A few days ago, Xinhua News Agency ranked the top ten domestic news in 2018. "China ushered in the first farmers' harvest festival" was selected. With the approval of the CPC Central Committee and the approval of the State Council, since 2018, the annual Lunar Autumn Equinox has been set up as the Chinese Peasant Harvest Festival, which is the first festival set up for peasants at the national level, fully reflecting the great importance attached by the CPC Central Committee to the work of "agriculture, countryside and farmers" with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core and the deep concern for the broad masses of peasants. It further highlights the basic position of the top priority of the work of "agriculture, countryside and farmers".

On the occasion of the first Chinese Peasant Harvest Festival, General Secretary Xi Jinping, on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, extended festive greetings and good wishes to hundreds of millions of peasants throughout the country. Xi Jinping emphasized that China is a large agricultural country, and emphasizing agriculture is the foundation of the people and the key to governing the country. The broad masses of peasants have made great contributions to China's revolution, construction, reform and other historical periods. It is hoped that farmers and all sectors of society will actively participate in the activities of the Chinese Peasant Harvest Festival, create a strong atmosphere for the whole society to pay attention to agriculture, care for the countryside and care for the peasants, mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of hundreds of millions of peasants to focus on agriculture and farming, comprehensively implement the strategy of rural revitalization, win the battle against poverty and accelerate agriculture. In the new journey of promoting the overall revitalization of the countryside and realizing the goal of "two hundred years", we will compose a new brilliant movement of agricultural and rural reform and development in China.