China aims to achieve substantial progress in all-around rural revitalization by 2027

China aims to achieve substantial progress in all-around rural revitalization and promote the modernization of agriculture and rural areas to a new stage by 2027, according to a plan issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council.

The foundation of national food security will be further strengthened, and the overall agricultural production capacity will steadily increase, ensuring that the Chinese population's food supply remains firmly in their own hands, according to the plan, which sets 2024-2027 as the period to achieve its goal.

The plan underscores raising the level of guaranteed grain and key agricultural product supplies, ensuring that grain planting areas remain stable at about 1.75 billion mu (about 117 million hectares) and cereal areas around 1.45 billion mu.

It also urges efforts to promote a steady increase in grain production capacity to reach about 1.4 trillion jin (700 billion tonnes).

The plan also stated that where conditions permit, the developed regions in the east and suburban villages in China's central and western regions will take the lead in achieving agricultural and rural modernization by 2027.

It added that by 2035, decisive progress will be made in the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, with agricultural modernization essentially realized and rural areas equipped with the basic conditions for modern living.