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alleviation and revitalize rural areas. The Strategic Agenda for Rural Revitalization
(2018–2022) was successfully concluded, rural development was accelerated, and

the agricultural and rural economies grew steadily on the whole.
1) Solid steps were taken to boost agricultural production.
Grain harvests were good again last year, with total output reaching 686.55
million metric tons and remaining above 650 million metric tons for the eighth
consecutive year. Notable progress was made in increasing the cultivation of

soybeans and other oil crops. The summer rapeseed harvest increased in
cultivation area, per-unit area yield, and overall yield. Trials for the third national
survey of soils were generally completed.
We redoubled efforts to develop high-standard farmland by increasing its area

by 6.67 million hectares, bringing the total to 66.67 million hectares. Solid progress
was made in the national initiative for the protection of black soils, with
conservation tilling techniques being applied on more than 5.53 million hectares of
black soil cropland in the northeastern region. We intensified efforts to restore
degraded farmland that had been acidified, salinized, or alkalized, and we

promoted trials for comprehensive utilization of saline and alkaline soils. We
invigorated the seed industry and offered coordinated support for projects to
upgrade the modern seed industry and to protect animal and plant resources in a
bid to lay solid foundations for agricultural production.

We worked faster to cultivate new types of agribusiness and promoted
appropriately-scaled agricultural operations in an orderly way. Active efforts were
made to promote commercial agricultural services such as third-party cultivation,
land trusteeship, and production service outsourcing. Further steps were taken to
promote the accelerated development of agricultural products that are green,

organic, use geographical indications, and meet relevant standards.
We advanced the integrated development of rural industries. Last year, we
established a group of leading agro-industry clusters with unique advantages,
national modern agriculture industrial parks, and towns with particular

agro-industrial strengths. We made solid progress in building national
demonstration parks for rural industrial integration and pioneering zones for the
green development of agriculture.
2) The outcomes of the fight against poverty were continuously expanded.
We made our assistance policies more specific and pragmatic in a continuing

effort to promote development in areas recently lifted out of poverty. We

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