Valuable report card of income increase for poor people

Source: Economic Daily

In 2020, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in China was 17131 yuan, and the income of farmers in poor areas continued to grow rapidly. The nominal growth rate of per capita disposable income of rural residents in Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and other seven provinces with a large number of poor people was higher than that of rural residents nationwide.

From the Dabie Mountains to the southwest border, from the Wuling mountains to the depths of the Qinling Mountains, poverty-stricken villages have undergone magnificent transformation, and characteristic industries have grown. China adheres to the combination of development-oriented poverty alleviation and indemnificatory poverty alleviation, and the combination of poverty alleviation and ambition support, which has significantly changed the face of poverty-stricken areas and made people more comfortable.

No more worries about basic life

The results of the poverty alleviation survey showed that 13.85 million registered poverty-stricken households have achieved "two no worries and Three Guarantees", that is, they have no worries about food and clothing, and compulsory education, basic medical care and housing are guaranteed. The basic requirement and core index for the poverty-stricken population to get rid of poverty is to steadily realize that the rural poverty-stricken population has no worries about food and clothing.

Many people who have been to poor villages in the past have such feelings: the mountain roads along the way are bumpy, the village roads are potholes, the houses of poor households are in tattered condition, and some poor people can't eat meat several times a year. In recent years, the roads have been smooth and unobstructed, the new houses are connected one by one, the food and clothing of the masses are not a problem, life has changed substantially, and people's faces are filled with smiles.

"From basic food and clothing to not worrying about food and clothing, the living standards of the poor have changed dramatically." According to the main responsible comrades of Sichuan Province, in the past, the production and living conditions of poor people were relatively poor. Through the development of public welfare posts, the development of planting and breeding industry, and the guidance of people to go out to work, the poor people with working ability generally achieved employment, and those without working ability also enjoyed social security coverage, realizing no worries about food and clothing.

Smiling faces and good news converged into a poverty eradication answer sheet for the decisive victory in the well-off society. Zhongmaochu, a professor at the Economic Research Institute of Nankai University, said that the improvement of basic production and living conditions in poverty-stricken areas benefited from effective poverty alleviation methods. Industrial poverty alleviation, technological poverty alleviation, consumption poverty alleviation, e-commerce poverty alleviation and employment poverty alleviation have played a role in changing the concept of rural industrial development, laying the foundation for Rural Revitalization.

Poverty alleviation through industry

"We have linked the poor households to the industrial chain by absorbing migrant workers, land circulation, share dividends, industrial joint ventures and other forms, so as to realize the transformation of income increase from blood transfusion to hematopoiesis." Yangxuehong, deputy director of the agricultural and rural Bureau of Luxi County, Jiangxi Province, said that poor households can work in the industrial poverty alleviation base, obtain rent by renting land, and enjoy equity income by taking shares in the industrial base with land. By providing financial support, the county also encourages the able poor households to jointly start businesses and generate income. In 2020, 2500 poor households in the county increased their average household income by more than 5000 yuan through independent development of industries, and 600 poor households increased their average household income by more than 10000 yuan through new business entities.

By the end of 2020, the industrial poverty alleviation policy has covered 98% of the country's poor households, and the poor people with the ability and willingness to work have basically participated in the industrial poverty alleviation.

Today, 832 poverty-stricken counties have all formulated industrial poverty alleviation plans, and more than 300000 industrial bases have been built in total. New models and new business forms such as tourism poverty alleviation, photovoltaic poverty alleviation and e-commerce poverty alleviation have been accelerated.

Overcome difficulties and promote income growth

At the beginning of 2020, the sudden COVID-19 brought great difficulties to the poor people in increasing their income. Give priority to supporting the employment of poverty-stricken labor, solve the problem of poor agricultural and animal husbandry products, support the resumption of production of poverty-stricken industries, and speed up the commencement and resumption of poverty alleviation projects... Under many measures, by the end of October 2020, more than 90% of the registered poverty-stricken population had received the support of industrial poverty alleviation and employment poverty alleviation. There were 29.73 million poverty-stricken migrant workers across the country, exceeding the whole year of 2019.

Yunnan is one of the main battlefields for poverty alleviation across the country. Xiehui, director of the Yunnan Provincial Department of agriculture and rural affairs, said that the province has cultivated 26 poverty alleviation industries, covering 1.6853 million poor households. In 2015, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in poverty-stricken areas in the province was 7070 yuan; In 2019, it increased to 10771 yuan, breaking the 10000 yuan mark; In 2020, it maintained sustained and stable growth, reaching 7606 yuan in the first three quarters, with a year-on-year increase of 8.1%.

Nationally, from 2015 to 2019, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in poor areas increased from 7692 yuan to 11567 yuan, with an average annual growth of 10.74%, and the per capita net income of poor households increased from 3416 yuan to 9808 yuan, with an average annual growth of 30.2%. In 2020, the income growth trend continued. The nominal growth rate of per capita disposable income of rural residents in Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Gansu, Ningxia and Xinjiang, which have a large number of poor people, was 0.2 to 1.7 percentage points higher than that of rural residents nationwide. This is a valuable report card of income increase.

With the further optimization of the income structure of the poor, the proportion of wage income and production and operation income has increased, and the ability of farmers to extricate themselves from poverty has been steadily improved. Poverty alleviation through industry has not only formed a series of models of linking industry with agriculture to bring about poverty, but also stimulated the poor people's mental state of being unreliable, self-improvement and hard-working to change their lives, which will continue to play a role in Promoting Rural Revitalization in the future. (reporter Qiao Jinliang)