Xi Jinping's Passion for the Rural Economy

There's been a real emphasis in the last few years about Chinese rice balls being filled with locally grown crops and not wasting food on your plate. The government has been encouraging people to go back to the countryside or to join the so-called new farmer movement. And presumably there's a personal aspect for Xi as well. He was one of the sent-down youth in the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to live in rural Shenxi.