The final round of the 2024 National Farmers’ Education Training Teachers’ Speech Competition kicked off in Shazhou Village, Rucheng County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province on October 22. A total of 91 participants advanced to the finals, focusing on four key themes: rural development, rural construction, rural governance, and comprehensive quality. This two-day event features live speeches and micro-lessons, showcasing the teaching styles and achievements of farmers’ education training instructors.
The competition, organized by the Central Agricultural Broadcasting and Television School and hosted by the Chenzhou Municipal Government, aims to create a platform for nationwide farmers’ education training teachers to demonstrate their talents, exchange experiences, enhance their capabilities, and empower development. It seeks to cultivate a high-level team of farmers’ education training teachers for the new era, contributing to the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas through talent development.
Since its launch in March, the competition attracted participation from 740 farmers’ education training teachers nationwide, undergoing rigorous selection through provincial preliminaries and regional competitions, culminating in the final 91. The finals feature two categories: the speech and micro-lesson segments, divided into two tracks for general and specialized schools. Participants will compete for top prizes, including special awards, first, second, third prizes, and outstanding micro-lesson accolades over the next two days.
At the opening ceremony, Wu Hongyao, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, emphasized that rural revitalization relies on talent, and talent cultivation depends on education. He urged that farmers’ education training must focus on enhancing the quality of talent development, improving the qualifications of teachers, and upholding the core principles of educating for the Party and the country by closely engaging with the “three rural issues” and contributing significantly to the cultivation of rural talent.
Wang Jianqiu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, noted that Hunan has developed a large, well-structured, and high-quality talent pool for rural initiatives in recent years, laying a solid foundation for overall rural revitalization. He highlighted that the finals of the National Farmers’ Education Training Teachers’ Speech Competition present an opportunity to further strengthen the team of farmers’ education training teachers and enhance their role as a leading force in farmer education, focusing on significantly improving farmers’ qualities and capabilities.
Chenzhou, the host city for this year’s event, has been actively implementing the “Ten Million Project” and conducting “Five Hundred Actions” to accelerate the development of four types of rural areas, breathing new life into the countryside. The city aims to continually enhance the quality and effectiveness of farmers’ education training, cultivate more quality teachers who understand agriculture, love rural life, and care for farmers, and nurture new types of farmers who are skilled in technology, management, and business operations. This effort will provide critical talent support for the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside and the modernization of agriculture and rural areas.
