On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, made important instructions and extended warm greetings to the cadres and workers of the national supply and marketing cooperative system, and warmly congratulated the commended advanced collectives and individuals.
Xi Jinping pointed out that for the past 70 years, supply and marketing cooperatives have always focused on the central task of the Party, actively served the overall situation, and played a positive role in serving urban and rural residents, promoting rural economic prosperity, assisting in poverty alleviation, increasing farmers' income, and promoting rural revitalization.
Xi Jinping emphasized that in the new era and new journey, party committees and governments at all levels should further strengthen their leadership and support for the work of supply and marketing cooperatives, and fully utilize this force. Supply and marketing cooperatives should earnestly practice the new development concept, take root in agriculture and rural areas, focus on their main responsibilities and businesses, deepen comprehensive reforms, strengthen mechanism innovation, continuously build a comprehensive platform that serves farmers' production and life and promotes modern agricultural development, act as a bridge and link between the Party and the government and farmers, strive to write a new chapter of high-quality development of supply and marketing cooperation, and make greater contributions to promoting comprehensive rural revitalization and accelerating the construction of an agricultural power.
Li Qiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, issued a directive stating that supply and marketing cooperatives should thoroughly implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the decision-making arrangements of the Party Central Committee, bear in mind their mission and responsibilities, give full play to their unique advantages, deepen reform and innovation, focus on improving their management level, continuously consolidate the foundation of agricultural services, further promote the high-quality development of key work such as agricultural material supply, agricultural product circulation, agricultural socialized services, and recycling and utilization of renewable resources, better serve the production and life of farmers, and play a greater role in promoting urban-rural integration and accelerating agricultural and rural modernization.
The 70th anniversary commemoration meeting of the establishment of the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives was held in Beijing on the 28th. At the meeting, important instructions from Xi Jinping and instructions from Li Qiang were conveyed. Liu Guozhong, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He stated that the supply and marketing cooperatives, which have a glorious tradition of 70 years, have made important contributions to ensuring national food security, winning the battle against poverty, and promoting comprehensive rural revitalization since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In the new era and new journey, the national supply and marketing cooperative system must deeply study and implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the requirements of Premier Li Qiang's instructions, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, and make new achievements in promoting the integrated development of urban and rural areas and promoting the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. We must adhere to and strengthen the comprehensive leadership of the Party, keep in mind the purpose of serving agriculture, deepen reforms in key areas and key links, comprehensively strengthen our own construction, and write a new chapter of high-quality development for the supply and marketing cooperation cause.
At the meeting, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives jointly commended the advanced collectives, model worker and exemplary individual of the national supply and marketing cooperatives system, and the award-winning representatives made speeches.
The All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives was established in 1954. After 70 years of development, supply and marketing cooperatives have accelerated the extension of full process agricultural socialized services and the expansion of all-round urban and rural community services, accelerating the formation of a comprehensive, large-scale, and sustainable agricultural service system. They play a unique advantage and important role in promoting the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas and accelerating the construction of a strong agricultural country.