改革开放以来，乡镇经济的发展和乡镇改革经历了三个阶段或称三次革命。第一次革命是农村实行家庭联产承包责任制。这标志着人民公社时期的结束。其意义在于解放了农村的大量劳动力，把原来人民公社制度下闲置和浪费掉的劳动力，由农民积极自发地变成了生产力，由此推动乡镇经 Since the reform and opening up, the development of township economy and township reform have gone through three stages or three revolutions. The first revolution was the implementation of household contract responsibility system in rural areas. This marks the end of the people’s commune period. Its significance lies in the liberation of a large number of rural labor force, the original people’s commune system idle and wasted labor force, from the farmers spontaneously transformed into productive forces, thereby promoting the township economy