“Research Series on Forty Years of China’s Rural Reform” Launch and Theoretical Seminar on Comprehensively Promoting Rural Revitalization Held in Beijing

On 23 April 2022, the launch of the “Research Series on Forty Years of China’s Rural Reform” and the theoretical seminar on comprehensively promoting rural revitalization were successfully held at the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Xin Xiangyang, Party Secretary of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Gong Yun, Vice President of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, chaired the meeting. Yu Bin, Director of the Department of Marxist Principles at the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a researcher, presided over the expert presentations. More than thirty experts and scholars from units including the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, China Agricultural University, the Central Institute of Socialism, *Mao Zedong Deng Xiaoping Theory Research*, the Institute of Contemporary China Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Academy of Marxism, the Institute of Rural Development, and the Institute of Economics, as well as journalists from *People’s Daily*, *Guangming Daily*, and *Chinese Social Sciences Today*, attended the meeting. The participating experts engaged in in-depth discussions centered on the “Research Series on Forty Years of China’s Rural Reform,” “comprehensively promoting rural revitalization,” and the “three rural issues.” [1]1 “Three rural issues” (三农问题) is a standard Chinese political term referring to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers.

2022年4月23日，“中国农村改革四十年研究丛书”发布会暨全面推进乡村振兴理论研讨会在中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院顺利召开。中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院党委书记辛向阳出席会议并致辞，中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院副院长龚云主持会议，中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院马克思主义原理部主任余斌研究员主持了专家发言。来自农业农村部、清华大学、中国人民大学、中国农业大学、中央社会主义学院、《毛泽东邓小平理论研究》、中国社科院当代所、马研院、农发所、经济所等单位的三十余名专家学者以及《人民日报》《光明日报》《中国社会科学报》等媒体记者参加了会议。与会专家围绕着“中国农村改革四十年研究丛书”“全面推进乡村振兴”和“三农”问题展开了深入的研讨。

Opening Ceremony of the Launch of the “Research Series on Forty Years of China’s Rural Reform” and the Theoretical Seminar on Comprehensively Promoting Rural Revitalization

“中国农村改革四十年研究丛书”发布会暨全面推进乡村振兴理论研讨会开幕式

In his opening address, Researcher Xin Xiangyang evaluated the “Research Series on Forty Years of China’s Rural Reform.” He pointed out that this series has four characteristics: first, it is comprehensive and systematic; second, it is meticulous and in-depth; third, it integrates theory with practice; and fourth, scholarship reflects reality, embodying an organic combination of academic, theoretical, and practical qualities. He also noted that the “three rural issues” remain the top priority of the Party’s entire work, and reform is a magic weapon for comprehensively promoting rural revitalization. He emphasized the key points and crux of current rural reform from aspects such as reform of the rural land system, reform of the rural collective property rights system, improving the systems and mechanisms for integrated urban-rural development, adhering to the systemic nature of reform, and making good use of reform pilot and experimental measures.

辛向阳研究员在开幕会致辞中评价了“中国农村改革四十年研究丛书”。他指出，本套丛书有四个特点，一是全面系统，二是细致深入，三是理论结合实践，四是学术映照现实，体现了学术性、学理性与实践性的有机结合。他还指出，“三农”问题依然是全党工作重中之重，改革是全面推进乡村振兴的法宝。他从农村土地制度改革、农村集体产权制度改革、健全城乡融合发展体制机制、坚持改革的系统性和用好改革试点试验手段等方面强调当前农村改革的重点和关键。

Xin Xiangyang, Party Secretary of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Delivers a Speech

中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院党委书记辛向阳致辞

Jin Wencheng, Director of the Rural Economic Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, entrusted Deputy Director Yang Chunhua to deliver a speech on his behalf at the meeting, titled “Promoting Theoretical Innovation, Leading the Development of Agriculture, Rural Areas, and Farmers.” The speech pointed out that since reform and opening up, China has entered a new period of socialist modernization, and the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership of work on agriculture, rural areas, and farmers has also achieved a major historical turning point, yielding multiple theoretical innovations and significant results. The reason the Chinese Communist Party has been able to achieve so many results is, first, always adhering to the Party’s comprehensive leadership over work on agriculture, rural areas, and farmers; second, always adhering to safeguarding the fundamental interests of farmers; third, always adhering to deepening rural reform; fourth, always adhering to proceeding from reality in everything; and fifth, always adhering to coordinated urban-rural development.

