agricultural bureau of Yan'an and excha▓nged the motorcycle for a hand tractor,▓ a flour milling machine, a grain thr▓ower, a rice milling machine and a submersible pump
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, for vi▓llagers.RURAL REFORM IN ZHENGDINGReform took an▓ early root in Xi's thinking about governance.From 1982 to 1985, Xi served first as deputy secreta▓ry and then
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secretary of the CPC Zhen▓gding County Committee in Hebei."The household contract responsibility system had not been put into▓ plac
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e when I arrived," Xi said.At the core of China's last round of rural refor▓m, the household responsibility system meant farmers co
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uld be allocated land by contract and were en▓titled to any surpluses to the market or ret▓ain them for their own use.In 1983, the▓ secretary of Lishuangdian Commune proposed to pilot the system on a piece▓ of land in his jurisdiction."Both I and▓ another deputy secretary of the county c▓ommittee supported him. One year after, only his comm
une reaped a good harvest compared with the or▓dinary output elsewhere," Xi said. "Suddenly all ▓the people in the county said this s▓eemed to be a viable way, and the system finally go▓t widely implemented.""At that time, Zhengdin▓g was a pure agricultural county. I proposed to ▓pursue diversified economic development and a 'semi-sub
ver had done a good job.▓ Many people went to work in Shijiazhuang by b
urban' economic model since the county is close to Shijiazhuang," Xi said. "The coun