The “Digital Village High Quality Development Action Plan (2026-2030)” was issued to clarify 8 major development indicators until 2030
The Zhitong Finance App learned that on September 11, the Central Internet Information Office, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the “Digital Village High Quality Development Action Plan (2026-2030)”. The “Action Plan” clearly states that by 2030, the development of digital villages will have achieved remarkable results. The new rural information infrastructure will be optimized and perfected, the overall level of digitization of rural industries, informatization of rural construction, and intelligent rural governance will improve markedly, the sustainable development mechanism of digital villages will be more complete, and the peasant masses will have a fuller sense of attainment, happiness, and security in sharing the results of informatization development.
The “Action Plan” focuses on the main goals of the “15th Five-Year Plan” development, clarifies 8 major development indicators until 2030, and deploys 24 work initiatives in 5 areas, including consolidating the foundation of digital rural development, raising the level of digitalization of rural construction, raising the level of intelligent rural governance, stimulating endogenous motivation for digital rural development, etc., and puts forward work requirements to strengthen organizational implementation, strengthen policy coordination and resource coordination, establish and implement a correct view of political performance, and promote the implementation of various tasks according to local conditions.
The full text is as follows:
Digital Village High Quality Development Action Plan (2026-2030)
Digital villages are a strategic direction for rural revitalization, and are an important part of building a cyber power and an agricultural power. This action plan was formulated to implement the deployment requirements of the “Outline of the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China” and the “Outline of the Digital Village Development Strategy” and promote the high-quality development of digital villages during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period.
I. General Requirements
Adhere to Xi Jinping's ideology of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era as the guide, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress and the 20th Plenary Session of the CPC, earnestly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important ideas about a cyber power and important remarks on the work of the “Three Rural Communities”, guided by learning and applying the “10 Million Project” experience, with the theme of promoting high-quality development, with the goal of strengthening agriculture and benefiting farmers, and integrating development and security. Focus on consolidating the foundation of digital rural development, focusing on promoting the digitalization of rural industries, informatization of rural construction, and intelligent rural governance. Stimulate numbers The endogenous driving force for rural development accelerates the modernization of agriculture and rural areas driven by informatization, promotes comprehensive rural revitalization, and provides strong support for the construction of a cyber power and agricultural power.
The main goals are: by 2030, the development of digital villages will achieve remarkable results, the new rural information infrastructure will be optimized and perfected, the overall level of digitization of rural industries, informatization of rural construction, and intelligent rural governance will improve markedly, the sustainable development mechanism of digital villages will be more complete, and the peasant masses will have a fuller sense of attainment, happiness, and security in sharing the results of informatization development.
II. Consolidate the foundation for digital rural development
1. Raise the level of rural network infrastructure. Deepen universal telecommunications services and the construction of “broadband frontiers”, and promote the deployment of 5G and gigabit optical networks in rural areas as needed. Explore the use of high-throughput satellites, low-orbit satellite Internet, etc. to provide diversified network access services in rural and remote areas. Deeply implement smart radio and television rural projects, speed up the construction of new radio and television networks, and enrich the supply of basic radio and television services and comprehensive information services in rural areas.
2. Build and improve rural integration application facilities. Strengthen the sharing of satellite remote sensing and aerial remote sensing resources, and accelerate the in-depth application of the Beidou satellite navigation system in scenarios such as accurate operation and disaster monitoring and early warning. Promote innovative applications of blockchain technology in agricultural product traceability and rural collective asset management. Expand the “low altitude economy +” agricultural and rural application scenarios.
3. Promote the digital upgrading of traditional rural facilities. Deepen the construction of “one road, one speed” informatization on rural highways. Raise the level of application of information technology in rural water supply and irrigation area construction. Encourage regions that are in a position to do so to steadily promote the digital and intelligent transformation and development of rural power grids, and lay out and build rural public charging infrastructure. Promote the intelligent green transformation of cold chain logistics facilities in agricultural product production areas and the interconnection of cold chain nodes, and raise the level of cold chain logistics information sharing and collaborative operation. Promote the construction of comprehensive information services in rural areas and strengthen the integration, sharing and utilization of information resources. Carry out actions to improve the quality and efficiency of the integrated development of passenger, cargo and mail in rural areas, and encourage regions that are in a position to do so to build integrated customer, cargo and mail service smart systems.
