Recently, guided by the Information Development Bureau of the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Market and Information Technology Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the "China Digital Rural Development Report (2020)" compiled by the Expert Advisory Committee on Agricultural and Rural Informatization was released. The report comprehensively summarizes the policy measures, development process, and phased achievements of China's digital rural construction, and summarizes the important progress and experience exploration of various departments and regions in promoting digital rural construction work. It is a concentrated presentation of the overall situation of China's digital rural construction and development in 2020.

The report points out that in 2020, China's digital rural construction accelerated, the digital rural strategy was further implemented, and good results were achieved in the development of digital rural construction in various regions. We have released the "Digital Agriculture and Rural Development Plan (2019-2025)", organized and carried out national digital rural pilot projects, continuously improved rural information infrastructure construction, achieved initial results in agricultural and rural big data construction, continuously improved the digitalization level of agricultural production, vigorously developed new forms of rural digital economy, significantly improved the digitalization level of rural governance, improved rural information services, steadily promoted the construction of smart and green rural areas, stepped up rural scientific and technological innovation to a new level, and achieved significant results in online poverty alleviation.

The report emphasizes the need to accelerate the construction of smart agriculture and promote the deep integration of digital economy and agricultural and rural economy in accordance with the deployment requirements of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. One is to strengthen planning and layout, and overall plan for the development of digital rural areas during the 14th Five Year Plan period. The second is to consolidate the foundation of development and accelerate the construction of a new generation of rural information infrastructure. The third is to unleash the digital dividend and cultivate and strengthen new driving forces for agricultural and rural development. The fourth is to innovate governance models and enhance the modernization level of rural governance capacity. The fifth is to promote integrated development and coordinate the development of digital villages and smart cities. Sixth, stimulate endogenous motivation and continue to promote online poverty alleviation and digital rural construction.

The construction of digital villages in China still needs to strengthen planning and layout, and actively plan for the development of digital villages during the 14th Five Year Plan period. Consolidate the foundation of development and accelerate the construction of a new generation of rural information infrastructure. Release digital dividends and cultivate new driving forces for the development of agriculture and rural areas. Innovate governance models and enhance the modernization level of rural governance capacity. Promote integrated development and coordinate the development of digital villages and smart cities. Stimulate endogenous motivation and continue to promote online poverty alleviation and digital rural construction.

The "Report on the Development of China's Digital Countryside (2020)" comprehensively summarizes the policy measures, development process, and phased achievements of China's digital countryside construction, records the important progress and experience exploration of various regions and departments in promoting digital countryside construction work, and is a concentrated presentation of the overall situation of China's digital countryside construction and development in 2020.