Conghua district of Guangzhou was recently included on the commendation list recognizing Guangdong's work in propelling the rural revitalization strategy in 2020. 

Led by a leading group of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee in implementing the rural revitalization strategy, a performance evaluation was conducted from February to June 2021 across the province, and to all other working units, on their work in implementing the strategy in 2020. A circular, including a commendation list of excellence, was released on Aug 20 upon the completion of the evaluation.

According to the circular, Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, tops the Pearl River Delta as a city of prefecture level and above for its rural revitalization work. Conghua district is also classed as one of the top three as a county-level regions in the Pearl River Delta. 

The circular recognized the work across the province in coordinating control and prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic and rural economic and social development, saying that the goal of achieving significant progress in rural revitalization within three years was achieved. Yet weak links still exist in rural infrastructure construction, public services, the living environment and high-quality development of rural industries, it said. 

The circular called for the strengthening of the Party's leadership in work on agriculture, farmers and countryside, solidifying and expanding the effective transition from poverty alleviation achievements to rural revitalization, and building a high-quality and diversified, modern rural industrial system.

Conghua has been firmly implementing the national deployment and working requirements from provincial and municipal levels on its path to rural revitalization, with integrated urban-rural development. 

In the last three years, Conghua has shouldered multiple national pilot projects in urban-rural integrated development and rural governance, and has been awarded on multiple occasions in terms of green development and rural revitalization. The district's environmental competitiveness has come top in Guangzhou for four consecutive years, and its tourism comprehensive competitiveness has also come top in the province, among its 67 county-level regions, for nine consecutive years.