全國返鄉創業創新人數累計達570多萬
More than 5.7 million rural Chinese have returned from cities to their hometowns to start businesses, Vice Minister of Agriculture Chen Xiaohua said.
農業部副部長陳曉華近日稱，全國返鄉創業人數超過570萬。Among them, 4.5 million people are rural migrant workers who used to work in urban areas, while the rest are mainly fresh graduates and retired soldiers, said Chen.
陳曉華表示，其中450萬人是曾在城市打工的農民工，其餘主要是剛畢業的大學生和退伍軍人。Meanwhile, rural China has attracted 1.3 million urban people, including scientists and technicians, from their homes in cities to participate in rural entrepreneurship, Chen said.
此外，陳曉華還表示，過去居住在城鎮的科學家和技術人員等約130萬的城市人口，選擇了來到了農村地區下鄉創業。
The data was released after the government released a set of guidelines encouraging people to start businesses in the countryside.
該數據發佈之前，政府剛出臺了鼓勵人們在農村創業的一系列指導意見。By rolling out a number of new support policies, the government expects such people to inject new energy into the rural economy and increase farmers' incomes by introducing modern technology and management.
通過出臺諸多新的支持性政策，政府希望返鄉創業人員通過引進現代技術和管理模式，爲農村經濟注入新能量，增加農民收入。Large-scale farming, farm produce processing, leisure agriculture and rural tourism, as well as producer and consumer services, are priorities of the policy support.
規模種養、農產品加工、休閒農業、鄉村旅遊以及各類生產性、生活性服務業等，均是政策支持的重點。The move also aims to trigger a return of people to the countryside, where many children and elderly are left at home by adults who sought work in cities, Chen said, adding that the new startups will bring more new jobs.
陳曉華表示，此舉還旨在引導人們回到農村，因爲在城市尋求工作的成年人在家裏留下了許多的孩子和老人。他還表示，初創企業將帶來更多的新增就業。
