Central documents target rural issues

The first policy document of the year, issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council, the country's Cabinet, is called the "No 1 central document". This is the seventh consecutive year the document has focused on rural problems. The six former documents addressed these issues:

The No 1 central document issued on Feb 1, 2009, was themed on "achieving steady agricultural development and sustained income increases for farmers".

The document highlighted challenges posed by the global downturn to agricultural and rural development.