Timely policies, changing mindset help renovate Bac Giang’s rural areas
Timely guideline, appropriate policies
To implement the National Target Programme on new-style rural building, on July 14, 2011, the Bac Giang provincial Party Committee issued Resolution No. 145-NQ/TU on building new-style rural areas to 2020 with specific goals and solutions to lead the movement.
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Bac Giang has achieved dramatic changes after 10 year new style rural building. |
The resolution has promoted the strength of the entire political system from the provincial to grassroots level and all people in building new-style rural areas, serving as a basis for the provincial People's Committee to issue a plan to realise the Resolution and the 5-year and annual plans for implementing the Programme. The province has also launched the movement "Bac Giang joins hands to build new-style rural areas".
In the 2021-2025 period, Bac Giang province strives to have Yen Dung and Hiep Hoa recognized as new-style rural districts; Viet Yen, Lang Giang and Tan Yen districts will strive to become model new-style rural districts as prescribed by the Party Central Committee. The province will also aim for 80 percent of communes to reach new-style rural commune standards and 20 percent of communes to meet the advanced criteria for a new-style rural commune... |
Implementing the National Target Programme on new-style rural building in the 2011-2020 period, the province has issued a number of breakthrough policies to support hi-tech agricultural production development, cooperative development and businesses’ investment in agriculture as well as many other policies and projects to assist development of other production fields.
The right policies have contributed to promoting vibrant and widespread emulation movements in localities. It is expected that by the end of 2019, the province will have over 4,000 km of village, inter-village and intra-field roads associated with inter-village transport development under the cement support mechanism. The new-style rural works directly implemented by the people have shown quite positive results.
Changing mindset in the political system, promoting democracy among the people
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Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Linh visits a tea production model in Ven village, Xuan Luong commune (Yen The district). |
Through various forms of popularisation, the awareness of the entire political system has gradually changed. All clearly defined that the State plays a supporting role and the people are just the stakeholders who decide all jobs of their locality, thereby actively participating in the Programme implementation and having creative and proactive ways.
From discussing, voluntarily contributing money and objects, and directly constructing works, the people have acknowledged their role and responsibilities to organize and manage projects better. When there were any problems, they have actively fixed them. This shows that the efficiency is seen not only in the economic aspect, but also in the meaning of the Programme.
The programme has directed officials and people to follow an innovative thinking that is the "planning thinking" with the orientation and management of the State. Over the past 10 years, nearly 50,000 households have donated more than 334 hectares of land of all kinds and more than 610,000 workdays. They have broken over 214,000sq.m of fences to build public facilities.
Rural appearance has changed
The rural appearance has seen many significant changes when the new-style rural building programme is implemented. Socio-economy infrastructure continues to be built and renovated in accordance with the general development trend of the country. Many resources have been focused on developing rural transport since it is identified as a breakthrough and a driving force for socio-economic development.
Now the province has one new-style rural district and more than 100 communes meeting new-style rural area standards, fulfilling the goals set by the 18th Congress of the provincial Party Organisation. |
The province has built over 6,934 km of concrete roads, contributing to changing the landscape and creating a new face for the villages. Irrigation works in service of production have been upgraded, helping the people to farm conveniently, thus speeding up agricultural restructuring.
The power grid system has basically met economic development needs, with all communes and villages having electricity. The rate of solidified schools reached 88.5 percent and the rate of schools meeting national standards was 85.7 percent. Rural trade and communication infrastructure and solid houses in communes have basically been completed. Now, 166 out of 203 communes and 2,093 out of 2,273 villages have cultural houses.
New-style rural building orientations for 2021-2025
Bac Giang has set many goals, but the core element is to improve the quality of life of rural people. In the coming time, the province will focus on directing and organizing the implementation of the Programme with a high determination. It will promote popularization and mobilization to create a change in the thinking of the people - the subjects of the programme, considering this the most important task in the construction of new-style rural areas. It will continue to launch the movement "Bac Giang joins hands to build new-style rural areas" to mobilize the engagement of both the political system and the people.
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People in Bac Ly commune (Hiep Hoa district) harvest rice in the large-scale field. |
The province will complete and improve the quality of basic infrastructure systems in rural areas, maintain and upgrade invested works; adopt breakthrough policies, prioritize resources to support infrastructure improvement in extremely difficult communes, focus on investing in village facilities in order to directly improve the people’s living and production conditions; improve the quality of health care and education services, and build cultural and sports facilities.
The new-style rural building always takes production development, improvement of the people’s income and sustainable poverty reduction in an intensive manner as the roots. It also accelerates the implementation of the province’s Agricultural Restructuring Project; consolidates and raises the operational efficiency of production organization forms, especially agricultural cooperatives, creating a favorable environment to encourage enterprises to invest in agriculture; and promotes the application of scientific and technological advances in production.
The programme will step up the development of key, special and potential products and specialties of localities under the “One Commune One Product” (OCOP) Programme; and issue policies to support the implementation of the OCOP Programme, identifying this as a breakthrough content, motivation and vitality of the National Target Programme on new-style rural building in the coming time.
Nguyen Van Linh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, and head of the provincial Steering Committee for national target programmes
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