4. Build an agricultural data resource system. Improve the national agricultural and rural big data system, speed up the construction of high-quality data sets in agriculture and rural areas, establish and improve mechanisms for the development and utilization of agricultural public data resources, and create a trustworthy data space for agriculture and rural areas. Deepen the application of natural resource management and territorial spatial planning “One Map” in agriculture and rural areas, and establish a digital file of rural arable land. Encourage agricultural enterprises to improve their data management capabilities and carry out the work of complying with the National Standard for Data Management (DCMM).
III. Raising the level of digitalization of rural industries
5. Accelerate the construction of smart agriculture. Accelerate the organic integration of good fields, good opportunities, and good practices with digitalization, focus on key varieties in key regions, and integrate and promote digital intelligence solutions to improve large-scale yield of a number of major crops. Establish a digital scenario certification system for smart agricultural (animal husbandry, fishing) farms, and build a number of smart agricultural (animal husbandry, fishing) farms according to local conditions. Promote the R&D and application of intelligent breeding technology, and build a number of intelligent and modern crop production zones and core breeding farms for livestock, poultry, and fishery products. Research and improve the agricultural artificial intelligence standard system, and promote integrated application scenarios of artificial intelligence and agriculture. Play the role of modern agricultural integrated service centers, etc., and raise the level of digitalization and intelligence of agricultural social services.
6. Strengthen agricultural scientific and technological innovation. Strengthen the construction of innovation carriers for smart agriculture, and establish an integrated innovation system for basic research, applied research, R&D and manufacturing. Promote iterative innovation in smart agriculture technology models, and break through key core technologies such as agricultural sensors, special chips, core algorithms, robots, and intelligent design and breeding tools. Implement high-quality agricultural machinery and equipment development actions, and develop and promote intelligent agricultural machinery equipment with high precision operation standards. Improve the quality inspection and testing system for smart agricultural technology and equipment, and promote collaborative research between digital intelligence technology and agricultural machinery and agronomy technology. Conduct in-depth unmanned agricultural machinery operation tests to raise the level of intelligence in agricultural production. Guide eligible regions to explore and build digital rural technology innovation centers.
7. Promote the quality and efficiency of e-commerce in rural areas. Deeply implement high-quality rural e-commerce development projects, establish a multi-level rural e-commerce integrated service system, and cultivate diversified new rural e-commerce players. Deeply implement digital commerce to develop agriculture, and carry out “digital commerce to develop agriculture” activities for the central and western regions. Promote the “Internet +” agricultural products leaving the village and entering the city to promote smooth sales of agricultural products. Optimize the rural e-commerce distribution system, promote the digital and intelligent transformation of county-level logistics distribution centers and township express delivery outlets, and promote low-altitude logistics in an orderly manner as needed on the premise of ensuring safety. Strengthen the construction of integrated delivery and logistics service sites at the village level.
8. Cultivate new forms of rural digital industry. Deepen the integration of agriculture, cultural tourism, and carry out digital rural tourism promotion actions and actions to improve the “small but beautiful” rural cultural tourism business format. Actively explore network business models such as shared farms, shared agricultural machinery, and shared bazaars, develop industries with “Internet +” characteristics and advantages, and build an intelligent industrial ecosystem that meets the needs of modern agricultural and rural development. Deepen the “Famous Village Campaign” and continue to promote the enabling application of geographical name information. Encourage regions that are in a position to do so to develop business formats such as calling services and data labeling, and broaden channels for increasing farmers' employment income.
9. Expand rural digital consumption. Promote the quality and efficiency of the county's commercial system, and develop convenient services such as online store pickup, direct fresh food delivery, and agricultural reservations. Support new energy vehicles and green smart appliances to the countryside, and encourage enterprises to develop smart software and hardware products that meet the needs of rural life. Continue to carry out “Digital Consumption Helps Revitalize the Countryside” district and county tours. Improve the digital consumption rights protection mechanism in counties and create a safe and secure digital consumption environment in rural areas.
