The Topic Transformation and Practical Implementation of Rural Life Governance：A Narration of People's Livelihood in the Context of Agricultural Population Moving to Cities
WU Ye-miao
School of Public Administration, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023
Abstract：Life governance is an essential component of rural governance, which is related to whether rural residents can have a good life. How to improve the livelihood and raise the living standard of rural residents in rural life governance is a significant theoretical and practical issue. Rural society serves as both a productive entity and a living space, necessitating a governance approach that balances production governance and life governance. Comparatively speaking, both central and local governments have prioritized production governance over life governance, even regarding matters related to agricultural production as “public affairs” and those related to rural family life as “private matters”, and get less involved in them. In the new era, rural governance should not only emphasize production governance, but also highlight the significance of life governance. While addressing the “difficultly” and “poorly” handled trivial issues in daily life, efforts should be made to handle the increasingly severe life problems caused by the migration of agricultural population to cities for work and home purchases, as well as changes in agricultural business entities under the context of urbanization. The continuous migration of the agricultural population to cities hinders the improvement of rural life and creates tension in the construction of rural life order in rural revitalization, making the livelihood issues in rural residents' lives, such as employment, housing, education, elderly care, and medical care, increasingly prominent. Therefore, the governance of rural life should take improving people's livelihood as the core issue. Based on the new situations and problems of people's livelihood needs in rural society, the shortcomings of people's livelihood should be made up in practice to ensure that rural residents can lead a harmonious and beautiful life that is suitable for work, living, upbringing, education, and healthcare.
吴业苗. 乡村生活治理的议题转换与实践展开：农业人口进城情境下的民生叙事[J]. 《深圳大学学报》（人文社科版）, 2025, 42(5): 8-29.
WU Ye-miao. The Topic Transformation and Practical Implementation of Rural Life Governance：A Narration of People's Livelihood in the Context of Agricultural Population Moving to Cities. , 2025, 42(5): 8-29.
2025, Vol. 42 
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