社会主义新农村

Socialist New Countryside

To address the increasingly conspicuous imbalance in the country's economic landscape, the fourth generation leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has gone to great lengths to correct the urban-rural divide. "Socialist New Countryside" is to date the most comprehensive solution it has prescribed.

The concept first appeared in early 2005 in a major policy paper on rural development. The CPC-proposed a blueprint for the country's 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10). It portrays the "new countryside" as featuring "advanced production, a well-to-do life, civilized folkways, a neat look, and democratic management". As part of the campaign, the central authorities are reorienting public finance to support rural development programs.

十六届五中全会对新农村建设提出了“生产发展、生活宽裕、乡风文明、村容整洁、管理民主”的要求。这二十个字的要求是一个有机整体，既包括发展农村生产力，也包括调整完善农村生产关系和上层建筑。这是宏观层面上的目标要求。就操作层面看，有这样六个方面的内容，即新设施、新环境、新房舍、新公共服务、新社会保障和新精神风貌。