Shandong strengthens talent cultivation to boost rural vitalization
China DailyA farmer works in the field in Liaocheng, Shandong province. The province has in recent years enhanced the innovation of talent introduction and education, strengthened the cultivation of local talent to serve rural development, and supported all types of talents in rural vitalization. The province has pioneered new practices to attract young and professional talents to participate in the rural vitalization projects, which have benefitted hundreds of thousands of villagers. The city of Jining, for example, has launched the "Rural Vitalization Partner" system to match researchers, experts, scholars, technical experts and other types of talents with local villagers to start businesses and improve existing technologies. Over the past few years, Jining has set up 30 rural vitalization workstations, recruited 591 partners, implemented 485 projects, created jobs for 23,000 people, and increased farmers' incomes by 600 million yuan.