took strong measures to resolve it. In the next step, go all out to seize the harvest of food, do everything possible to promote farmers' income, and continue to promote rural revitalization.

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