Theory, Practice and Strategy of Integrated Development between the Modern Service Industry and Modern Agriculture

The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed “to enhance the integration level of modern services with advanced manufacturing and modern agriculture.” The integration of modern services with modern agriculture serves as the primary driver after agricultural modernization reaches a certain stage, acting as a strategic platform for China to overcome current bottlenecks in agricultural modernization, promote the strategic allocation of development resources to rural areas, and achieve urban-rural synergy and industrial support for agriculture. The integration of modern service industries with modern agriculture differs from the policy-driven integration of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries in rural areas. It represents a new trend of urban-rural industrial integration driven by modern service industries, forming new industries, new business formats, and new models. This creates a bridge connecting advanced manufacturing, urban public services, and industrial systems with modern agricultural systems, facilitating the flow of resources and the industrial channels of economic circulation between urban and rural areas. Currently, the integration of modern services with modern agriculture faces challenges such as the “dual structure” limitations of urban-rural industrial and service support systems, conflicts between decentralized small-scale farmers and modern large-scale agriculture, low-level interaction between rural factor markets and agricultural industry entities, and institutional barriers to revitalizing rural resources. To address these challenges, the integration of modern services with modern agriculture should be regarded as a strategic lever for coordinating new urbanization, new industrialization, and comprehensive rural revitalization. Modern services should be incorporated into the modern rural industrial system to create new strategic support points for advancing Chinese-style modernization.