The Party Group of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a meeting to emphasize the solid promotion of the upgrading and improvement of the agricultural and rural service industry, and to advance the improvement of rural toilets in a targeted manner with a determined spirit.

On April 13th, Han Jun, Secretary of the Party Group and Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, presided over a meeting of the Party Group of the Ministry. During the meeting, he conveyed and studied important directives from General Secretary Xi Jinping and the spirit of the National Service Industry Conference, discussed the implementation of the work, and reviewed and approved in principle the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting Rural Toilet Upgrading Based on Local Conditions with the Spirit of Nailing the Nail". The meeting pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on the development of the service industry have profoundly explained the significance, principles, and key tasks of developing the service industry, providing direction for related work. The National Service Industry Conference made a comprehensive deployment to promote the high-quality development of the service industry. It is necessary to conscientiously implement the directives, deepen the understanding of developing the service industry from a strategic and overall perspective, and solidly promote the improvement of agricultural and rural service capabilities. It is important to continuously improve the quality of agricultural productive services, strengthen public services such as agricultural technology extension, crop disease and pest control, animal disease prevention and control, and agricultural product quality and safety, adapt to local conditions, establish modern comprehensive agricultural service centers, further improve service standards, expand service areas, and improve the convenient and efficient agricultural socialized service system. Develop agricultural science and technology enterprises, agricultural digital service platforms, support the construction of pilot validation platforms, promote the application of smart agricultural machinery, drones, and other intelligent technical equipment, develop low-altitude agricultural economy, and enhance the one-stop digital integrated service capability. Closely push forward the construction of agricultural product market circulation system, deepen the development of rural e-commerce, and increase the cultivation of agricultural brands. It is necessary to vigorously develop rural lifestyle services, focus on "agriculture + health and wellness," and "agriculture + cultural tourism," actively create new rural consumption scenes such as agricultural leisure tourism, sightseeing experiences, and promote the improvement and enhancement of public services such as rural elderly care, childcare, and medical services. Promote high-quality development of agricultural service trade, guide and support agricultural enterprises to deepen international cooperation in agricultural trade, promote Chinese products and services such as pesticides, seeds, fertilizers, agricultural machinery, and animal vaccines to "go global," and create a new image for Chinese agriculture going international. The meeting emphasized that General Secretary Xi Jinping has always cared about and paid attention to the rural toilet upgrading, and has made a series of important directives. It is necessary to deeply study and apply the experience of the "Millions of Toilets" project, adhere to the principle that quality comes before quantity, progress is based on effectiveness, and strive for good results without rushing, consistently implement the requirements of adapting to local conditions in the toilet upgrading work, and with the spirit of nailing the nail, effectively solve the problem of rural toilet upgrading. It is important to guide and implement technical training and guidance services, carry out rural toilet upgrading in a classified manner by regions, improve long-term maintenance mechanisms, and effectively implement practical livelihood projects. It is necessary to solidly promote the construction of livable and business-friendly beautiful countryside, improve the implementation mechanism of rural construction, accelerate the filling of rural modern living conditions, and create high-quality living spaces in rural areas.