The Zhongmeng Expressway in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, photo taken on Aug 22, 2008. Since the 16th CPC National Congress held in November 2002, rural transportation has made great progress, with rural roads topping 3.5 million kilometers and 98 percent of villages are now connected by roads. [Photo/Xinhua]

Farmers work in a corn field in Taiping village in Heilongjiang province on Oct 18, 2012. In the past decade, the rural productivity of the nation has increased by 10 to 20 percent. As of the end of 2011, the total grain output had risen for eight consecutive years. It is doomed to see a ninth rise in 2012, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.[Photo/Xinhua]