Promoting Sustained Income Growth for Farmers:Main Bottlenecks,Implementation Paths,and Policy Optimization
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,a series of favorable measures to strengthen and ben-efit farmers have led to sustained growth in their income.Further promoting sustained income growth for farmers remains a focal topic in current research on the"three rural issues".It is necessary to fully understand the characteristics and trends of income growth for farm-ers,analyze the main bottlenecks in promoting sustained income growth for farmers,and propose implementation paths and policy opti-mization to promote income growth for farmers.Research has found that farmers'income continues to grow,but the growth rate slows down;The overall growth rate of farmers'income is relatively fast,but the growth rate of low-income families is slower;The income gap between urban and rural areas has narrowed,but the absolute amount of income gap is large;The growth rate of farmers'income is higher than that of GDP,but regional development is uneven.The sustained increase in income of farmers still faces major bottle-necks such as weak growth in rural labor,low efficiency in agricultural production and operation,low level of agricultural specialization and industrialization,and insufficient agricultural productive supporting services.Based on this,in order to promote sustained income growth for farmers,we should ensure stable employment for farmers,optimize factor allocation to improve agricultural operating income,enhance the level of agricultural specialization and industrialization,promote the upgrading of agricultural productive supporting serv-ices,and further optimize policies for farmer entrepreneurship and employment,rural industrial development,agricultural support and protection,and rural land reform.