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BEIJING, Dec. 29-- China has outlined tasks and targets for a rural vitalization strategy addressing issues related to agriculture, rural areas and rural people. By 2020, the strategy should have established an institutional framework and policy system, according to a statement released Friday after the central rural work conference. By 2035, China aims for "decisive" progress, with basic modernization of agriculture and rural areas. By 2050, rural areas should have strong agriculture, a beautiful countryside and well-off farmers, the statement said. "Rural vitalization" was one of the major aspects of developing a modernized economy in a report delivered to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the two-day rural conference and delivered a speech. He summarized achievements and changes in agriculture and rural areas since 2017, expounded on the rural vitalization strategy and made concrete requirements. Achievements in agricultural and rural development since the 18th CPC national congress laid the foundation for development, the statement said. The supply-side structural reform in the agricultural sector has advanced, grain production capacity has made strides and agricultural modernization progressed, the statement said. | 
