A NEW COUNTRYSIDE IN TERMS OF VILLAGERS was put forward at the Central Rural Work Conference that concluded on Tuesday. This shifts the emphasis from rural infrastructure construction alone to more care for villagers and more attention to their benefits.

To some extent, this can be considered an antidote to what many localities have done in the construction of the new countryside, despite the fact that the living environment is an integral part of rural development.

The message being delivered is the lack of attention to the well-being of aged farmers, women and children left behind in the rural areas should not continue, and neither should the lack of protection for rural traditions and culture.