4. Raising the level of informatization of rural construction
10. Promote the popularization and application of digital education in rural areas. Deepen the application of the national smart education platform for primary and secondary schools, and promote the extension of quality education resource services to rural and remote areas. Promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence with rural education, encourage rural schools that are in a position to do so to deploy intelligent education terminals, educational intelligence devices, etc., and promote general artificial intelligence education. Implement digital actions to empower teachers to develop and enhance the digital literacy and skills of rural teachers.
11. Enhance rural digital health service capabilities. Promote the informatization of close county medical communities, strengthen data exchange and business collaboration, promote joint sharing of medical resources, promote medical artificial intelligence assisted treatment, and enable the configuration and application of basic public health services in rural medical and health institutions. Improve the telemedicine service network, especially in remote ethnic minority areas, and promote the decline in high-quality medical resources. Optimize the configuration of smart medical insurance terminals in rural areas to provide high-quality and convenient health insurance services to people in rural areas.
12. Strengthen information service guarantees for key population groups. Make full use of information technology to enhance active detection and accurate rescue for key population groups such as “one old, one young” and the disabled in rural areas. Continue to promote the age-appropriate and barrier-free upgrading of rural digital products and services.
13. Optimizing rural digital financial inclusion services. Implement a special action plan on the basis of the Fintech Demonstration Project to Empower Rural Revitalization, and actively carry out government-bank-enterprise agricultural financing connections. Guide financial institutions to launch digital credit, insurance and other products adapted to the characteristics of rural economic activity and the needs of rural residents, promote models such as “digital+credit+guarantee”, promote the application of digital technology throughout the entire process of underwriting inspection, disaster investigation, and loss settlement, achieve accurate underwriting, efficient loss determination, and rapid claim settlement, and enhance the availability, coverage and satisfaction of rural inclusive financial services.
14. Prosper and develop rural digital culture. Implement the “Empower the Countryside with Literature and Art” campaign, support the creation of a group of outstanding online cultural works on the “Three Rural Areas” theme, and cultivate a group of local cultural creators in rural areas. Promote rural cultural sites to raise the level of digital application, and promote high-quality cultural resources to reach the rural grassroots level directly. Play the role of county-level integrated media centers and others to create a digital communication matrix for rural culture. Develop digital archiving of rural cultural relics resources, non-genetic inheritors, etc., and promote the deep integration of intangible heritage resources with digital culture, creativity, and rural tourism.
15. Build smart and beautiful villages. Establish a “sky, earth and sea” integrated ecological environment monitoring network system. Strengthen the monitoring and evaluation of rural pollution sources, and establish technical systems for accurate monitoring of pollution from rural domestic sources and agricultural sources, monitoring and evaluation of straw burning risks, and supervision of loose coal burning. Carry out nationwide monitoring of land cover and land use changes to support natural resource development and ecological protection and restoration. Improve online reception and response mechanisms for rural habitat environment issues. Optimize the water supply quality monitoring system and promote the digital transformation of domestic sewage facilities. Sort out farm housing-related information data and raise the level of informatization of farm housing construction and management.
5. Raise the level of intelligent rural governance
16. Deepen the construction of “three tasks” informatization in rural areas. Raise the level of informatization of grass-roots party building in rural areas, and strengthen the management of party members' information. Promote the application of informatization in village-level affairs management, and standardize the management of government mobile Internet applications. Continue to promote “full online processing” and “cross-provincial co-operation” of high-frequency matters such as social security, health insurance, and civil affairs for rural residents. Focusing on the high frequency and common needs of rural government services, we will steadily promote the deployment and application of large models of artificial intelligence to assist in carrying out services such as intelligent guidance, material pre-review, policy interpretation, and information promotion. Strengthen the supervision and management of collective assets in rural areas across the country, and promote full disclosure of village-level finances.
17. Steadily promote digitally empowered rural governance. Intensively apply digital tools for rural governance to promote innovative applications of models such as “digital+grid”. Deeply crack down on illegal and criminal acts such as telecommunication network fraud, online gambling, and illegal financial activities in rural areas in accordance with the law. Continue to promote the “Clean Light” campaign to create a good online public opinion environment. Improve the supply mechanisms of “Internet+ Public Legal Services” and “Smart Public Legal Services”, and clear channels for farmers' groups to obtain high-quality legal services.
