The air is fresh in the
countryside.
乡村的空气很清新。
The
countryside is very beautiful.
乡下很美。
The
countryside was sprinkled with farmhouses.
乡间到处可见农家的房舍。
As China continues on its path of advancing rural revitalization and boosting the modernization of the countryside, the country will keep cultivating rural industries in a precise and pragmatic manner, bringing about more measures to increase farmers' income and drive rural development, said the annual central rural work conference which was held in Beijing in December.
去年12月在北京召开的中央农村工作会议表示，随着中国继续推进乡村振兴和推进农村现代化，中国将继续以精准务实的方式培育农村产业，采取更多措施增加农民收入，推动农村发展。
It has increased the participation and sense of gain of villagers, laying a solid foundation for building a harmonious countryside with civilized customs and good virtues.
增加了村民的参与度和获得感，为建设文明风尚、良好美德的和谐乡村奠定了坚实基础。
This has increased the villagers' participation and sense of achievement in rural revitalization, laying a solid foundation for building a harmonious countryside with civilized manners, good family traditions and hospitable folk customs.
这增加了村民对乡村振兴的参与度和成就感，为建设文明风尚、良好家庭传统、好客民俗的和谐乡村奠定了坚实基础。
"Instead of directly selling farmers the devices, we trained lots of young people who went back to the countryside and became drone pilots and robot operators," Gong said.
龚说：“我们没有直接向农民出售这些设备，而是培训了很多年轻人，他们回到农村，成为无人机飞行员和机器人操作员。”。
Liang said the emphasis from now on will include promoting rural and countryside travel plans in China.
Liang said future emphasis will be placed on promoting rural and countryside travel plans inside China, elevating services and content offerings, and building a content marketing matrix facilitating industrial players.
"Next year, China Mobile is expected to achieve sound 5G coverage in cities, counties as well as key towns and countryside, while increasing the installed capacity to 1.08 million," he said at this year's China Mobile Global Partners Conference.
With the new financing, Agrimedia said that it will step up expanding its business into lower-tier cities, counties and the countryside to help digitalize mom-and-pop stores.
Yang Meng, vice-president of DingTalk, said the company will focus on building smart government offices, promoting government-enterprise interaction, and supporting the construction of a digital countryside this year.
Now our reach has been extended to mothers in the poverty-stricken countryside to help women to learn and carry on intangible cultural heritage and improve their household incomes while taking care of their families," said Julia Zhu, vice-president, social impact and government affairs of Starbucks China.
Over the past five years, the foundation has launched several initiatives aimed at improving the quality of education in China's countryside areas.
In the future, we hope that the program will help more people to witness life changes and new beginnings, not only in the countryside, but also in the cities," he said.
With the development of the industry, more and more companies have begun to explore the market of countryside.
"The development potential of the internet industry in the countryside is huge," said Yao Jinbo, the CEO of 58. com.
58. com's development in the countryside is far beyond our expectation.
Yao hopes his business in the countryside could surpass that in the cities and believes the market has big value in the future.
"If the service we provide to rural areas could be as plentiful as what we provide in cities, I believe there will be more people who are willing to live in the countryside," Yao said.
"We are not only aiming to sell products from countryside to first- and second-tier cities, but to let people spend less and farmers earn more," said Sun Qin, co-founder of Pinduoduo.
"Pinduoduo has invested 100 million yuan ($14.1 million) to the countryside of Yunnan.
"Cooperating with people who come back to the countryside after college could help with this," Sun explained, adding these young people have the experience of living in big cities and know how to run a business on the e-commerce platform.
"In a 2018 report, Morgan Stanley said that it expects consumption in China's lower-tier cities and countryside to triple to $6.9 trillion by 2030.
Mohammed urged StarTimes to expedite the installation of the television satellite system to cover the entire country, so that more people in the countryside will be more informed and entertained.
Chinese netizens complained that all the locals pictured beside the models appeared to be shabbily dressed and from the countryside.
