Highlights of No 1 central document

According to the new policy document released on Sunday:

• Grain output will reach 650 billion kilograms this year.

• A total of 6.67 million hectares of farmland resistant to floods and drought will be established this year.

• About 500 pilot zones for modern agriculture will be set up by 2025.

• The tap water coverage rate will reach 88 percent in rural regions by 2025.

• All problematic reservoirs will be renovated and reinforced by 2025.

• A “relatively complete” credit system will be built by 2024 to serve stakeholders in agricultural operations.

• Authorities in provincial-level regions will report annually to central authorities on progress in rural revitalization.

• A five-year “transition period” will be created for counties that recently escaped extreme poverty.

• China will move ahead with reforms in the collective land ownership system in the countryside.

• China will see “important progress” in modernizing agriculture and rural regions before 2025.

• China will in principle finish territorial spatial planning at the county level this year, an effort that will help determine the layout of villages and classification of lands.

• China will ramp up legislation and supervision for the construction of farmers’ homes and will work to rule out risks in three years.