18. Improve the rural smart emergency management system. Improve the country's comprehensive natural disaster monitoring and early warning capabilities, speed up the construction of rural emergency broadcasting systems, optimize the meteorological monitoring layout in remote mountainous areas and border villages, and enhance disaster monitoring, early warning and information dissemination capabilities. Promote the organic integration of smart emergency response and grassroots governance, and accelerate integrated applications such as the “Jiu'an” model and the “One Map” for emergency command. Improve rural public health safety informatization prevention and control capabilities.
6. Stimulate endogenous motivation for digital rural development
19. Cultivate open digital rural application scenarios. Focus on the core needs of digital rural construction, open up application scenarios in agricultural production, rural governance, livelihood services, cultural tourism experience, etc. in a safe and orderly manner, organize and implement a number of major projects with strong demonstration effects, and promote large-scale application of new scenarios. Encourage all regions to explore and build service resource pools according to local conditions, strengthen the connection between supply resources, and promote fair and efficient allocation of scenario resources.
20. Hierarchical classification promotes the development of digital villages. Continue to improve the digital village standard system and iteratively update the digital village construction guidelines. Based on rural resource endowments and digital infrastructure, promote integrated suburban villages to focus on collaboration and linkage with urban digital infrastructure, public services, and industrial development, focus on gathering upgraded villages to accelerate the digital development of industries, focus on digital protection and utilization of natural historical and cultural resources, and relocated and evacuated villages focus on using digital technology to empower people's livelihood security, employment income growth and ecological protection.
21. Strengthen the rural digital talent team. Improve mechanisms such as village-based assistance, expert talents serving the grassroots level, and “three branches and one support” to guide and motivate scientific and technological talents to go to the countryside to serve. Optimize the professional layout of subjects related to digital rural development, and promote cross-disciplinary integration and innovative development. Strengthen policy support, cultivate rural digital talents, and attract new groups such as digital nomads to participate in rural entrepreneurship and employment. Coordinate and make good use of various training programs to enhance the digital literacy and skills of farmers, grassroots cadres, and agricultural production and management entities.
22. Strengthen multi-stakeholder collaboration and co-construction. Encourage Internet communication enterprises to participate in the development and application of technology products in the fields of smart agriculture, rural e-commerce, agricultural cultural tourism integration, and information services. Support agricultural enterprises to carry out digital upgrading and raise the level of digitalization of the agricultural industry chain. Improve the agricultural partnership mechanism, and strengthen digital skills training and financial credit support for small-scale farmers and new agricultural operators.
23. Improve the normalized and accurate support system. Establish and improve the normalization of support mechanisms to prevent people returning to poverty, and improve the effectiveness of information-based monitoring and support. Make good use of online channels such as online sales platforms for agricultural and sideline products in poverty-alleviation regions and e-commerce platforms to support consumption and procurement of agricultural products characteristic of underdeveloped regions. Encourage online social organizations, Internet communication enterprises, etc. to develop and implement a number of digital rural public welfare projects.
24. Adhere to the bottom line of safety. Adhere to the bottom line thinking, enhance risk awareness, improve risk assessment and early warning mechanisms, and strengthen capacity building for cybersecurity protection in key areas of digital villages. Improve rural digital infrastructure security management mechanisms, standardize data collection, storage and use management, protect personal information, and ensure the safety of important data related to agriculture.
7. Strengthen organizational implementation
Give full play to the role of the national information technology development coordination mechanism. The Central Network Information Office, together with departments such as the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, strengthens policy coordination and resource coordination, normalizes monitoring and analysis of digital rural development, keeps abreast of work trends, and coordinates the resolution of major issues. Strengthen theoretical research and policy interpretation of digital villages, summarize effective promotion experiences and typical cases, strengthen international exchanges and cooperation, and tell the story of digital rural development in China. We must establish and implement a correct view of political achievements, take into account regional realities, insist on doing our best and do what we can, resolutely prevent formalism and bureaucracy, and push forward the implementation of various tasks to achieve results according to local conditions.
Source of this article: China Internet Information Network; Zhitong Finance Editor: Huang Xiaodong.