Sinopec launched 44 projects in 2017 to boost industrial development, countryside tourism, labor training and education in poverty-stricken counties, which the company has committed to help, with around 30,000 people benefiting, according to its white paper on targeted poverty alleviation.
Currently, about half of China's more than 1.3 billion residents live in the countryside.
The 40 years since China introduced the reform and opening-up policy have seen a complete transformation of China, from the country's role on the world stage to the living standards of ordinary people, from the cities to the countryside.
They belong to hospitals and go into the countryside, taking blood pressure, registering the health conditions of everyone.
"We will look at the financial regulations in China and explore how we can tap digital technologies to empower our micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), especially those in the countryside, the same way that Jack Ma did to help small enterprises in China gain a foothold in the global e-commerce industry," Dominguez said.
The company has a deep understanding of the local characteristics of and the pivotal role mom-and-pop shops serve as both the agents for bringing goods to the countryside and upstream distribution channels for selling agricultural products.
"The combination will give the German company control of an icon of French industry that developed the high-speed TGV trains that zip across the countryside at upwards of 300 kilometers per hour.
Lawrence Pius Murithi, another young man from the central Kenyan countryside, is also a beneficiary of the SGR.
BEIJING — In a tone-setting meeting that concluded on Dec 20, China specified moves and tasks to advance rural revitalization across the board and boost the modernization of the countryside in 2024.
"China has made remarkable progress in upskilling its workforce and creating the world's largest middle-income group; where it needs to do better is spreading the benefits of its growth beyond its cities to the countryside, and achieving sort of more balanced and more inclusive growth. "
Cooperative efforts boost incomes, jobs, tourism potential of countryside across nationRecently, Zhao Changkun and his wife went on a 30-minute drive to their farm at Tayuanzhuang Tongfu Rural Revitalization Park, where they grow seasonal vegetables on a patch of about 30 square meters rented in the tourism compound.
The action plan also encourages rural areas rich in cultural and tourism resources to enrich tourism products for leisure, farmhouse entertainment, and self-driving tours to attract more urbanites to the countryside.
Li Gang, director-general of the department of circulation development at the Ministry of Commerce, said this move will continue opening two-way circulation channels for industrial products dispatched to the countryside and agricultural products bound for cities, increase farm revenue and upgrade farmers' consumption patterns, and generate fresh momentum to shore up China's economic growth.
The plan seeks to continue opening two-way circulation channels for industrial products dispatched to the countryside and agricultural products bound for cities, increase farming incomes and upgrade farmers' consumption trends, and help meet the rural population's life and production needs.
Partially because of how strongly rural areas stand distinctly apart from metropolises, I always find my visits to the countryside impressive and intriguing.
Last month, I took my first week-long business trip in three years across three provinces to once again visit the countryside.
In mid-April, I arrived in the countryside of Chengdu, Sichuan province.
Those measures could include guiding local governments to introduce more NEVs to the countryside and optimizing the operational environments of charging piles.
"During the holiday, the average occupancy rate of our guesthouses was close to 90 percent," said Liu Guang, general manager of a countryside tourism resort in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province.
Born in the countryside, Schober said that the idea for him to build such a homestay is to create a fusion experience between the East and the West and bring the best of both worlds.
Influenced by Hollywood movies he had watched on television, Koirala spent much of his younger years dreaming of traveling to the United States, where he would live a different life, one away from the countryside, field crops and farm animals.
Over the years, we have continuously narrowed the gap between urban and rural areas and promoted the integrated development of city and countryside, especially after the proposal of the rural revitalization strategy, which has effectively narrowed the gap between urban and rural areas and their respective residents.
"I am privileged to see those advances everywhere, in the standards of living of the people, in the housing, in the schools and institutes, in the spectacularly modern transport systems, in the new parks and gardens, in the towns, the cities and the countryside and in the pride people have in their community.
By promoting the coordinated development of urban and rural areas, local authorities have lifted over 1.9 million rural residents out of poverty and made the countryside more livable.
