Change 1: From not having enough to eat from farming every day to eating well without farming. Comparison between the past and the present. “Before the big contract period, there were five people in my family. The production team distributed food every quarter, and we could carry it home with our coats. I often starve." Qian Yongyan from Qianxi Village, Pancun Town, Mingguang City, Anhui Province, served as a cadre in the village in the 1980s, started engaging in aquaculture in the late 1980s, and is now a farmer entrepreneur. He said: "I used to have enough to eat every day while farming, but now I not only have enough to eat, but also eat well." The numbers and comments from "not having enough to eat" to "well eating" reflect that farmers' lives have "stepped from poverty to subsistence. Two major changes in the transition from subsistence and clothing to moderate prosperity. Before the 1980s, farmers in my country generally lived in poverty, with the Engel coefficient as high as 70%. Since the 1980s, with the widespread implementation of household-based production quotas, Chinese farmers have crossed the subsistence line in one fell swoop, and the Engel coefficient has dropped to 60%. After entering the new century, especially with the implementation of a series of policies that benefit farmers, including the abolition of agricultural taxes, farmers' lives continued to improve, and the Engel coefficient dropped to 50%, reaching the well-off line. Change 2: From one garment for multiple seasons to one season for multiple garments. Comparison between the past and the present. “In the past, children could wear only their clothes. Several children would need to wear one garment, and the older brother would pass it on to the younger brother if it became too small. It’s not like now, when a child is beautiful. There might be a big box of clothes,” said Na Zhibang, an 81-year-old Hui man from Najiahu Village, Yanghe Town, Yinchuan City, Ningxia. At that time, everything was in short supply. He needed food stamps to buy food, make his own clothes, and pay for cloth. Need to distribute tickets. Numbers and Comments "Three years of new life, three years of old life, and another three years of mending." This is the memory of many farmers’ past lives. With the increase in income levels and changes in consumption concepts, my country's farmers' clothing consumption is changing. Taking Ningxia as an example, the per capita living consumption expenditure of Ningxia farmers reached 2,528.8 yuan in 2007, of which per capita clothing consumption was 184.3 yuan, an increase of 155.5 yuan from 28.8 yuan in 1983, an increase of 5.4 times. Change 3: From brick-and-mortar houses to villa buildings. Comparison between the past and the present "When I was in my 10s, all the houses in the village were made of brick-and-mortar houses. I never dreamed that one day I would be able to live in a building." Qiu Jili, 54, of Shangwan Natural Village, Qingjiang Township, Wuning County, Jiangxi Province, said so. In recent years, all 31 households in Shangwan Village have demolished their old ones and built new ones with the support of the government. They have built small buildings ranging from 2 to 4 stories. Each building has running water and water for toilet flushing, and there are several toilets outside the building. With hundreds of acres of green carpet of hanging melons, the entire village looks like a group of villas on the outskirts of the city. Figures and Comments In the 1970s, "dry base building" was implemented, in the 1980s, brick houses were built, and in the 1990s, concrete was used. In the new century, new rural areas were built, and farmers began to live in villas. Figures from the Jiangxi Provincial Bureau of Statistics show that in 2007, the per capita housing area of ??farmers in Jiangxi increased from 11.8 square meters in 1980 to 36.8 square meters; of which, the per capita housing area of ??brick-wood structure and reinforced concrete structure reached 34.26 square meters. Accounting for 93% of the housing area. Ye Dexiang, director of the Agriculture Department of the Jiangxi Provincial Bureau of Statistics, said that 81% of rural households in the province have sanitary equipment, of which 14% have water for flushing toilets. Change 4: From going to the market to traveling. Comparison between the past and the present. "It turns out that I am covered in gray on sunny days and mud on rainy days. There are yellow mud roads everywhere, and I dare not wear leather shoes." Speaking of the changes in village roads, a 47-year-old from Anyi County, Jiangxi Province Villager Liu Shangjia was gushing. Now there are cement roads connecting groups and households in the village. In the remote mountainous areas of southern Jiangxi, it turns out that farmers mostly go out to go to the market, and many people rarely go to the county town once in their lives. But in recent years, several navel orange farmers in Xunwu County have spontaneously organized a trip to the United States to inspect the production and sales of Sunkist navel oranges in the United States. Figures and Comments By the end of 2007, the towns and villages in Jiangxi Province were basically equipped with asphalt roads or cement roads. The asphalt (cement) road access rate and road access rate in administrative villages reached 71% and 93% respectively. Nearly 1/4 of the natural villages had asphalt (cement) roads. road. The roads were improved, and with the popularization of bicycles and motorcycles, cars began to enter farmhouses, and farmers traveled further and further.
Change Five: From the "Old Four Things" to the "New N Things" Comparison between the past and the present With government subsidies, Liu Guoping, a farmer in Yushui District, Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province, recently installed a solar water heater. He said: "With solar water heaters, there is no need to burn firewood or consume electricity. It is economical and convenient." Some farmers in Shandong have the habit of keeping diaries. The reporter saw that the diary of Liu Zongshui, a farmer in Zouping County, recorded the multiple updates to the TV at home; in the diary of Yang Chunling, a farmer in Pingyuan County, he recorded the purchases of "home theaters" and computers by his neighbors. Numbers and Comments Over the past 30 years, my country's rural households have continued to upgrade their durable consumer goods, from the "old four" items of bicycles, watches, sewing machines, and radios, to the "six new items" of televisions, washing machines, tape recorders, refrigerators, electric fans, and DVD players. Then to range hoods, water heaters, air conditioners, computers and other products, the grades are getting higher and higher. In Shandong Province, by the end of 2007, every village in the province had access to electricity and telephones. Every 100 rural households had 39 refrigerators, 104 color TVs, 61 DVD players, 57 washing machines, and 23 water heaters. Change 6: From dropping out due to poverty to free schooling. Comparison between the past and the present. Zhou Xuexian, a 19-year-old girl from Gaoji Township, Dengzhou City, Henan Province who works in Beijing, is very envious when she talks about her younger brother who is still in middle school. She said: "Due to my poor family background, I dropped out of school when I was in the second grade of junior high school. My younger brother caught up with the good times and didn't have to pay tuition and miscellaneous fees to go to school." 51-year-old Li Xuefang from Qiaoliufan Village, Gaobeidian City, Hebei Province, 2007 I spent more than 40,000 yuan for surgery in Beijing due to a severe heart disease. After returning home, I received a subsidy of 12,000 yuan from the "New Rural Cooperative Medical Care System" management center. He lamented: "As a farmer, it was unthinkable before that I could be reimbursed for medical treatment like people in the city." Numbers and Comments The latest change in the lives of farmers in my country on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up is that they have begun to enjoy culture, entertainment, education, health, etc. Aspects of public services. At present, our country has exempted all rural students from compulsory education from tuition and miscellaneous fees, benefiting 150 million primary and secondary school students and their families across the country. With the development of the new rural cooperative medical system, farmers' medical security level has also entered a new stage. As of the end of March this year, 2,679 counties (cities, districts) across the country have launched the New Rural Cooperative Medical System. 800 million farmers have participated in the cooperative medical care, with a participation rate of 91%. They can enjoy the same treatment reimbursement as urban employees.