Southeast Asia Information Port News (www.dnyxxg.com) At the end of 2025, the Central Rural Work Conference was held as scheduled, setting the tone for the "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" (San Nong) work in 2026.
Compared to previous years, the phrase "adapting to local conditions" was mentioned three times, referring to three major tasks: promoting the construction of livable, workable, and beautiful villages; developing new agricultural productivity; and improving the implementation mechanism for rural construction.
Previously, the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal mentioned "improving the implementation mechanism for rural construction according to local conditions, and promoting rural revitalization in a categorized, orderly, and regional manner."
Now, the repeated emphasis on "adapting to local conditions" at the conference sends a clear policy signal: my country's "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" work is moving towards a more in-depth approach of adapting to local conditions and implementing precise policies.
"China has a vast territory, and the natural conditions, development levels, and construction tasks vary greatly from place to place," said Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in an interview with Sanlihe. He added that in the past, the promotion of "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" work emphasized national integrated planning, but now, under the overall national goals and tasks, it is necessary to base it on the actual conditions of each region and promote it in a categorized and step-by-step manner.
"The core is to ensure that the people feel a sense of belonging and experience tangible benefits. This requires local governments to focus on implementation mechanisms and avoid blindly copying experiences from other places," said Li Guoxiang.
Previously, some places copied urban models, resulting in a "one-size-fits-all" phenomenon under large-scale demolition and construction, and even some "vanity projects" that were detached from the actual needs of farmers.
Now, the official requirement of "adapting to local conditions" is a prerequisite, a correction to past problems.
How to adapt to local conditions?
Li Guoxiang believes this means that rural construction cannot be promoted with a single template. For example, for traditional and ancient villages, protection should be the primary focus, considering how to develop while protecting them; for villages with many idle villages and small populations, merging or reconstruction can be considered; for villages with large populations and stable status, no adjustments can be made for the time being.
Improving the quality and efficiency of agricultural development also depends on adapting to local conditions.
In 2025, my country's total grain output reached a new historical high of 1.4298 trillion jin (744.98 billion kg), with per capita grain possession exceeding 500 kilograms. This is inseparable from the in-depth implementation of the strategy of "storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology."
"Storing grain in technology" requires increasing the cultivation of new agricultural productivity, but it's crucial to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach. For example, the Loess Plateau region cannot be expected to simply copy the model of the Jiangnan water towns; instead, it must find the key that best suits its own conditions. Only then can agricultural technology development be grounded in reality and yield tangible results.
The construction of harmonious and beautiful villages should be a vivid picture of "each region beautiful in its own way."
my country's eastern, central, and western regions are at different stages of development and have varying resource endowments; a one-size-fits-all approach is impossible.
The meeting emphasized "adapting to local conditions," acknowledging and respecting local differences, and encouraging various regions to explore development models that suit their own traditions and resource conditions, creating unique models of "harmony and beauty."
This can be a highly modernized future village, or it can be an ecologically pristine countryside that protects green mountains and clear waters.
In Li Guoxiang's view, when various regions address the "three rural issues" (agriculture, rural areas, and farmers) according to local conditions, it will effectively promote the steady progress of agricultural and rural modernization, achieving the goal of basically realizing agricultural modernization and ensuring that rural areas have basic modern living conditions by 2035.
Let every piece of land fully demonstrate its advantages, and let every village showcase its strengths. The grand blueprint of strong agriculture, beautiful countryside, and prosperous farmers will surely be transformed into a magnificent reality on the vast rural land.
