The Central Agricultural Office deploys measures to strengthen the comprehensive rectification of the issue of high dowries in rural areas.

The comprehensive rectification of the issue of high dowries in rural areas is a livelihood matter that the Party Central Committee pays attention to and the people care about. The Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group will strengthen deployment and promote the comprehensive rectification of high dowries in rural areas to take root and achieve results. This was learned by reporters at a experience exchange meeting on the comprehensive rectification of high dowries in rural areas held in Ningxia on the 1st. In recent years, various regions and relevant departments have made comprehensive efforts in propaganda guidance, reform of marriage customs, marriage and love services, crackdown on marriage scams, etc., to effectively curb the rising trend of dowries in some areas. The relevant person in charge of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group stated at the meeting that the issue of high dowries in rural areas is caused by a combination of various factors such as cultural customs, gender imbalance, and urban-rural disparity, and that efforts must be continuous and long-term. It is necessary to focus on key tasks and key areas, resolutely fight the tough battle and enduring battle of rectifying high dowries in rural areas. Thoroughly conduct investigations on the dowry situation, strengthen rural marriage and love public services, regulate dowry behavior in accordance with the law, and strengthen propaganda, education and guidance. In addition, it is also necessary to explore the establishment of long-term mechanisms that both address the symptoms and the root causes, such as solidly promoting rural construction actions, improving the livability and suitability of rural areas, and better addressing the worries of production and life of rural young people; according to the situation of the suitable age group for marriage in rural areas, provide targeted assistance and guidance to help them improve their capabilities, increase their income and wealth, improve their living standards, and increase the success rate of marriages; enact some "low dowry" and "zero dowry" incentive measures in accordance with laws and regulations, so that families can directly feel the benefits brought by the social change in customs.