党的十六届五中全会提出的建设社会主义新农村的历史任务,对落实科学的发展观,加快建设全面小康社会步伐,构建和谐社会具有重大的现实意义和深远的历史意义。建设社会主义新农村,关键在乡镇,而农村则是其重点,作为农村的基层领导干部,自然成了建设社会主义新农村的重 The historic task put forward by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee in building a new socialist countryside is of great realistic and far-reaching historical significance for implementing the scientific outlook on development, accelerating the pace of building an overall well-to-do society and building a harmonious society. The key to building a new socialist countryside lies in villages and towns, while the rural areas are the key points. As the grass-roots leading cadres in the countryside, they naturally become the heavy burden of building a new socialist countryside