十六届五中全会用“生产发展、生活宽裕、乡风文明、村容整洁、管理民主”20个字描绘了一幅新农村建设的美好蓝图。建设社会主义新农村,农民是主体,是我们国家政权最广泛、最深厚的群众基础。保护和发挥农民的积极性,历来是我党取得革命和建设胜利的重要保证。实行村务公开,正 The Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee used the words “production development, well-to-do life, civilized rural areas, clean and tidy villages, and democratic management” to describe a beautiful blueprint for building a new socialist countryside. To build a new socialist countryside and to have peasants be the mainstay is the most extensive and profound mass base for our country’s state power. To protect and give play to the enthusiasm of peasants has always been an important guarantee for our party in achieving victory in the revolution and in building it. Village affairs open, positive