In 2012, in accordance with requirements for strengthening the work of rural reform pilot zones in the CPC Central Committee's Document No. 1, the organization and leadership was strengthened in earnest in all pilot zones and great efforts were made to improve the working mechanism. According to the approved plans and contents of the pilot programs, implementation of the pilot projects were constantly enhanced to make the reform tests carried out on all fronts.
1. Joint efforts were made to build rural reform pilot zones
1) All regions and all departments shared no effort to promote construction of pilot zones. In most provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) where pilot zones were carried out, policies of supporting reform pilot zones were issued and the mechanisms for organizing and coordinating the work on pilot zones like joint conferences for work concerning rural reform pilot zones were established successively. Leading groups, led by principal leaders and attended by departments concerned, and administrative offices were set up widely with their sizes of personnel force determined and they would be responsible for organizing and implementing pilot projects. In certain pilot zones, the work on reform test was linked to performance evaluation of party and government cadres in order to ensure that the work on pilot zones was carried forward in a down-to-earth manner.
2) The MoA strengthened the guidance and coordination. As a leading unit in the joint conference, the MoA added a name of "Office of Rural Reform Pilot" to its Department of Industrial Policies and Laws and relevant functional divisions were specially set up with the staff and fund provided to create a good environment for the work of reform test.
2. Pilot projects on reform were being carried forward in a smooth manner
1) The system for basic rural management was stabilized and improved. In relevant pilot zones, centered on related subjects, such as stabilizing the relations involved in rural land contracts and developing large-scale land operations, and innovating in modern organizations of agricultural management, efforts were made to carry forward the rural land right determination, registration and certification, create and improve the mechanism for transfer of rural land, and formulate polices to identify and support new-type subjects of agricultural management.
2) Rural financial reform. First, financial institutions and organizations of different types and levels were energetically introduced or explored for their establishment to enrich the rural finance and increase financing channels.
Second, financial institutions were guided and encouraged to explore the extension of things that can be effectively pledged and launch diversified financial products so as to provide key carriers for increasing the availability of rural credit.
Third, with the government playing a leading role, favorable conditions were created for improving the ecological environment of rural finance through establishing the platform for rural financial services, strengthening the development of rural financial infrastructure, and promoting the construction of the rural credit reporting system.
Fourth, insurance institutions were actively encouraged and guided to innovate in new types of insurance that could meet the needs of local agricultural development and to expand the coverage of agricultural insurance so as to support agricultural development effectively and upgrade the capability against agricultural risks.
3) Reform of the institution of rural collective property rights was carried forward. In relevant pilot zones, efforts were made to explore and carry out membership qualification of rural collective economic organizations, transformation of rural collective assets through the joint-stock system, and establishment and improvement of the market for transaction of property rights so that increases in collective assets, growth of farmers' earnings and the social stability were achieved.
4) The system and mechanism for the urban-rural integration was improved. In relevant pilot zones, based on the policy of integrating urban and rural development, explorations were carried out in aspects of deepening the reform of household registration system, carrying forward the progress of new-type urbanization, establishing the relations for exchange of equal elements in urban and rural areas, and realizing the equalization of basic public services in urban and rural areas.
5) The system for supporting and protecting the agriculture was improved. In relevant pilot zones, efficiency of use of the funds for supporting agricultural development was raised through establishing and improving the management of state funds for agriculture and exploring the method for consolidating these state funds.
