New talent program set to raise standards

Talent is key to China's rural vitalization strategy, experts said.

So, to cultivate gifted individuals who can assist with industrial vitalization programs in rural areas, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region last year launched a five-year plan to train "leading wild geese": that is, talented people who can lead farmers on the path of rural vitalization.

It aims to cultivate 700 national-level talents and 2,000 autonomous region-level talents every year. The individuals selected are usually managers of farmers' cooperatives, operators of family farms, leaders of rural collectives, people in charge of top agricultural companies and farmers who carry out large-scale planting and breeding programs.