China sees pressing need to reshape urban-rural relationship with vigorous integrated development: expert

China is committed to deepening reform to advance integrated development between urban and rural areas, which is an inevitable requirement in pursuing the Chinese modernization.

An important resolution on further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization was adopted earlier this month at the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. It has made systematic deployment for promoting integrated urban-rural development while defining key tasks of rural reform.

China is a populous country that is home to over 1.4 billion people, and some 500 million of them are living in rural areas. President Xi Jinping has stressed that no matter how far the country goes down the industrialization and urbanization path, it's an objective law that urban and rural areas will coexist for a long time.

The resolution stated that integrated urban and rural development constitutes the centerpiece of the Chinese modernization. Presently, China has reached a critical juncture of removing the urban-rural dual structure and it bears far-reaching significance to reshape the urban-rural relationship and uphold the integrated urban-rural development path.

"The resolution proposed to promote integrated urban-rural development, which means promoting new industrialization, new urbanization and all-round rural revitalization in a coordinated way. Efforts should be made to break the urban-rural dual structure, bridge the urban-rural gap and promote their common prosperity and development by comprehensively integrating urban and rural planning, construction and governance," said Tu Shengwei, researcher with the Academy of Macroeconomic Research under National Development and Reform Commission:

In pursuit of that goal, experts noted that it’s necessary to facilitate the flow of production factors between urban and rural area to make resource allocation as efficient and productive as possible, which also has great significance for the high-quality development of Chinese economy and fostering a new development pattern.

"Judging from practices, if the institutional barriers hindering the equal exchange and two-way flow between urban and rural area are effectively removed, more development factors and services will flow freely to rural areas, which will further boost the vitality of agricultural and rural development and inject fresh dynamism into the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas," said Tu.

China sees pressing need to reshape urban-rural relationship with vigorous integrated development: expert

China Media Group (CMG) on Thursday launched eight boutique audiovisual products on the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and cultural exchanges between China and France, during an event held in Beijing.

The eight products cover a wide range of subjects including performances of Chinese athletes at the Paris Games, stories of artists joining the art exhibition held in Paris in May, works of art and the food culture of both China and France.

Products, "Give You a Like", "Road to Paris", and "Blooming in Paris", tells the stories of athletes from China as well as the wider world who took part in the Paris Summer Olympics.

"Meeting Paris" explores cultural traces related to the Olympics at various locations across France.

The 100-episode series "From Beijing to Paris: China Art Exhibition" deeply excavates creative stories of more than 100 artists who participated in the major exhibition "From Beijing to Paris: Olympic Tour of Chinese and French Artists". The exhibition was organized by CMG and opened in May at Les Invalides in France.

The twenty-episode series "Bond of Art", and the art experience show "Touring France with Famous Paintings", respectively tell the stories of Chinese artists and the birthplaces of iconic artworks in France.

"Peak of Gastronomy - Competition of Chinese and French Master Chefs" gathers 20 emerging chefs from China and France for the fusion of Chinese and French cuisine.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, President of the Constitutional Council of France Laurent Fabius and former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin sent congratulatory letters to the event.

Meanwhile, representatives of artists attending the exhibition of "From Beijing to Paris: Olympic Tour of Chinese and French Artists" were awarded with honorary certificates.

"The culture exchange between China and France is very important. China Media Group contributes a lot to the cultural exchange between the two countries," said Chang Shana, a professor from the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, and also one of the special consultants for the exhibition.

CMG launches programs on Paris Olympic Games, China-France cultural exchanges