近日，中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習(xí)近平對科技特派員制度（the system of sending sci-tech experts to rural areas）推行20周年作出重要指示。

Xi said in the past 20 years since the implementation of the system, more and more experts have been sent to the countryside to serve agriculture, rural areas and farmers with science and technology. They have helped publicize the Party's policies on agriculture, rural areas and farmers, popularize agricultural science and technology, spearhead sci-tech innovation and entrepreneurship in rural areas, and lead villages out of poverty, Xi said.
習(xí)近平指出，科技特派員制度推行20年來，堅持人才下沉、科技下鄉(xiāng)、服務(wù)“三農(nóng)”，隊伍不斷壯大，成為黨的“三農(nóng)”政策的宣傳隊、農(nóng)業(yè)科技的傳播者、科技創(chuàng)新創(chuàng)業(yè)的領(lǐng)頭羊、鄉(xiāng)村脫貧致富的帶頭人。

"They have enabled farmers to acquire a stronger sense of fulfillment and and happiness," he said.
使廣大農(nóng)民有了更多獲得感、幸福感。

While stressing innovation offers significant support for the full vitalization of rural areas, Xi said more efforts should be made to adhere to the system which is a vital means of allowing sci-tech innovation talent to serve rural areas.
習(xí)近平強調(diào)，創(chuàng)新是鄉(xiāng)村全面振興的重要支撐。要堅持把科技特派員制度作為科技創(chuàng)新人才服務(wù)鄉(xiāng)村振興的重要工作進一步抓實抓好。

He encouraged sci-tech experts working in rural areas to uphold their original aspiration and make new and greater contributions to poverty alleviation and rural vitalization.
廣大科技特派員要秉持初心，在科技助力脫貧攻堅和鄉(xiāng)村振興中不斷作出新的更大的貢獻。

A meeting was held in Beijing Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of China introducing the system of sending sci-tech experts to rural areas. Important instructions made by Xi were read out at the meeting.
科技特派員制度推行20周年總結(jié)會議21日在北京召開，會上傳達了習(xí)近平的重要指示。

Vice Premier Liu He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said at the meeting that the important instructions made by Xi are the basic guidelines to carry forward the system in the new era, noting that the system and policy environment should evolve around innovation-driven development, rural vitalization and poverty alleviation.
中共中央政治局委員、國務(wù)院副總理劉鶴出席會議并講話。他表示，習(xí)近平總書記的重要指示是新時代深入推進科技特派員制度的根本遵循和行動指南。新時代深入實施科技特派員制度，要緊緊圍繞創(chuàng)新驅(qū)動發(fā)展、鄉(xiāng)村振興和脫貧攻堅。

Also at Monday's meeting, 92 sci-tech experts working in rural areas and 43 relevant organizations were commended.
會議對92名科技特派員和43家組織實施單位進行了通報表揚。