Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu has called for a study of
certain rural areas to provide accurate and reliable information on
their economic and social development.
Hui praised the efforts made by a rural statistics investigation
group from the National Statistics Bureau, saying "they have
provided important information for the party and the government to
make decisions related to the rural areas." He made the remarks at
a symposium on "statistical investigation of rural society and
economy" in Beijing Tuesday.
The statistics and information collected by this group have helped
ensure peasants' income increase, have enabled more people to know
about problems pertaining agriculture, rural areas and farmers and
have promoted rural reforms.
The statistical investigation of rural areas will be more
challenging when China speeds up its modernization drive and builds
an affluent society, since that will be an important period of time
for rural reform," he stressed.
He urged the departments concerned to provide reliable, accurate
and timely information and services for the rural areas' future
development.
The goal, he said, is "to perfect the index of statistical
investigation according to changing situation of agriculture and
rural areas." He added that solutions to agriculture problems
should be found by analyzing data on key issues such as grain
security and peasants' income."
He encouraged the group to continue to improve their work in the
future.
(Xinhua News Agency October 28, 2004)