"We will maintain the original flavor of the countryside in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River Delta to attract business people to meet here and researchers to work here," Wang said.
Raised funds will be used as loans to support the establishment of the beautiful countryside, rural infrastructure and public services, according to the bank.
The roadmap detailed plans to cultivate new industries and modes of business in the countryside, upgrade infrastructure, enhance public services and boost rural governance.
Urban leisure tours, parents-child tours and countryside travel became major choices during the holidays.
"Conversations with many local officials have convinced me life in revitalized countryside can be beautiful.
PHNOM PENH－Ongoing China-assisted rural water supply and road projects have been playing a crucial role in supporting socioeconomic development and alleviating poverty in Cambodia's countryside, a senior official from the Southeast Asian nation said recently.
The professor of finance and strategic management also believes that China will leverage virtual technology to overcome resource constraints, such as those in dealing with the environment, education gaps and raising finance and economic literacy in the countryside.
As China continues on its path of advancing rural vitalization and boosting modernization of the countryside in the new year, it will keep cultivating rural industries in a precise and pragmatic manner, improving the mechanism of connecting farmers with the market, and taking more steps to increase farmers' incomes and drive rural development, according to the annual central rural work conference held in Beijing in December.
As China continues on its path of advancing rural revitalization and boosting the modernization of the countryside in the year ahead, it will keep cultivating rural industries in a precise and pragmatic manner, improving the mechanism of connecting farmers with the market, and bringing about more moves to increase farmers' income and drive rural development, said the annual central rural work conference which was held in Beijing in December.
New professionals play pivotal role in operations, boosting revitalizationA group of workers — known as agricultural professional managers — have been playing a pivotal role in villages across Zhejiang province, as operations and management become imperative alongside rural revitalization efforts in the countryside.
In Dongji township, Kenli district of Dongying, 140 sets of old houses are poised for renovation and upgrades in two phases, creating a comprehensive rural tourism destination called Yangmiao Huangheli while preserving the original countryside charm.
"Cafes are very chic in the countryside," she said.
"Cafes are among the favorite businesses of young people, and they provide a strong sense of contrast when they appear in the countryside," she said.
In addition, urbanites have been increasingly keen on taking vacations in the countryside, and booking volumes of bed-and-breakfast stays in suburban and rural areas have been popular.
The statement suggests that the country vigorously develop rural tourism and build a beautiful countryside suitable for living in.
"CunVA," or village volleyball, has become the latest sports craze, with its roots in the vast countryside around the city of Wenchang.
To narrow the rural-urban divide, China has intensified efforts to make cars -- particularly NEVs -- more affordable in smaller cities and the countryside.
NAIROBI — While growing up in the picturesque central Kenyan countryside, Lawrence Pius Murithi was at ease juggling his schoolwork and tending to his parent's farm, instilling in him the virtues of hard work, fortitude and service.
Never Say Never, a heartwarming movie about a mixed martial arts trainer helping children from the countryside pursue their dreams, has secured the second position on the summer box-office charts with a collection of 2.1 billion yuan.
In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, Sandra Calvao, chief of market intelligence and competitiveness at the UNWTO, said that more people are choosing to go to the countryside to embrace nature, taste natural food and enjoy a peaceful holiday with their families in recent years.
The pandemic has also boosted domestic tourism markets, which has led many to turn their attention to the countryside.
"We have seen how China is giving support to the countryside in areas such as infrastructure development, which is crucial.
The ministry will step up efforts to promote purchases of new energy vehicles, smart home appliances and green building materials in the countryside, and accelerate the development of medical equipment, aviation, yachts and other industries, Zhao said.
Online travel agency Lvmama said bookings on its platform for short-distance trips to countryside destinations increased by 150 percent, compared with the same period in 2019.
From first-tier cities to the countryside, the company's products are found everywhere.
