Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 2 (Reporter Gu Yiping) The latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that the per capita disposable income of rural residents in my country reached 23,119 yuan in 2024, an actual increase of 6.3% over 2023. The head of relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs told reporters that in 2025, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will continue to broaden the channels for farmers to increase their income and become rich, and further improve their income levels. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will make efforts in many aspects.
Family operating income is an important source of farmers' income. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will work hard to improve the comprehensive benefits of agriculture, actively develop green and characteristic agricultural products, and strive to extend and strengthen chain measures such as agricultural product processing, agricultural enterprise cultivation, and agricultural brand building, implement agricultural industry integration development projects, and drive farmers' income growth.
Make a full article on "local specialties". The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will vigorously develop new rural industries and new business formats such as leisure agriculture, rural e-commerce, and cultural experience. At the same time, improve the mechanism for connecting farmers to lead farmers, and leave more industrial value-added income in rural areas and farmers.
Improve the quality of farmers' employment and entrepreneurship. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will increase rural entrepreneurship training and support, and promote farmers to increase employment and income through entrepreneurship. In response to the current mismatch between the quality structure and professional skills of migrant workers, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will work with relevant departments to promote and make good use of orders, targeted, fixed-job training and other models, and find ways to stabilize the employment positions and income of farmers' migrant workers.
Improve farmers' property income. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will actively explore the effective implementation of the use of farmers' idle housing through rental, equity investment, cooperation, etc., promote the standardization of rural property rights transfer and transactions, and allow farmers to share more reform dividends.
