Recently, the Provincial Department of agriculture and rural development, the Provincial Bureau of Rural Revitalization and the Provincial Department of Finance jointly issued the notice on the selection of the "top ten demonstration zones for Rural Revitalization in Guangdong Province in 2022" (hereinafter referred to as the notice), officially launching the relevant selection work. It is reported that in 2022, 13 "Guangdong Province's top ten Rural Revitalization demonstration belts" will be selected across the province, and agricultural counties (cities, districts) will be taken as units to adopt a bottom-up, competitive selection method, and 1billion yuan of provincial-level agricultural funds will be allocated for incentives. According to the notice, 10 "Guangdong top ten Rural Revitalization demonstration belts" were selected from counties (cities, districts) in eastern Guangdong, western Guangdong and northern Guangdong, and counties (cities, districts) of Huizhou and Zhaoqing, as well as Jiangmen Enping, Kaiping and Taishan cities. Each of the "Guangdong top ten Rural Revitalization demonstration belts" was awarded 100million yuan each; From the Pearl River Delta region (excluding Huizhou, Zhaoqing and Jiangmen Enping, Kaiping and Taishan), three "Guangdong top ten Rural Revitalization demonstration belts" were selected, and the award funds for the "Guangdong top ten Rural Revitalization demonstration belts" were implemented by cities above the prefecture level with reference to provincial standards. The notice specifies that the selection criteria for the "top ten Rural Revitalization demonstration zones in Guangdong Province" in 2022 refer to the "guidelines for the construction of Rural Revitalization demonstration zones in Guangdong Province (Trial)", which should have 10 criteria, namely, strong leading role of Party building, good development of rural industries, clean and tidy rural environment, distinctive rural style and characteristics, progressive improvement of rural civilization, gradual improvement of infrastructure, provision of public services on demand, harmonious and stable rural governance The rural operation is standardized and orderly, and a certain scale has been initially built. The selection will be organized and implemented by the Provincial Department of agriculture and rural development, the Rural Revitalization Bureau, the Department of Finance in conjunction with the Provincial Department of natural resources, the Department of ecological environment, the Department of housing and urban rural development, the Department of culture and tourism and other units. On the basis of the county declaration and the recommendation of the prefecture and city, the comprehensive evaluation is carried out by means of data review, on-site verification and speech defense. The total score of data review, on-site verification and speech defense is determined by the proportion of 30%, 40% and 30%, and the award-winning unit is determined by the score. The notice requires that the reward funds for the "top ten Rural Revitalization demonstration belts in Guangdong Province" are mainly used for the construction of Rural Revitalization demonstration belts in counties (cities, districts) to replace compensation with awards, and shall not be falsely reported, withheld or misappropriated for any reason. The award-winning units should use more than 50% of the award funds to enlarge and guide social capital and financial capital. On the premise of not forming the implicit debt of local governments, they should explore various ways to leverage various funds to support the construction of Rural Revitalization demonstration belt, such as awards instead of subsidies, building first and then subsidies, loan discount, setting up risk pools and so on. Guide more state-owned enterprises, private enterprises and social organizations to participate in the construction of the demonstration zone. All localities should improve their political standing and strengthen organizational leadership. Strictly select according to requirements to ensure fairness, openness and impartiality. (Xinhua News Agency)