Article: Giving more to rural areas

Greater attention should be paid to rural areas in the distribution of government finances, says an article in Yanzhao Metropolis News. An excerpt follows:

Following the principle of alleviating farmers' burdens underlined by the central government's "No 1 documents" in the previous two years, this year's "No 1 document" has made some breakthroughs. The central government will take a more active financial policy and pump more money into rural areas to improve their overall productivity.

In 2005, both the central and local governments will increase their funding of rural areas, such as continuing the subsidy for growing grain, increasing input in developing agricultural technology and ...

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