交通部部长李盛霖说,从建设社会主义新农村的角度看,农村公路是农村经济发展、农业结构调整、农民持续增收的重要基础条件。农村公路发展了,可以改善农村运输条件和投资环境,促进农村“生产发展”;可以增加农民收入,扩大农民就业,促进农民“生活宽裕”;可以加快农村信息传播和对外交流,改变传统的生产生活方式和思想观 Minister of Communications Li Shenglin said that from the perspective of building a new socialist countryside, rural roads are an important basic condition for the development of rural economy, the adjustment of agricultural structure and the continuous increase in incomes of peasants. The development of rural roads will improve rural transport conditions and investment environment and promote “production development” in rural areas. It will increase farmers’ income, expand employment of peasants and promote “living well” for peasants. It will speed up rural information dissemination and foreign exchange and change traditional production Lifestyle and ideas