National Rural Revitalization Administration

National Rural Revitalization Administration
国家乡村振兴局
Guójiā Xiāngcūn Zhènxīngjú
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Agency overview
FormedFebruary 25, 2021 (2021-02-25)
Preceding agencies
  • Office of the Leading Group for Economic Development in Poverty Stricken Areas of the State Council
  • State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development
JurisdictionMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China
HeadquartersBeijing
building_region:China 39°58′11″N 116°26′55″E / 39.96972°N 116.44861°E / 39.96972; 116.44861
Agency executives
  • Liu Huanxin [zh], Director
  • Hong Tianyun, Xia Gengsheng, Deputy Director
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese國家鄉村振興局
Simplified Chinese国家乡村振兴局
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuójiā Xiāngcūn Zhènxīngjú

The National Rural Revitalization Administration (Chinese: 国家乡村振兴局) is an agency within the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China which is responsible for China's against poverty and to promote development in rural areas.[1][2][3] It is headquartered in Beijing. It was formed on 25 February 2021 as the agency superseding the former State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development.[1] In 2023, it was merged into the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.[4]

History

On 16 May 1986, the Office of the Leading Group for Economic Development in Poverty Stricken Areas of the State Council (国务院贫困地区经济开发领导小组办公室) was created, which was reshuffled as the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development (国务院扶贫开发领导小组) on 17 September 1993.[1]

Since the 2005, the Chinese government has promoted building New Villages to modernize the countryside.[5] In 2008 the Urban and Rural Planning Law was enacted. In 2015, the Guide to Construct Beautiful Countryside was enacted "to achieve benign ecological, social, and economic rural development."[6]

In 2017 the Rural Revitalization Strategy was officially introduced, with the goal of addressing "the imbalance between urban and rural areas and among regions."[7] Rural areas in China also suffer from environmental degradation and brain drain. The Rural Revitalization Strategy has the long term goals of achiving "decisive progress on rural revitalization" by 2035 and to be “fully rejuvenated with well-off farmers and strong agriculture sectors” by 2050. Although China claims to have eradicated extreme poverty, sustainable poverty alleviation also remains a goal of the strategy.[8]

On 25 February 2021, the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development was renamed to the National Rural Revitalization Administration.[4] Wang Zhengpu was appointed director.

In 2023, it was announced that the Administration's tasks are taken over by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.[4]

List of directors

No. Name Took office Left office Notes
1 Wang Zhengpu 25 February 2021 October 2021
2 Liu Huanxin [zh] October 2021

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "The National Administration for Rural Revitalization was formally inaugurated at the headquarters of the former State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development in Beijing". Chinadaily. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. ^ "china's Xi declares complete victory in poverty eradication campaign". straitstimes.com. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. ^ Amber Wang (27 February 2021). "China launches agency to cement gains against abject poverty". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Institutional reform set to advance rural vitalization | english.scio.gov.cn". english.scio.gov.cn. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  5. ^ Looney, Kristen E. (December 2015). "China's Campaign to Build a New Socialist Countryside: Village Modernization, Peasant Councils, and the Ganzhou Model of Rural Development". The China Quarterly. 224: 909–932. doi:10.1017/S0305741015001204. ISSN 0305-7410.
  6. ^ Geng, Yuqing; Liu, Liwen; Chen, Lingyan (2023-10-01). "Rural revitalization of China: A new framework, measurement and forecast". Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 89: 101696. doi:10.1016/j.seps.2023.101696. ISSN 0038-0121.
  7. ^ "Back to countryside, new trend amid China's rural revitalization drive". english.www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  8. ^ "Foreign Investment Scope Under China's Rural Revitalization Strategy". China Briefing News. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2025-01-04.