发展农村经济、促进农民增收是社会主义新农村建设的中心任务。连平是广东省重点扶贫开发县,经济欠发达,农村人口多,农业比重大,农村贫困面大,2006年全县农村居民人均年纯收入4033元,其中农村居民人均年收入1500元以下的贫困人口仍有1.15万户5.09万人,占农村总人口的17%,农村居民恩格尔系数达71.05%。农民收入水平不高成为连平推进新农村建 Development of rural economy and promotion of farmers’ income are the central tasks in building a new socialist countryside. Lianping is a key poverty alleviation and development county in Guangdong Province. The economy is underdeveloped with large population in rural areas, large proportion of agriculture and large rural poverty. In 2006, the per capita annual net income of rural residents in the county was 4033 yuan per capita, of which the annual per capita income of rural residents was below 1,500 yuan There are still 11,500 households with 50,900 poor people, accounting for 17% of the total rural population, and the Engel’s coefficient of rural residents reaches 71.05%. The level of peasants’ income is not high, making Pingxiangping a new rural area