农业农村部农村经济研究中心主任金文成委托副主任杨春华在会上代为发言，发言题目为《推动理论创新，引领三农发展》。发言指出，改革开放以来，我国开启了社会主义现代化建设新时期，中国共产党领导“三农”工作也实现了具有历史意义的重大转折，取得了多项理论创新与显著成果。中国共产党之所以能够取得如此多的成果，一是始终坚持党对三农工作的全面领导，二是始终坚持维护农民的根本利益，三是始终坚持深化农村改革，四是始终坚持一切从实际出发，五是始终坚持城乡统筹发展。

Yang Chunhua, Deputy Director of the Rural Economic Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Delivers a Speech

农业农村部农村经济研究中心副主任杨春华发言

Du Zhixiong, Party Secretary of the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a researcher, spoke on the issue of the development of the new collective economy and common prosperity. He argued that the overall goal of the rural revitalization strategy is to accelerate the realization of agricultural and rural modernization, and the core problem it must solve is, after eliminating absolute poverty, to further address the issue of overall common prosperity for urban and rural residents.

中国社会科学院农村发展研究所党委书记杜志雄研究员就新型集体经济发展与共同富裕问题进行了发言。他认为，乡村振兴战略的总目标是加快实现农业农村现代化，其要解决的核心问题是在消除了绝对贫困之后，进一步解决涉及城乡居民的整体共同富裕问题。

Du Zhixiong, Party Secretary of the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Delivers a Speech

中国社会科学院农村发展研究所党委书记杜志雄发言

Professor Lin Wanlong, Vice President of China Agricultural University, gave a speech titled “From Eliminating Absolute Poverty to Moving Toward Common Prosperity.” He argued that over the past 40 years, China has achieved great accomplishments in eliminating absolute poverty, but there are still many weak links in consolidating the achievements of poverty alleviation. The current urgent problem to be solved is the transition and connection of the policy support system.

中国农业大学副校长林万龙教授的发言题目是“从消除绝对贫困到走向共同富裕”。他认为，过去40年，中国消除绝对贫困取得了伟大成就，但脱贫成果巩固还存在不少薄弱环节，当前迫切需要解决的问题是帮扶政策体系的衔接过渡。

Lin Wanlong, Vice President of China Agricultural University, Delivers a Speech

中国农业大学副校长林万龙发言

Yuan Peng, Deputy Director of the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a researcher, focused on the practical exploration and challenges of the “integration of three governance methods” [2]2 “Integration of three governance methods” (三治融合) refers to the combination of villagers’ self-governance, rule-of-law governance, and rule-of-virtue governance in rural governance. in rural governance. She argued that local pilot projects for the “integration of three governance methods” have achieved a series of theoretical and practical innovations in villagers’ self-governance, rule-of-law villages, and moral education, but they still face challenges such as passive participation by villagers, unresolved integration mechanisms, and difficulty in changing villagers’ mindsets. Further deepening of reforms is still needed in the future.

中国社会科学院农村发展研究所副所长苑鹏研究员关注了乡村治理“三治融合”的实践探索与挑战。她认为，“三治融合”的地方试点取得了村民自治、法治乡村、德治教育等一系列理论与实践创新，但是还面临着村民被动参与、融合机制仍未破解、村民观念转变较难等挑战，未来仍需要进一步深化改革。

Yuan Peng, Deputy Director of the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Delivers a Speech

中国社会科学院农村发展研究所副所长苑鹏发言

Researcher Zheng Yougui, Director of the Second Research Office of the Institute of Contemporary China Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, argued that since reform and opening up, the exploration and formation of rural collective economic reform has created a basic rural economic system with Chinese characteristics. This series has made its own efforts and contributions in writing about the collective economy with Chinese characteristics, and he offered an incisive commentary on the book *Research on the Reform and Development of China’s Rural Collective Economy* within the series.

中国社会科学院当代中国研究所第二研究室主任郑有贵研究员认为，改革开放以来，农村集体经济改革探索形成中国特色基本农村基本经济制度，本套丛书在书写中国特色的集体经济方面做出了自己的努力和贡献，并对丛书中的《中国农村集体经济改革与发展研究》一书进行了精彩点评。

Researcher Cao Yongxin, Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief of *Mao Zedong Deng Xiaoping Theory Research*, argued that whether it is the publication of this series or the establishment of the New Era Collective Economy Research Branch of the Chinese Political Economy Society, the important significance lies in adhering to and grasping the issue of discourse power, and in the issue of Marxism’s guiding position. Reform and opening up, especially China’s rural reform, must adhere to Marxism’s guiding position and must adhere to the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. This is a fundamental and directional issue.

