党的十三届八中全会审议、通过了《中共中央关于进一步加强农业和农村工作的决定》,向全党、全国人民提出了进一步做好农村各项工作,深化农村改革,促进农村经济全面发展,建设有中国特色的社会主义新农村的宏伟任务。完成这项任务,无疑应当继续发挥亿万农民的积极性和创造精神。 我国是一个农业大国,十一亿人口中有近九亿在农村。农民和农村问题始终是中国革命和建设的根本问题。在民主革命阶段,中国农民是工人阶级可靠的同盟军,共产党领导的工农联盟是中国革命取得胜利的 The 8th Plenary Session of the 13th CPC Central Committee examined and approved the “Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Further Strengthening Agriculture and Rural Work” and proposed to all Party members and people across the country to do a good job in all aspects of rural work, deepen rural reform and promote comprehensive rural economy Develop and build a new socialist countryside with Chinese characteristics. To accomplish this task, it is doubtless that we should continue to give full play to the enthusiasm and creativity of hundreds of millions of peasants. Our country is a big agricultural country, with nearly 900 million of the population of 1.1 billion in rural areas. Farmers and rural areas have always been the fundamental issue of China’s revolution and construction. During the democratic revolution, Chinese peasants were reliable allied forces of the working class. The alliance of workers and peasants led by the Communist Party was the victory of the Chinese revolution