The Pingyao town in the province has leveraged the advantages of ecological resources in the countryside to create a special economy of flower sightseeing to help revitalize the countryside.
Li isn't the only one who rides to help slake their thirst to be in the countryside, especially since long-distance travel has been curtailed for months for city dwellers due to the resurgences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We welcome our visitors from China with a diverse gourmet experience in the capital city and the countryside alike," she said.
Major travel agencies have been building high-end village resorts to meet the increasingly diversified demand from urbanites who are keen on taking vacations in the countryside.
Wu highlighted the importance of promoting common prosperity, saying the five-year plan requires diversifying channels to increase farmers' incomes and fully improve working and living conditions in the countryside.
More young travelers are taking journeys to the countryside, and they are showing more personalized and diversified demand.
Wuyuan, known for its rape flowers and countryside views, has seen a sharply growing number of visitors in spring.
"We hope our homestay brand can further contribute to a beautiful countryside full of happiness, accelerate the integration of cultural and tourism development, pioneer the achievement of common prosperity in Wenzhou and help popularize Wenzhou's cultural tourism brand known as a poetic wonderland," Hu said.
Zhang Yu, manager of Xingli's branch that oversees the project at Pianpo, said: "The expansion of a firm's business in the countryside and the improvements of local residents' livelihoods should be equally valued.
The revival of Pianpo's tourism is typical in China's drive to achieve rural rejuvenation－a national development plan first proposed in late 2017 to boost rural incomes and raise living standards for residents in the countryside.
"It is very difficult for a company from outside the village to truly reach the goal of rejuvenating the countryside.
Users from second-tier cities, top-tier cities as well as counties and countryside followed with a loyalty index of 13.6, 13.2 and 12.8, respectively.
Data from online travel agencies also showed that tourists across the country embraced more diverse modes of travel during the holiday, with Party-themed tours, night tours and trips to the countryside gaining increasing popularity.
Xia also suggested that vocational, community and senior education should be boosted and more entertainment resources be cultivated in the countryside to enrich people's lives.
"Most people in the countryside know short video apps and spend a lot of time on them," said Liu, whose education ended when he finished primary school.
Form of entertainmentZhu Wei, deputy director of the Communication Law Research Center at China University of Political Science and Law, said short-video apps are well-received in the countryside because they offer content that is closely tied with rural life.
More farmers have also had their own mobile phones, which has laid a foundation for the popularity of short video apps in the countryside.
"Due to the epidemic, consumers are more keen to make countryside trips rather than city tours.
While gradual reforms saw the trading of urban land evolve into a vigorous property market, land in the countryside remains largely static.
Wang Wenyuan, head of the natural resources bureau of Jiutai district, said the reform has broadened the land supply channel, and companies can bid for, lease, or purchase rural land, increasing the possibility for urban capital to flow into the countryside and contribute to rural vitalization.
For instance, summer camps that feature building tree houses, and those that allow parents and kids to experience countryside life－like going fishing, planting rice paddies and two-day camping trips in Beidaihe, a coastal area in Hebei province－are very well received, Qunar found.
The company said tours of neighboring areas, countryside trips, cleanliness and high quality are buzzwords that netizens searched for frequently recently.
It expects more people will take shorthaul trips to experience countryside lifestyles.
The country's short-term vacation rental sector is seeing steady recovery from the impact of novel coronavirus pandemic, as nearby travels, rural or countryside homestays as well as clean and high-quality accommodations gain popularity among Chinese tourists.
It also showed that "beach and shore", "suburban town" and "countryside" are the top choices of a first trip after travel restrictions are eased.
"Data shows, as of the end of 2019, the coverage rate in villages and townships had reached 96.6 percent and the ability of express companies to serve the rural market has been further improved, supporting online consumption in both cities and the countryside.
As the novel coronavirus epidemic dented consumption in the country, China has been encouraging innovative ways to tap market potential, especially in the countryside.
China will support the rollout of e-commerce and courier services in the countryside to expand rural consumption, according to this year's government work report.