Source: CCTV.com

03-12-2008 16:14

China's cities have developed at a lightspeed pace, but now the focus is on how to make strides in the rural countryside. It will be a long-term project and it's success relies on programs that will transfer knowledge and resources from the urban area to the rural areas.

The Outline of the 11th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (Draft) lays out the overall arrangements for economic and social development and for reform and opening up in the next five years（1996-2010) . It also sets out clear tasks and policy measures. Among all the strategic tasks before us, the outline gives top priority to solving the problems facing agriculture, rural areas and farmers.

Nowadays, the countryside is a popular destination for those seeking relaxation and fun. But if you were sent to a rural village for work, do you think you would enjoy it? In recent years, many university graduates have deliberately chosen to work in the countryside as village officials - a program called the University Graduate Village Officials Program.

This program is the state's introduction of a policy-oriented initiative, and is one of many programs pioneering work in building the new countryside. The university graduates are to raise the level of employment and to promote rural development in a win-win strategy. The University Graduate Village Officials Program has strong potential for further development. With this scheme, the implementation and promotion is bound to ease China's current employment pressure while building new socialist rural areas.