New Rural Areas in Chongming, Shanghai

Beautiful rural scenery can be seen everywhere, characteristic industries are becoming stronger and stronger, rural customs and civilization are constantly improving, and rural governance is effective... A new rural picture with beautiful countryside, strong agriculture and rich farmers is slowly unfolding in Chongming. Over the past five years, Chongming has given priority to implementing the rural revitalization strategy, seized major historical opportunities such as the construction of a beautiful home and the hosting of the Flower Expo, explored new ways of rural revitalization in accordance with local conditions, and built a number of municipal and district-level rural revitalization demonstration villages, with remarkable achievements. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, Chongming will concentrate on the layout and build demonstration villages in groups, promote the demonstration villages to form a chain, expand the area with the chain, and eventually build the entire Chongming into a demonstration zone for rural revitalization. Chongming Island National Geopark