Ｆａｒｍｅｒ Ｔｒａｉｎｉｎｇ Ｆｕｎｄ Ｓｅｔ Ｕｐ

On the afternoon of February 12， 2007， the China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development (CFFPD) held the inauguration of the Farmer Training Fund and a press conference. Li Xiaolin， CPAFFC vice president and chairman of the Board of Directors of the CFFPD， who announced the inauguration， said， the Farmer Training Fund is set up by the CFFPD timely in response to the Party’s call of “building a new socialist countryside” and a new measure to help farmers in China’s rural areas master scientific knowledge and skills to become prosperous and to train personnel in poor areas who will take the lead in building a new socialist countryside .

In recent years China has implemented many policies supporting agriculture and benefiting farmers; as a result， agriculture and rural development have experienced a positive change and greeted a new opportunity of development. But， to completely change the appearance of Chinese countryside， the problem of lacking skilled personnel， the bottleneck that strains the sustainable development of rural areas， must be solved. The key to solution of the problem lies in education. For this reason， the CFFPD sets up the Farmer Training Fund， and will gradually carry out skill training in various ways among farmers in China’s poor areas to help them become leading personnel needed in building a new socialist countryside and attain prosperity through science. The Fund is donated by friendship organizations and companies both at home and abroad that are earnest to make contributions to China’s rural development. Chen Zongbing， vice president of the Beida Jade Bird Group， attended the inauguration， and， on behalf of the Group， donated 200，000 RMB yuan as the starting funds. Chen said， as an enterprise that is aware of its social responsibility， the Beida Jade Bird Group will continue to make contribution to building a new socialist countryside and harmonious society in China.