As officials convened at the two-day conference to map out plans for future development, they listed rural vitalization as one of their main tasks for next year. CGTN's Zhao Yunfei has more.

Measures prioritizing agricultural and rural development are being discussed. At this year's annual central rural work conference, Chinese officials vowed to carry on implementing government plans for rural vitalization. Improvement is needed in multiple areas, including talent support, industry development, land use management, stable investment guarantees and creating pleasant living environments.

HAN CHANGFU MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS "Farmers represent the majority of the Chinese population. As a solid bedrock for the nation, they have made significant contributions during China's revolution, development and reform."

China's rural conditions reflect the country's overall economic and social development. But it's also in the countryside that unbalanced and insufficient growth is most glaring.

ZHANG XIAOSHAN, DIRECTOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES "When we talk about farmers, villages and agriculture, the mindset should go beyond the relationship between the three. We should view it from a broader perspective. We should consider the distribution of national income, public administration and governance mechanisms."

ZHAO YUNFEI BEIJING "2019 is set to be the final stretch for China's ambitious goal of lifting all of the nation's impoverished people out of poverty by 2020. Much of this work will focus on helping those living in rural parts of the country. In the meantime, the central government is expected to continue its work on establishing a long-term poverty alleviation plan, which remains to be a challenge."

China has set the bar for itself to lift another 10 million rural residents out of poverty in 2019. That's the same number of people it helped this year. Officials say efforts should also be made to boost self-development abilities among the poverty-stricken residents.

LIU YONGFU, DIRECTOR STATE COUNCIL LEADING GROUP OFFICE OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND DEVELOPMENT "First, we need to develop the industries. Second, to boost employment. More than 2 million impoverished people found jobs in the past year, they are all migrant workers. In addition to that, we built 30 thousand workshops in rural areas, which provided more than 700-thousand job opportunities."

China has committed itself to fostering new business entities such as household farms and farmer cooperatives, by helping them solve any production and operational difficulties that may arise. Zhao Yunfei, CGTN, Beijing.