As the primary productive force, Science and technology is an important driving force for the construction of the New Socialist Countryside. Around the whole world, many countries have made progress by leaps and bounds in promoting rural economic and social development by means of relying on the boosting and push of Science and technology. Through the analysis and summary of other countries which have applied science and technology to their rural economic and social construction, the urban and rural economic and social development can be properly coordinated and the productivity throughout the rural areas can be increased and promoted.The construction of the New Socialist Countryside is a major historic task on people's livelihood put forward by our Party and government in the new historical period. It's goal is to develop the present socialist countryside into a"prosperous, civilized and harmonious"New Socialist Countryside. To achieve this target successfully, it is necessary for us to rely on the driving force of Science and technology. Therefore, it is of great practical and theoretical significance for us to construct the Scientific and technical support system compatible with our national conditions so that it can effectively back and guide the construction of the New Socialist Countryside.Looking back the developments of the rural construction since the establishment of New China, and meanwhile taking into consideration the historical background and its practical significance put forward for the construction of the New Socialist Countryside, we find that technological progress and innovation must be depended on in the course of constructing the New Socialist Countryside and that the scientific and technical support system compatible with our national conditions ought to be developed to make it all along guide and back the construction of the New Socialist Countryside. |