Experiments of New Rural Reconstruction in Lankao

This article is a summary of the new rural reconstruction movement in Lankao county, Henan. The movement includes the county seat, and the cooperative organizations based on the village unit are arranged so as to gradually improve rural governance(cunzhi) and the welfare of the peasants. The movement focuses on the integration of vertical and horizontal resources and promotion of the development and expansion of internal potential (neili) within the cooperatives through the introduction of external factors. To be specific, new rural reconstruction is about the comprehensive reconstruction of the peasants in economic, cultural, social, political, and other fields, which requires the utilization of existing village resources such as religion, clans, institutions (tizhi), and so on, so that former expressions of cooperation will bring about new ones. The breakthrough in Lankao county centers on cultural troupes (wenyi dui) and seniors' associations. Economic cooperatives may to some extent consider promoting programs such as group purchase and sale as well as mutual pooling of funds.