Thirty years ago today, on February 24, 1995 (January 25, 1995 lunar calendar), the Central Committee called for greater attention to be paid to the issue of "agriculture, rural areas". Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, Hu Jintao and others attended the Central Rural Work Conference. On February 24, 1995, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Jiang Zemin emphasized at the Central Rural Work Conference that under the new situation of developing a socialist market economy, it is necessary to correctly handle agricultural, rural and peasant issues, and the whole party must pay more attention to agricultural and rural work than ever before. Jiang Zemin said that from October 1993 to the present, in less than two years, the Central Committee held three rural work conferences. Each meeting emphasized the importance of agriculture and rural work. Why did the Central Committee repeatedly emphasize this issue? The main reason is that the development of the socialist market economy is a new issue, and how to improve agriculture in the development of the socialist market economy is also a new issue, which requires serious study and exploration by all party comrades. Judging from the practice in recent years, due to the problem of ideological understanding and overall arrangement has not been solved well, the protection and support of agriculture has not been strong enough, and the determined policies and measures have not been fully implemented. The gap between the development speed of industry and agriculture, the gap between the income of urban and rural residents, and the gap between the economic development of developed areas and underdeveloped areas is still widening. If these three gaps continue to widen, it will cause serious consequences. First, the contradiction between the supply and demand of agricultural products will become more prominent, affecting the continued rise in prices and increasing inflationary pressure. Second, the slow growth of farmers' income makes it difficult to achieve the goal of farmers' living to a moderately prosperous level as scheduled. This will not only affect the enthusiasm of the vast number of farmers, but also affect the entire process of socialist modernization. Third, if the level of farmers' purchasing power is not high, and the rural consumer market cannot be expanded or even narrowed day by day, it will directly restrict the development of industry and the entire economy. Fourth, the gap in economic development between urban and rural areas and between regions is too large, which will lead to the disparity between the rich and the poor and lead to serious imbalances in the entire economy and society. Jiang Zemin said that the above situation shows that under the historical conditions of establishing a socialist market system, strengthening macro-control, vigorously protecting and supporting agriculture, and promoting the coordinated development of industry and agriculture, cities and rural areas, and the eastern and central and western economies are related to the overall situation of our country's reform, development and stability. It is related to the success or failure of the entire modernization cause and the consolidation of the socialist regime. Regarding this major issue, all party comrades, especially the party's high and middle-level cadres, must further unify their understanding, unify their will, and take unified actions from the perspective of the overall situation. Strengthen agriculture as a foundation, mobilize the forces of all walks of life, and take resolute and powerful measures to promote the development of agriculture, the prosperity of farmers and the progress of rural society. Achieve the set goals. The main gains of this meeting are four: First, unified thinking. To effectively curb inflation and maintain the sustained, rapid and healthy development of the national economy, we must make up our minds to promote agriculture. Second, we have clarified tasks. The focus is on grasping "rice bags" and "vegetable baskets", developing the rural economy in an all-round way, ensuring the effective supply of agricultural and sideline products, the steady increase in farmers' income and the stability of rural society. Third, we have improved policies. Clear requirements have been put forward in terms of grasping grain and cotton production, increasing agricultural investment, and doing a good job in grain and cotton purchase and sale. Fourth, confidence has been enhanced. Agriculture in our country is facing good development opportunities, and the whole society is paying more and more attention to agriculture. As long as we do solid work and pay close attention to implementation, agriculture will be able to climb to a new level and create a new situation.