Quotes by Chen Xiwen

“The widening gap between urban and rural areas should be dealt with in real earnest. For those farmers who already have lost land in this process, we should give them job training and social services.”

“It is both a long-term goal and an urgent immediate task.”

“The construction of a new countryside should definitely make stuff more convenient for farmers lives and production. If we move farmers into high-rises, using elevators might bring inconveniences because they have to carry hoes and stocks, and some farmers want to bring livestock.”

“Of course, it will take a long time in history for the new socialist countryside to materialize in China. Formerly meant to be a vision to pursue and a direction for development, the notion is now deemed as both a long-term goal and an urgent, immediate task.”

“Our development of the countryside should support an agricultural population and an agricultural economy.”