取消农业税,标志着在我国实行了长达2600多年的这个古老税种从此退出历史舞台,这是减轻农民负担,增加农民收入的一项重大举措,是具有划时代意义的重大变革。这不仅极大地调动了农民种田积极性,也使广大农村基层干部从过去向农民摧粮摧款的矛盾焦点中解脱出来,全身心地投入发展 The abolition of the agricultural tax marked the withdrawal of this ancient taxation, which has been in operation for as long as 2,600 years, from the historical stage. This is a major measure to reduce the peasants ’burden and increase the peasants’ income. It is a landmark change. This has not only greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of peasants for farming, but also freed the vast number of rural grass-roots cadres from the contradictions that have caused them to destroy their grain and destroyed them in the past and devoted themselves entirely to the development