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source：Silk Road Dialogue Committee|Release time：2022-08-16|Number of views：

Accelerate the construction of digital villages Using digital technology
to help rural revitalization in an all-round way

Chen Fulong(图1)

Chen Fulong

Professor, School of Marxism, Nanchang Institute of Technology

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "After the victory in poverty alleviation, it is necessary to comprehensively promote rural revitalization, which is a historic shift in the focus of the work of 'agriculture, rural areas and farmers'." The "14th Five-Year Plan" and the outline of the long-term goals for 2035 have made important arrangements to "accelerate the construction of digital villages". We must firmly grasp the new opportunities of digital technology innovation and development, promote the deep integration of digital technology with agricultural development, rural governance and farmers' lives, and provide a strong scientific and technological guarantee for accelerating the modernization of agriculture and rural areas.

Help develop modern agriculture. The comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization is inseparable from industrial revitalization and agricultural modernization. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The key to agricultural modernization is the modernization of agricultural science and technology." The application of digital technology to all aspects of crop cultivation, planting, management, and harvesting to promote the digital transformation of agricultural production, operation, and management services has brought not only the innovation of agricultural technology and the improvement of agricultural productivity, but also the profound changes in the agricultural business model. For example, the use of Beidou positioning and artificial intelligence to scientifically manage crops can improve management efficiency; with the help of QR code technology, the whole process of agricultural products can be traced from the field to the table; "Internet + agricultural products" can promote the sales of agricultural products. To comprehensively promote rural revitalization, it is necessary to develop digital agriculture on the basis of respecting the laws of agricultural production, promote agricultural reform and innovation in the fields of production decision-making, process management, product quality control, business system, financial support, consumer services, etc., and comprehensively improve agricultural production intelligence. The level of operation network, management efficiency, and service convenience will be driven by digitalization to drive the modernization of agriculture, and continuously improve the quality, efficiency and competitiveness of agriculture.

Improve the level of rural governance. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "We should make good use of modern information technology, innovate rural governance methods, and improve the level of good rural governance." Strengthening rural governance is an important guarantee for comprehensively promoting rural revitalization. It is necessary to improve the rural governance system led by the party organization, implement grid management and services, and achieve precision and refinement. Digital technology has the advantages of precision, precision, and refinement, and can adapt to new situations such as the accelerated flow of rural people and the refinement of rural governance units, and improve the scientific and timeliness of rural governance. Through the aggregation and integration of data from different fields, digital technology can also attract more subjects to participate in rural governance in an orderly manner, and help rural co-construction, governance and sharing. For example, by disclosing grass-roots party affairs, government affairs, and village affairs information on the WeChat official account, villagers can keep abreast of them through their mobile phones; in the promotion of policies that benefit farmers and the appraisal of good people and good deeds, villagers can participate in learning and voting in the WeChat group. To promote rural revitalization in an all-round way, it is necessary to give full play to the supporting role of digital technology, and use the digitalization of rural governance to drive the socialization, legalization, intelligence, and professionalization of rural governance, so as to help build a vibrant, harmonious and orderly village with good governance.

Improve the quality of life of farmers. Continuously improving the quality of life of farmers is the proper meaning of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization. Increasing the supply of rural public services and improving the level of public services such as rural medical and health care, public education, and social security is an important way to improve the quality of life of farmers. Digital technology has abundant public service application scenarios, which can effectively improve the quantity, quality, coverage and accessibility of rural public service supply, making farmers’ lives more convenient. At present, online service models such as "running at most once" and "no meeting for approval" have been promoted in many villages. Online, immediate, and less-running services have greatly improved the convenience of farmers' affairs. To comprehensively promote rural revitalization, it is necessary to rely on digital technology to improve the basic rural public service system, strengthen the construction of rural information infrastructure, expand the coverage of rural optical fiber networks, mobile communication networks, digital TV, etc., and ensure and promote the extension of "Internet + public services" to rural areas. Coverage, promote the online handling of appropriate agriculture-related matters, and enable rural public services to reach every family and every farmer through the cloud, so that farmers "run less errands" and data "run more", from the real improvement of quality of life. Experience the convenience and benefits brought by digital technology, and continuously enhance the sense of gain, happiness and security.