如何挖掘潜力巨大、发展前景广阔的农村市场,培育农村消费市场,刺激消费增长,从而拉动经济增长的杠杆,已成为各级政府和部门面临的一个严峻的课题。为此,笔者结合淮阴市农村的实际情况就开拓农村市场的有关问题作一些探索。一、农村基本情况:(一)人口结构和经济情况全市现有人口494万人,其中农业人口408万人,占全市总人口82.58%,是典型的农村人口占绝大多数的农业大市。近年来,全市紧紧围绕经济奔小 How to tap the rural market with huge potential and broad prospects for development, cultivate the rural consumer market, stimulate consumption growth, and thus pull the leverage of economic growth, has become a serious topic for governments and departments at all levels. For this reason, the author makes some explorations in connection with the actual situation of rural areas in Huaiyin City in order to open up the rural market. I. Basic conditions in rural areas: (1) Population structure and economic conditions The city has a population of 4.94 million, including an agricultural population of 4.08 million, accounting for 82.58% of the total population of the city. It is a typical agricultural city with a majority of rural population. In recent years, the city has been closely focused on the economy.