China Xi’s Rural Rejuvenation

Asiafinancial.com’s article “Sewing the seeds of agri-tech: China’s new revolution in the fields” on June 11, 2021 describes that lots of China’s agricultural technology startups have attracted substantial investments. It regards the phenomena as the consequence of flood and other natural disasters having made agricultural technology attractive but fails to see the big picture.

What is the big picture?

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s recent strategy of rural rejuvenation. China has learned from the West in developing urbanization but also sees the problems brought about by urbanization. It now realizes that it has to rejuvenate its rural areas at the same time for improvement its environment, better residence for its old people, domestic tourism, etc.

From that you see that learning from the West is not the end of China’s development. China shall have the wisdom for further innovation and development.

Its development of advanced communication networks with high-speed rails as the core, enormous hydro power stations, new generation of nuclear power stations, quantum technology, etc. proves its wisdom to go its own way when it has learned enough from the West.

Comment by Chan Kai Yee on asiafinancial.com’s article, full text of which can be viewed at https://www.asiafinancial.com/sewing-the-seeds-of-agri-tech-chinas-new-revolution-in-the-fields?_ke=eyJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIkpHZXZxcCIsICJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJreXRyYW5zbGF0ZUBnbWFpbC5jb20ifQ%3D%3D