努力开创甘肃农业农村现代化建设新局面******
甘肃日报评论员
刚刚召开的省委农村工作会议，深入贯彻中央农村工作会议精神，认真总结去年我省“三农”工作，部署了当前和今后一个时期“三农”工作的目标任务。这次会议，对我们锚定建设农业强省目标，扎实推进“三农”各项工作，奋力开创甘肃农业农村现代化建设新局面，具有十分重要的意义。
去年以来，我省坚持农业农村优先发展，统筹推进乡村“五个振兴”，加快改善农民群众生产生活条件，脱贫成果有了新提升，粮食生产实现新突破，产业发展迈出新步伐，乡村建设取得新成效，发展动能得到新激发，“三农”工作保持了持续健康发展的良好态势。全省上下要乘势而上、再接再厉，围绕建设农业强省的奋斗目标，加快农业农村现代化步伐，为全面建设社会主义现代化幸福美好新甘肃打下坚实基础。
今天的甘肃，“三农”工作重心已经发生历史性转移，农业产业发展进入转型升级的窗口期，乡村建设进入加快补齐短板的机遇期，城镇乡村进入协同融合发展的突破期。加快建设农业强省，我们具备诸多有利条件，拥有比较坚实的发展基础、得天独厚的资源优势、国家政策的倾斜支持、相对健全的支撑体系。但同时也要看到，我省“三农”工作仍面临诸多困难和挑战。在新征程上推进农业强省建设，必须辩证审视“三农”工作面临的形势，既看到有利条件和比较优势，又认清差距不足和短板弱项，坚定信心、主动作为，扬长补短、固强补弱。我们要立足省情农情，总结用好实践经验，把握好规律性认识和原则性要求，坚持党的全面领导，坚持以人为本，坚持改革创新，坚持系统观念，坚持因地制宜，坚持躬身实干，推动农业强省建设不断取得新突破。
当前和今后一个时期，做好全省“三农”工作，关键是把握好“六个聚焦”。要聚焦“守底线”，持续夯实“三农”基石，通过精准有效监测帮扶、加快脱贫地区发展、拓展协作帮扶成果，狠抓耕地提升、种子种质、大类品种、多元供给，抓好防止规模性返贫和确保粮食安全两大底线性任务；要聚焦“土特产”，持续壮大优势产业，通过挖掘“土”的资源、放大“特”的优势、提高“产”的效益，充分释放农业产业发展潜力；要聚焦“能致富”，持续拓宽增收渠道，通过强化技能培训、强化利益联结、强化政策扶持，让农民群众钱袋子鼓起来、日子越过越好；要聚焦“现代化”，持续推进乡村建设，通过积极稳妥开展村庄建设、治污治乱改善人居环境、延伸增效做好设施服务，让乡村更美丽、生活更美好；要聚焦“增活力”，持续深化改革创新，通过优化科技供给、深化农村改革、激发内生动力，不断塑造发展新动能新优势；要聚焦“强保证”，持续完善工作机制，通过健全党的领导机制、协调配合机制、干部培训机制、人才引育机制、要素保障机制、督查考核机制，为“三农”发展提供坚强保证。
务农重本，国之大纲。做好“三农”工作，使命光荣、责任重大。让我们锚定目标，铆足干劲，全面推进乡村振兴，加快建设农业强省，促进农业高质高效、乡村宜居宜业、农民富裕富足。
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
