Rural vitalization drive gets priority

China aims to boost rural entrepreneurship and take up farming as a decent profession, as it steps up efforts to invigorate its vast countryside.

Beijing will establish a "professional farmer" system to lure talents, from rural workers to urban dwellers, to embark on agricultural-related businesses, said Han Changfu, minister of agriculture and rural affairs.

"We will accelerate the cultivation of new types of agricultural entities and bolster scalable agricultural operations," Han told a panel discussion during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2018 on Monday.