《毛泽东邓小平理论研究》常务副主编曹泳鑫研究员认为，无论是该套丛书的出版，还是中国政治经济学学会新时代集体经济研究分会的成立，其重要的意义在于坚持和把握话语权的问题，在于马克思主义指导地位的问题。改革开放，尤其是中国农村改革，一定要坚持马克思主义的指导地位，一定要坚持中国共产党的领导。这是一个根本性、方向性的问题。

Subsequently, the participating scholars continued to engage in in-depth discussions on comprehensively promoting rural revitalization. Researcher Zhao Xuejun, Director of the Office of Modern Chinese Economic History at the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, studied the issue of concentrated residence and farmers’ welfare by analyzing follow-up survey data from the Xinhui Community in Wuxi City. Professor Wang Chuanli from the School of Marxism at Tsinghua University, starting from an exploration of the relationship between industry and agriculture and between urban and rural areas, deeply reflected on the fundamental question of where the countryside is headed. Professor Zuo Peng, Deputy Director of the Department of Marxist Theory Teaching and Research at the Central Institute of Socialism, taking Deng Xiaoping’s “second leap” [3]3 “Second leap” (第二个飞跃) refers to Deng Xiaoping’s 1990 formulation that China’s socialist agricultural reform and development would have two leaps: the first was the household contract responsibility system, and the second would be developing appropriate scale operations and collective economy. in socialist agricultural reform and development as a starting point, put forward the profound view that intensification is not equivalent to collectivization. Researcher Rong Xinchun from the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences discussed common prosperity and the issue of reshaping farmers’ spiritual and cultural life from the perspective of spiritual affluence. Professor Tong Zhihui from the School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development at Renmin University of China argued that improving the relationship between farmers and farmers should be the basis for promoting the formation of a new type of relationship between industry and agriculture and between urban and rural areas. Professor Li Ming from the School of Marxism at China Agricultural University argued that reform remains the key move for agricultural and rural development, and in the New Era, research on rural grassroots Party building still needs to continue.

随后，与会学者继续围绕全面推进乡村振兴展开深入研讨。中国社会科学院经济研究所中国现代经济史研究室主任赵学军研究员通过分析无锡市新惠社区跟踪调查数据，研究了集中居住与农户福利的问题。清华大学马克思主义学院王传利教授从探讨工农城乡关系入手，深入思考了农村向何处去这一根本问题。中央社会主义学院马克思主义理论教研部副主任左鹏教授以邓小平关于社会主义农业改革和发展的“第二个飞跃”为切入点，提出了集约化不等于集体化这一深刻观点。中国社会科学院经济研究所肜新春研究员从精神富裕层面探讨了共同富裕与农民精神文化生活重塑的问题。中国人民大学农业与农村发展学院仝志辉教授认为，应当以改善农民与农民关系为基础，推动形成新型工农城乡关系。中国农业大学马克思主义学院李明教授认为，改革仍然是农业农村发展的关键一招，新时代还需继续研究农村基层党建问题。

The authors of the “Research Series on Forty Years of China’s Rural Reform” each spoke in turn.

“中国农村改革四十年研究”丛书的作者一一发言。

Gong Yun, Vice President of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Delivers Concluding Remarks

中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院副院长龚云作总结发言

Researcher Gong Yun, Vice President of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, provided a conference summary. Gong Yun first briefly commented on the excellent speeches of the various experts, arguing that philosophy and social science workers should bear in mind the entrustment of General Secretary Xi Jinping, adhere to the expectations and requirements of the Party, the state, and the people, and persist in conducting scholarship for the people. Finally, Gong Yun argued that experts from various research institutions and fields should break down disciplinary boundaries, continue to conduct interdisciplinary research and cooperation on the issues of rural reform and development and the “three rural issues,” and contribute the wisdom and strength of scholars to the goal of comprehensively promoting the rural revitalization strategy and comprehensively building a modern socialist power.

中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院副院长龚云研究员进行了会议总结。龚云首先简评了各位专家的精彩发言，认为哲学社会科学工作者应当牢记习近平总书记嘱托，按照党、国家和人民的期望和要求，坚持为人民做学问。最后，龚云认为，各研究机构、各研究领域专家要打破学科界限，继续围绕农村改革和发展问题，围绕“三农”问题开展跨学科研究和合作，为全面推进乡村振兴战略，为全面建成社会主义现代化强国目标贡献学者智慧和力量。

Research Series on Forty Years of China’s Rural Reform

中国农村改革四十年研究丛书

(Contributed by: Zhang Ge)

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